A little of our weekend....

We had quite a busy weekend! On Saturday we went to our church parking lot to ride bikes, scooters and so Asa could walk in the gait trainer. I wasn't sure how Asa would do in the wide open spaces but he did great!!!! He has only ever taken a dozen or so steps at one time. I have video of 2:22 minutes of him walking and he probably did 3 minutes in all. Too bad that right after I turned the camera off and helped get him back on the pavement, Cade ran by him and scared him. Cade wasn't trying to scare him but Asa completely lost it. He got scared, fell down, cried, clung to me, thrashed around, gagged, screamed and then dozed off. When he woke up he was perky and happy again. I really wish we knew what these episodes are and if we could help him with them. Imagine how far he would have gone if he wasn't so jumpy and scared. Anyway, here is the walking video! I'm so amazed that he is walking and moving but also that he is so straight and tall and you can't tell much but he is grunting and humming and vocalizing! He was soooo happy!




Saturday night we went to our local volunteer fire dept for the annual chili supper and auction. I remember going to this when I was a kid. Yummy food, lots of neighbors and friends and lots of good junk (or treasures if you look!). At the end of the night they opened the bay doors and lots of the kids were hanging out on the fire truck. Makes me wonder how many of these kids will be volunteering on this truck when they are grown up! It was also funny to see all the adults pull out cell phones to get this shot!






On Sunday afternoon we headed behind my parents place to a dry creek the kids like to play in. We had tried the gait trainer earlier and Asa fell and then we started the whole pukey stuff over again! Good times! Anyway by the afternoon he was playful again. We took the push chair my dad made and Asa was trying to push off road. He had fun playing with some sticks with Cade. And it was very windy so Gracie and my dad were flying kites. Asa had a kite that was already broken and he had the best time flinging it around and watching it flap. And yes, the wind is a pretty big stressor for him but lately he has handled it great. We started playing a game where I tell him the wind is going to tickle his hair and he better hold it down. Sometimes he rubs his hair and sometimes he laughs and is fine without rubbing his head.









And since Monday was a holiday the kids were all at home for the day. We had a great, relaxed morning. I did my treadmill training for the Mito-What 5K. Then I threw the baseball and softball with Cade and Gracie. I got a double work out from them! As soon as I had the baseball back to Cade, Gracie had the softball coming my way. I may or may not have thrown a few over their heads just so they'd have to run after them and I could have a breather!

After ball, we had lunch and I laid down with Asa for his nap. Just as he was dozing off I hear the front and back doors opening and closing, opening and closing, banging around. Of course Asa heard this too and would open his eyes. By the time Asa finally dozed off I was ready to have some kid's behinds! Why would they be so loud when they knew Asa was going to sleep?! It didn't take long to find out why they were so loud!

Cade flipped his 4 wheeler over and they were trying to get it out before I got up! Cade was fine and we got the 4 wheeler out and it was fine too! I'm not sure what happened but we had the whole safety talk again and the 4 wheeler is parked for a week.





In all that excitement I completely forgot about Cade's buddy's birthday party! My heart had just started beating at a normal pace when I got a message about the party. I hated I forgot because I happen to like the grown ups involved and Cade was mad because it was a cool laser tag party! Oh, well, I'm just glad my heart was still beating!



After such a busy weekend I was kinda glad we were back on regular schedule today! Until Cade and Gracie missed the bus and I had to shift into high gear to get them to school on time! We made it though and the rest of the day was as expected....well, with only the regular craziness at least!