Silly days of summer!!

Sean just keeps us laughing...

Bath time is a whole lot of fun!!

10 Months Home!

Well our cutie pie has been home 10 months!!! It has just been a amazing time for our family. Sean has started horseback riding, It is a program called hippotherapy. Our O.T. who comes out to our house biweekly for Sean's early intervention services said kids really benefit from it. It will help with strengthening his muscles and improve gross motor skill and speech. It is just another means of catching him up.

He will go once a week if he likes it. I have heard so many positive things about it. His first time on the horse, he cried for almost the entire time. He was scared of the big horse "Frisco." I felt so bad for him, but I know it will be really good for him in the long term. I hope it will get better each time he goes. This is a great activity that I hope he will enjoy since I grew up on a farm as a kid and loved riding myself. His father has him watching John Wayne cowboy movies and teaching him to walk with the Dukes' unique gait! "That will be the day, pilgrim!"

Well with summer coming to a end we are getting to the pool as much as possible and we took Sean to the beach today in Madison for the first time he went swimming in the Long Island Sound. He will get a chance to swim in the ocean next month when we go on our first family vacation to the Jersey Shore!!! :)

Poor little guy...He did look cute in his bike helmet.

Putting him on the horse backwards is apart of the therapy. Sean did not cry as much when riding this way.

He was so cute watching Frisco eat his carrot.

I think he was thinking, wow... All gone.

He was happy to run around after his ride..

Sean and dad having a great day together while mom relaxes a little.







It was a lot more work going to the beach.. Mom was tired!

Sean just waiting for mom to take him in the water and thinking that sure is big pool!!

August updates!!

Where did the summer go! Hard to believe it is winding down and school will begin in a few weeks. We finally went out a bought a bike seat for Sean. Both him and I got new helmets too! Now that the weather is getting cooler it will be great to start bike riding on the linear trail. This was Sean's first time on the back of bike. He did great!!



Sean gets to hang out and enjoy the ride!


We took Sean to his first Carnival. He liked all the kids and excitement of the night. He did great on the rides I took him on. The giant slide was Sean's favorite. He smiled and giggled the whole ride. I was a little nervous, because it was so high up even though I have always been a bit of dare devil!

WooHoo!!!

We were moving pretty fast down that slide.



Sean's first roller coaster. You can see his little head in the third seat. He was nervous on this ride because it was loud and a rough ride. But I was impressed he did not cry.


Oh the Zoo!! We loved our first time with Sean at the Zoo!


He was smiling at the duck quacking! Sean likes to quack too!!

Sean would laugh at them when they would dive under the water!

We think Sean was getting ready to run after the ducks.

This was Sean's first carousel ride at the zoo. We have never been so happy to share all these new experiences with our son!

Hmm,dad what do think of the tigers!

Pool, pool and more pool days. Sean now enjoys holding the umbrella pole while we pound it into the ground. The past few times he holds the rubber hammer and tries to hit the pole. It has been a great summer for Sean at the Paradise pool club this year! He has really taken to the water. Looking forward to next season already!


Our little helper.

One of his favorite toys is this net and little fishes.


What a cute face.


Sean is just relaxing after lunch on the blanket watching the kids play.

Kerry our niece had her Graduation party..

The Queen and King....Kerry's nickname is Queenie and just one of Sean's is Elvis (the king) They make a great pair!