holler...

i know i always say that we are busy and that it's an understatement

but we are and i will leave it at that and with this of what happens

when we go crazzzzzy...

 

 

first a lil update on bens mouth! he has been healing nicely and

finally getting on some solid soft foods. ben is in heaven at the

moment because of this! still two of his meals consist of very soft

or liquid foods and then one meal is a lil more chewing. if he chews

to much it still can be a bit sore at times. the pics below are a lil

of his progress. where his gap started and where it is now...

christmas has come and gone and so has new years. it was good

for us all around, as good as it can be! :) we did have a delightful

time together and with family. christmas brought exercise santa...

geesh santa, what you trying to say. we have both been getting on

the treadmill and bike it is tough work but its so good since i really

havent done anything for the past 1.5 months. and the garage is

coldy, hence the down vest and the grumpiness...

 

 

 {bens sweet card to me}

 

 {my parents let winston open his own present}

 

 {christmas eve}

 

{ben reading the christmas story for us}

 

 

 

as adults in our family we don't

buy gifts for each other but yet we all go out as adults for an

activity. each year it changes who plans it. this year it was my

oldest brother and his wife. we started out at their house

and made bbq pizzas! we then took off in a huge limo

to the melting pot for dessert and then back home!

it was fun night...

{limo ride}

 

 

 {melting pot}

 

 

 

ben continues to work hard everyday. i found him trying to tie

his shoes the other day! he knows how to do it still but his fingers

get a bit crossed up and don't work like he needs them too.

balancing has been getting better and he has started working

with fine motor skills, hence the legos with my nephew. he has

always loved his legos...i guess he will be getting a few small kits!

therapies have been rough for him because he says they are weak

and boring...and I agree. they are def not what he was getting before

by any means. we are working through this, talking to his doc and

looking into so other options.

ben has been going to an amazing chiropractor! he actully adjusts

ben in a safe way and we have seen some awesome changes in

his lower back. they are just starting to work with his neck and i

am praying that brings significant change!

 

 

 

a new year. it is hard for me to set resolutions. we just try to live

life to its fullest despite the hardships that come everyday in

this household. ben and i are def not where we want to be or

where we ever thought we would be but we are here. we are

here and we have to live each day to its fullest. every day those

days look different and each day we need to live...with whatever

comes our way.

i found this saying the other night. it is so true. patience is a fruit

of the spirit but sometimes it just doesnt seem very fruity. in some

other versions it also says longsuffering...

longsuffering and patience can be very bitter or become very

bitter. its not how we see it but how we deal with it. i can say that

ben and i have been held by the bitterness that patience brings but

also by the joy that it brings. the love it brings. the fruit it brings.

the faith it brings. i am not saying that i love patience or want any

more longsuffering but we need to make the choice in how we

handle it. trust me this journey demands (alot) patience and it

is so easy to fall into the bitterness of it. please lord open our

hearts to your fruit!