Ashley fell asleep in her stander today. I was amused so I thought I would take a pic and share it with you. Brodie stayed home from school because he was sick on the bus yesterday. Today he is completely fine, and keeps telling me that he feels 'really good, good enough to go to Boo at the Zoo'. Interesting. 
So, Brodie had a fun day at home today. He was excited to play Lego with Ashley, our respite worker. Ashley and Hope enjoyed the sounds of Brodie at home.
When we got there, Callista and Brandon were excited to see the girls. We got them settled and went on our way.
We had some fun with Brodie at Fun f/x and then had a movie night. We were happy to be able to sit and watch the movie without getting up to change diapers, or stop to give meds. The next morning we drank coffee while listening to Vinyl Cafe, and Brodie sold the pumpkins that G&G Allen had brought in from the farm.
We were left with three pumpkins at the end. Not bad.
This morning we took Brodie to his hockey game...then Church...then breakfast at the Jolly Mug! On the way home we commented that it's a good thing we don't get breaks like this very often, because we become rather lazy when the girls aren't around!
Have a great weekend everyone!
Ashley is smiling this morning. I think she's excited to go to Brodie's school. I know Brodie is excited. The first thing he mentioned when he sat up in bed this morning was, "Mommy is coming to school today!". I'm going to help with the hot lunch program, and the girls will come with me. The kids get a hot lunch once every two weeks. It's a fundraiser for the Parents Association.
Vienna (my niece), was fascinated with Hope's blanket. She has fantastic smiles!
This week is flying by. The girls are fine and Brodie's at school right now. I'm off to work this weekend and I think Alex is going to build the fence. Hope it doesn't rain.
Hope has a better time in the sitting position some days. Check out her cute little recliner. It gets sad to see her lying on the couch all the time, so we get a little excited to have her in her chair when she is handling her secretions better. More seizures create more secretions, so some days when she's having a 'plethora' of seizure clusters (more than 20), then we let her rest more and try not to elevate her head at all. The days when she isn't seizing as much, we can do more with her, and she appears to enjoy it too.
We had an early 'Thanksgiving' get together here on Wed with Alex's family. The kids loved the attention. You can see GG and Grandma Joan sitting with them...
I just woke up from my sleep (I worked another night shift last night), and now will start planning for our trip out to Killarney tommorrow. We'll spend Thanksgiving with my family. Happy Thanksgiving everyone.
All is well here. Both girls are healthy and doing fairly well. Hope hasn't kept up with the smiles, and her seizures have increased, but she still has some fairly awake moments that we enjoy.
