Tears of joy

I am just tearing up thinking about it. I just have to share it with you. Check out the amazing work of our God!








Simply amazing. Right?

Tears of joy

I am just tearing up thinking about it. I just have to share it with you. Check out the amazing work of our God!








Simply amazing. Right?

Horsin' around and AWANA Grand Prix

What a fun couple of days! Cameron got to paint a horse and had it fired.






And all the kids raced their own original cars in the annual AWANA Grand Prix. Everyone did great and we were surprised to find out that Abbie won 3rd place for design in the Sparks category.






Eden, Cameron, and Abbie, from left to right.





Great job kids!!

Trip to the Please Touch Museum

We had so much fun going with our new friends to the children's museum in Philadelphia. We had gone a month ago, but it was so much more fun to go and share experiences with friends! Cameron had a blast!



The little lad and I with our small terrier. :)




Driving the ambulance





Cameron, Liam and Mr. Al in space!





Floating in space!




Crawling through the rocket.




Bus driver Cam.




His VERY first carousel horse ride!!! He didn't want to ride in his wheelchair on the carousel (I don't blame him one bit!) and wanted to try to sit on a horse. I was a little afraid he wouldn't fit, but he did!!
I know he's not smiling very big in the picture, but he actually loved it!

And... we rounded out the day with a PT visit where Cameron got a new walker AND met Ms. America!


What a day!

Cameron's last stand (I wish!)

After 9 sequential calls to Eric (thank you for finally answering honey) and teamwork between us (via speakerphone) we finally got Cameron to drop the attitude. He's finally repentant and all is well. He seems to slip easily into the disrespectful, bossy attitude when we come to Philly. I know it's just based on homesickness, frustration and boredom, but we can find better outlets than acting out. :). He's lost a couple of privileges today, but all is well.

When Dr. van Bosse helps with your fiberglass...

This is what you get-



Awesome racing stripes! The clinic was eerily quiet today as we were the only casting appointment, as Dr. VB squeezed us in between a couple of surgeries, since most of the staff is going to Puerto Rico this weekend for a whirlwind orthopedic mission there. He actually had time to customize the fiberglass for us!
And look at the correction he got! It was a VERY difficult casting, with only 2 castings left in the series.




And here's what his feet looked like earlier today:



Wow!!

Sweet feet!

Today at Shriner's, Cameron had his post-surgery casts removed and we got to see how effective his tenotomy surgery was. Remember these feet?




Well, they are now these feet!







Pretty amazing, huh?

Dr. Van Bosse said we will get more casts done this week and next week and most likely another tenotomy (although we can pray it won't be necessary) that is tentatively scheduled for May 16. He said there most likely won't be a need for more serial casting after that...which means he will be measured for AFOs at that point. And shoes are in the very near future. And he will be out of casts just in time for the swimming pool to open! Yay!!

Although, through all of this, I have learned the meaning of "don't count your chickens before they're hatched" and when God tells us to "let tomorrow worry about itself", and "many are the plans in a man's heart,but it is the Lord's purpose that prevails.". So, this is me saying I'll believe it when I see it! :)