New Glasses

I'm jumping ahead a little bit (I still haven't posted anything about the weeks since Thanksgiving), but I know some of you are waiting to see Gabi's newest accessory.  I'll go back to the other stuff later.  

Gabi seems to like her new glasses.  She notices whenever someone else is wearing glasses now.  She brings them to me most mornings, wanting me to put them on her, along with her hearing aid.  She looks pretty cute!  

 She got a new case/purse and wand to go with her glasses.  

Happy Thanksgiving!

"giving thanks always and for everything to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, submitting to one another out of reverence for Christ."

(Ephesians 5:20-21 ESV)

At the history museum with the cousins.

Sleepover with Yaya and Grampa and the cousins.

Feeding time again.

Meg and Gabi watching the football game.

The football game.   Grampa's famous line, "Just dive for it!"

Fun and games.

We toured the "outside" of the capitol.  (inside joke for Aunt Jamie)

More museum.

Uncle T.J. and Aunt Jamie...smiling.  

Yaya and the gang.  

We had a really nice thanksgiving.  Thank you, God for so many blessings!

Daniel turns 8!

Daniel had a very fun birthday. His menu choices for the day included: pancakes with bacon and sausage, peanut butter and jelly sandwiches with fritos, and pizza. He got a few survival gifts from visionforum.com and we had a family outing to the bowling alley.

Happy Birthday Daniel!

Gabi continues to grow in strength and balance!

Fries and unlimited pop!

Jeremiah get a strike.

Gabi's new Hearing Aid

Gabi got a new little hearing aid for her left ear. It is really cute! She likes to show it off. It is purple with sparkles. She doesn't mind wearing it at all. We noticed that she is much more aware of her surroundings and is picking up certain sounds that she couldn't hear before. We are very thankful. Hopefully the transition to wearing glasses will be just as easy!

Wrestling

I'll have to ask David to upload the wrestling video for me here, but for now, here are some pictures.

The boys enjoyed wrestling again this year. They both won their age-groups in the take-down tournament. Here they are pictured with their biggest cheerleaders.

Jeremiah putting on his "wrestler face."

This night we were able to host the Ruiz brothers, here from Colombia. We took them out for pizza and to the wrestling tournament. They were a little camera shy, so that is why you can only see the sides of their heads. :)

A friend, Annie came to help as our interpreter. She is holding the youngest of the brothers, Nicolas. All three of them are waiting for a forever family to adopt them.

The oldest brother, Hamilton.

Random Fun in November

We had a nice visit with Grandma Polly. She came out to stay with us for the weekend and to attend Gabi's special education assessment and IEP meeting.

How many neighbors can our pedal boat hold? Just so you know...every kid has a life jacket on and their parents all gave consent!

Catch of the day!

Jeremiah's flower dissection from Botany.

Daniel's.

Harvest Party

These are some pictures of the costumes the kids wore to the Harvest Party this year. Everyone had a fun time.

Another fun dress-up time at Moms and More.