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crayon box. November 9, 2009

Filed under: Uncategorized — sherrilee @ 4:51 am

I am absolutely paranoid of my house looking like a day care. I am constantly trying to find clever ways of hiding things from sight.  We have two ottomans (ottomen?:)) in the living room with lids that are removable.  This is where we keep toys.  Greta is in a huge coloring phase right now. It seems that the crayons are always out on the dining room table. For my birthday this year, my friend dropped off a cookbook,  and this lovely box full of gourmet cupcakes.

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This lovely, feminine box now houses our crayons!

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Good-bye 2009. November 9, 2009

Filed under: flowers., make. — sherrilee @ 4:19 am

Well,  at least the 2009 wedding season.  This weekend marked the last wedding of 2009. It has been a great season that started with our first annual Sherbondy Flowers Wedding Fair. We have 2 months off and then will start our 2010 season in January. We have a lot of exciting things in the works for our 2010 Wedding Fair.  Stay tuned for more photos!

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www.sherbondyflowers.com

 

Greta’s new role. November 9, 2009

Filed under: greta. — sherrilee @ 3:11 am

This is her version of Mommy. Not sure what she is trying to say about my cheeks :)

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Happy Halloween! November 1, 2009

Filed under: greta., miles. — sherrilee @ 1:59 am

The kids and I (Daddy had a performance) had a wonderful Halloween!

First we went to Aunt Jessica’s for a yummy dinner and LOTS of candy. Then we “borrowed” her neighborhood and went trick-or treating.

Miss Greta was a ballerina.

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Who naturally did this with her arms whenever she yelled “trick or treat”

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Mr. Miles was the oh-so-hip, DJ Lance.

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It was the perfect fall evening for a stroll with my two favorite cuties.

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You’re a good man, Daddy. November 1, 2009

Filed under: family., greta. — sherrilee @ 1:46 am

My husband is playing the role of Charlie Brown in You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown for a local theatre company.  Greta and I attended the opening night show. We made sure to stop at the ice cream shop below the theatre before the show. I am very proud of my husband. He has worked so hard, and the show was fabulous! When I asked Greta, what her favorite part of the show was, she said, “Daddy!”. Of course :)

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But then she thought about it and said, “And ice cream, too!”

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**sorry, friends- no flash photography allowed at the actual show**

 

Updates. October 29, 2009

Filed under: Uncategorized — sherrilee @ 9:41 pm

First of all, let me update you on our little friend, Matthew. His is now in  serious, but stable condition and his latest EEG showed no seizure activity. He is still sedated to give his brain and body a rest. Please do continue to pray for this wonderful little boy that the doctors would make wise decisions and that he would be back at home with his siblings!

Miles had 2 big Dr. appointments this week. On Tuesday, we met with Dr. Wright (Neurologist). She was pleased with how Miles is doing, but suspects that his backtracking on pulling up to stand may be because he is in pain from a tethered spinal cord. She ordered an MRI so we will know for sure. This of course would mean another surgery. We are praying that Miles is just being tempermental and that this is NOT the case. They will do the MRI on the day of his eye surgery (Nov. 19) because he will have to be sedated anyway. We will also be able to have the MRI read by Dr. Puccioni that same day.
Today we met with Dr. Puccioni (Neurosurgeon) and he thought Miles looked great. He dialed the pressure on his shunt down again. This will allow the fluid to drain even more quickly. The have had to slowly adjust it to a faster setting since his last big surgery. Adjusting it too quickly can lead to things collapsing inside the brain.
So, overall two good appointments. We are just praying that he does not have a tethered spinal cord.

Tonight, Greta and I have a date for You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown, starring…..Daddy! I’m sure I will be posting photos soon :)

 

urgent prayer request. October 29, 2009

Filed under: Uncategorized — sherrilee @ 4:27 am

Our dear friend Matthew is in the hospital. He has had a very rough month, in and out of the hospital with H1N1 and then pneumonia. Now, he is having seizures that they can not get under control. He is in the PICU. Please, please join me in  praying for our friends the Soldatke’s and their sweet little boy Matthew.

 

Sherri’s Bakery. October 23, 2009

Filed under: baking., eat. — sherrilee @ 11:47 pm

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I was asked to make a cake for an event! Some friends from church were celebrating their 25th wedding anniversary and their daughter (also a friend) asked yours truly to make a mini-wedding cake. The event had a fall theme and their wedding colors back in 1984 were burgundy and silver. I have been told by many that I should open a bakery.  I do love to bake, but have NO desire to ever own my own business again! Making one special cake every 6 months…now that is great fun.

 

so…… October 23, 2009

Filed under: miles. — sherrilee @ 12:02 am

I was sitting in the dining room this evening catching up on some ever-so-important online news. The children were off playing in Greta’s room.  I could hear them laughing and laughing. Then Miles came to visit me like this-

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I’m actually surprised that Greta was willing to share her tutu!

 

Miles updates. October 21, 2009

Filed under: hydrocephalus., miles. — sherrilee @ 11:01 pm

day 119Well, we have a few updates from the last couple of weeks.  We recently met with Dr. Legge (Ophthalmologist) and set up Miles’ eye muscle surgery for November 19th. It will be nice to have this out of the way. It will be the last of the planned surgeries.  With a shunt, there is always a chance of an emergency surgery, but so far- so good.

On last Wednesday, one of Miles’ physical therapists decided it would be best not to meet anymore for awhile. Most of these sessions are spent with her trying to get Miles to stand and play, and Miles trying (and succeeding) to get away and explore. The result is that we are making the whole standing thing a very negative experience. She doesn’t want to see Miles until he is standing a lot more.

Then, yesterday- Miles’ other physical therapist and I figured out why Miles has been so wishy-washy with pulling up to stand. Before his big cranial remodeling surgery, he was pulling up to stand a lot. Then it stopped.  We realized that we had started his dilation drops around the same time. He has recently been pulling up to stand a lot again, but last week, stopped! It was also last week that we stopped using the dilation eye drops…hmmmm. We are pretty sure that the changes in his vision are causing him to be less confident and to back track in this area :( It will be nice to have the surgery over with and quit messing with his eyes!

Miles continues to do great in his Speech therapy sessions.  He now has close to 50 words and is starting to put 2 word phrases together! His favorite words this week are:  “church”, “floor” and “see”. His therapist no longer wants to see him twice a week, only once.

And, finally, on Sunday we moved Miles from the “crawler” nursery at church to the “toddler” nursery.   Even though Miles is not yet “toddling”, we felt he would fit in a little better in that environment. He did very well and one of my friends even said that he made friends with another little girl and had to be closely supervised in the tent :)

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