Mom's Morning Out Photo Dump

Abby goes to a Friday program at our church called Mom's Morning Out. We just call it school, and she loves it! Her teachers are wonderful and have really helped her to blossom this year. The main teacher sends an awesome email each week explaining in detail what their activities were for the day. This is really helpful for a mom whose daughter doesn't share too much with me! They even have a Snapfish album where they upload pictures so that we can see what they do each week.

I've so enjoyed seeing the pictures of Abby at school interacting with her friends. I picked out a "few" of my favorites and thought you might enjoy them too!

I love the way she's reaching here. We try to encourage standing on her tiptoes to strengthen calves, gluts, etc.

Amy and I love dressing the girls as twins when we can. They are the only girls in the class, so it's pretty cute. :)

Making applesauce ornaments

Halloween twins!

"Milking" a cow

Raking leaves! (I love the life experiences her teacher provides!)

We have this one in a cute orange fall frame they made. Love it!!

This one was early in the year, given that she is wearing shorts and doesn't have glasses yet!

She's definitely a girl!

Playground fun

Woo hoo! Making a huge mess with shaving cream...and I didn't have to clean it up! :)

Love this one of the tummy time we work so hard on to strengthen the core and her arms...

Nice fine motor activity stringing fruit loops for the birds

Ice skating with wax paper shoes...not sure what she's thinking about this one!

Another great fine motor activity using tongs to pick up ice cubes!

This look cracks me up!

"Eating" lunch...but sitting nicely!

This is how her teacher gets the kids to sit on the blanket quietly for Bible time--Cheerios! At the beginning of the year, Abby wouldn't even consider putting any in her mouth. She pretty much just tossed them on the floor. Now, Caleb has to chase her away from his cereal bowl because she keeps stealing his Cheerios! I love it!!

We are so thankful for loving, Christian teachers who have calmed my (many) fears about leaving Abby and accepted her just as she is. She's come so far in just 5 months!

Cerebrocostomandibular Syndrome

If you happen to pick up the latest Reader's Digest, there is an article in there about Piper Breinholt , a four year old with CCMS. If you've been around here a while, you'll remember wayyyyyy back when we first received Abby's diagnosis that I was able to speak to Piper's mom, Reagan. The article is more about their story and not as much about the ins and outs of CCMS, but I think it's probably enough to get some people googling it and I'm hoping a few will end up here. Every once in a while, I give a blog post the title of Cerebrocostomandibular Syndrome so that it would show up in Google. My ever-present hope is that people will stumble across my blog and 1) be encouraged by the hope we have in Christ, 2) feel a connection with someone in a similar situation as them, or 3) get excited over the miracles that have been performed in Abby's life!! (a combination of all 3 is great too!) :) Notice that it's not to get famous and it never wi

Bath Time Photos!!

As promised, here are lots of photos of Abby's first bath. Caleb was supposed to be in bed, but the bathroom is right next to his room... "I'm not too sure about this..." Once she learned how to splash, she was all smiles! Her first good hair wash! Gotta protect the trach! She really liked getting water poured on her head. It was cute! Smiley (and bubbly) for Daddy while he dried her off. All clean!! (Note the Lysol wipes in that last picture. They are NEVER far away!)

Imagination Movers Photo Recap

Seriously, The Imagination Movers were so much fun! They played lots of their own music, with some classic rock mixed in for the adults. There were also quite a few jokes and references to Baltimore, which was kind of fun. The whole night centered around this robot named Rock-o-Matic, or "Rocko." This is Mover Scott, and he wears Wobble Goggles that help him see new ideas. Caleb and Abby have a pair of goggles too. :) There are 4 main Movers that are part of the TV show, but they have 2 extra movers to play instruments and do back-up vocals in their live tour. Abby finished up her feed before the show started so that she would be free to dance! My dancing queen did NOT want to sit in my lap. The row in front of us was empty, and that is where she stood almost the entire show--dancing the night away. My Imagination Movers Caleb did his share of singing and dancing too. He knows most of the words to the songs, so

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