Inspired

Reading a friends blog today I was inspired but the things she said and did.  I know I have a lot to update you on but for now let me say that I hope to do a better job at this blog thing in the future.  We have a lot going on in our lives right now and I wan to share some of them with you.

1. Hunter completed his first project of the school year a couple of weeks ago.  It was on the solar system and he did a poster on Mercury.  It almost killed ups trying to get it ready but just in time it was ready sure enough.  I am still waiting to see what kind of grade he made on it.
2. Toby has been saying something that sounds like bye and holding his hand out but not waving.  We figured out fairly early on that he was saying five and wanted you to give him a high five.  Well, last night we were playing and he kept telling the baby in the mirror (the one we talk to after his bath every night) five.  I finally leaned him up to touch the baby's hand and he smiled looked back at the baby clapped his hands together vigorously and said "All Right" and cheered.  It is the cutest thing.  We did it after I dressed him for bed for about 30 more min before he got tired of making Mommy laugh.
3. Thomas is coaching the Rocky Mount City Fall Ball Marlins and of course Hunter and Joey are on his team.  It has been a good season.  I really can tell that he has worked hard with those boys.  It is a shame that the season will soon come to an end after only 6 weekly games. His infield players are really starting to congeal and Joey had a fly ball hit him in the glove the other day.  He did miss the catch but that is the closest we have seen him come to catching one which is great!
4. Toby's PT is about to release him from the program because he is really getting around good now.  He is still trying to learn how to maneuver up steps and over uneven surfaces but he is working hard to figure it out. As the PT has cut him to 1 visit a month the Play Therapist has taken over.  She is encouraging him to use words instead of  whines, screams and other noises to express his needs and desires.  I have noticed his vocabulary pick up slightly in the last week or so.  At this point I would have to say that whatever Ashley is doing with him must be working.
5. Hunter was invited to play on a travel league this fall.  He is playing for the 8U Nash County Stars.  Thomas was asked to assist Tony Gay with coaching and Ivy Powell is helping out.  Thomas says they have a lot of work to do.  They have played in one other tournament but that was before the team was ever put together and practiced.  Their first tournament is this weekend and is here in Rocky Mount.  I hope they do a great job.
6. Angie's dress was ordered and is in.  She went to pick it up yesterday.  Other than some drastic heming and some slight alterations to the bodice it fits great.  She had finally settled on a bridesmaids dress but now that she has had it with David's Bridals I don't know what she is going to do.  Plans are starting to come together, now they just need to be executed.
7. My general practitioner has moved to Wilson so I was lead to search for another Dr.  I spoke to several people and Matthew Chaimberlain was an overwhelming favorite.  I saw him this week and of course they have pulled a ton of blood and are doing their own full battery of tests.  I got a flu shot and he has discussed the huge possibility of Sleep Apnea with me.  I used a screening monitor last night but between Hunter not wanting to go to sleep and Toby screaming for hours on end I will be lucky if I got a total of 3 hours of sleep last night.  I fear that I will have to do a more advanced and very expensive study or at the very least use this screening tool another night.

Well that is all for now.  I will try to update sooner if I can.