Vacation Change...

We were traveling to Ocean City MD for Vacation this year. We were meeting John, Kerie and Kameron there for a week of fun in the sun! But some things came up, as they were sure to! So we changed our plans around!

Now...John and all are driving HERE to see our wonderful new home! And spending a few day's of fun in our pool and sun ;) On the 15th we're doing a FIRST...camping at a STATE park! It seems awesome...and the price was fab! Huge site too 50x19 feet...so we can put both tents on one site, and save more! There are about 4-5 hiking trails around, along with a lake...and streams...just FUN! It's Oconee state park, about 2 hours from here....I'm sure there'll be tons of pic's to post when we get back!

http://www.southcarolinaparks.com/park-finder/state-park/750.aspx

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Just for you John..

Update on Z-Coil's!

WOW it's been one Month since mom and I drove to NC for our ZCoil shoes! And it's been one month that i've been...

Pain Free!!!

It's great being able to come home and DO things. Not just have to get off my feet! It's wonderful...awesome! I've reccomended them to soo many people, and get lots of questions about them at work.

Let's just way... WOOOO HOOOOO!!!

Oh yes...let's add another update!

Jacob found a cup he can drink out of! He's still chewing, and doesnt know how to suck at all. But he can get liquid out of this cup, without spilling it all over the place! He's also attempting to eat small bites of food. Yesterday at school he had 5 bites of cooked carrot, and 5 bites of pineapple! Along with 3 crushed goldfish crackers at snack! WTG Little man!! After searching the WWW and not finding the cup anywhere I went to the next best place. http://www.parent-2-parent.com/ and asked there! Finally got the name and brand...it's a Gerber Nuk Training Cup. Ment for age 6 months. I went to stores today and found 2 more for him at Walmart! He now has Blue, Green and Red :)

This week...

...has flown by! Caitlynn had no Summer Camp this week....but she had a blast being home with Mommy, Mom-Mom and Daddy and Pop-Pop. Since we were all off different day's it worked out that Paul didn't have to watch her as much as we thought. There is one more week to come that she's home with him, and hopefully it wont be bad. Since he works nights she has to be quiet while he sleeps. She's very excited about a new addition to our extended family...it's large, and filled with water. Any guesses? LOL

Jacob did great with school this week! He really loves going to visit Miss Brandi each day. She gave him a lime popsicle the other day and said he loved it :) So I'm taking in a disposable camera....if she does it again she can get some pictures of him :) His bruises are almost gone from the bites he got at school. It was heartrenching to have to understand that Jacob will not tell if something is wrong. He'll cry, scream...but he cant say "Jimmy" bit me. Or even "Owie!/Boo Boo" His communication is so limited...it's sad to realize that this is not changing any time soon. A nurse for the State of SC came out on Friday to assess him and see if he meets the "institutealized level of care" and we believe he does, she seemed to think he does too. But since she cant say anything to us we wont know anything untill we talk to his caseworker this week.

Today I was off...AMAZING! So we went to the Greenville Zoo :) The kids had a blast, and we had a fun time too. Great exersize! And with my new shoes I was ABLE to walk it without a problem!! It's sooo neat to NOT be in pain at the end of the day! I do feel a difference if I dont wear the Z-Coil's...or walk around home with no shoes....that's a huge NONO! These are wonderful i'd reccomend them to anyone in ANY pain! (feet, legs, back....)

Now for a few pictures...

Oh yes! I added both Mine & Franks weight tickers to the bottom! Check back every sunday for an update! Weigh in is tomorrow morning!

Weight Loss, and other stuff.

Yup! You read that right! 13.8lbs lost! On my way to a goal of 100lbs by next spring/summer.

When we moved here I was 271. When we started the diet I was 267.5. I've talked to my mom and she's agreed to put my starting weight at 271 since we know that's what I was at when I started watching what I was eating. . .just not officially dieting.






The kitchen is getting there, slow but sure. The cabinets (except the one that got broke by the delivery company. That should be here tomorrow. At that point we can set up a measure for the counter top (it'll be a black color) and that's the begining of the end!!! We got a new kitchen table yesterday from Ashley Furniture. Ahh There it is right on the left :) That should be here about mid July. The other table we have is going near the window, it's round and has the same wood top, off white legs, so we ordered to extra chairs from this set since we dont have the chairs for it. It's been a long process, and we cant wait (after a month) to have everything back to normal....


Jacob and Caitlynn got a small pool on Friday. Frank set it up yesterday (while I was at work) and let them swim! Jacob LOVED it!!! It was his first time in something like that, and he did very well!