Wordless Wednesday

PS- Have you voted for Gavin today?? You can everyday! Click HERE! If Gavin wins, they will be on the news which equals more CF awareness!

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Today, our little man is 10-months-old. How time has flown! I can't believe we will be celebrating his first birthday in two months. Still no teeth, but there is clapping upon asking, turning pages in his books, taking one or two steps by himself, saying "momma", and knowing where ceiling fans are in any room (funny, I know!).

I learned a hard lesson in enzyme ordering this weekend. His new shipment came in literally 5 mins before his meal in which I had none. The CF pharmacies timeline isn't always accurate, and I'm still learning. Luckily, I had contacted another CF parent in the area who brought me some just in time also. Glad we dodged that bullet!

Today is also CF awareness day, Yay!! Please register to walk with us in May through downtown Sacramento. You can join by clicking here:


Can't walk? DONATE! 90 cents of every dollar goes directly towards research for a cure.

Can't donate? PRAY! Pray for Ben, his Doctors, other CF families, and for a cure.

Together we can make CF stand for "Cure Found!"

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Husbands and helping

My little man has been helping me do laundry today. I have been going through his clothes, hanging up new ones and boxing up old ones. Makes me a little sad to pack up his too-small clothes but then I realize that I am glad he's growing! CF children can have problems with weight and I am thankful our little man doesn't have any problem with that!

He is going to make a great husband one day. Between Ryan, my dad and Tom, my father-in-law, he has good examples!

I also need your help. My friend and fellow CF-mom, Jen, has a son, Gavin, who is only 4 1/2 weeks older then Ben. She has entered him into a local, cutest baby contest. They are hoping Gavin can win to put the prize money toward future medical expenses. Please click HERE to vote for him. It only takes a second and you won't get junk mail when you register, I promise! Us, CF parents, need all the financial help we can get!

Also, congrats to fellow CF-mom, Christina. They just announced they are expecting. We are all praying for a healthy baby Christina!

Home

The little man and I are finally back home from Carmel. I think Ryan is VERY happy to have us back. Ben was so good on our 3-hour drive home, sleeping more then 2 hours. When we got home, I began the process of unloading our christmas loot. The three of us had fun going through our stocking stuff again; we really scored this season! Tomorrow, I will begin the task of finding a place for everything and hanging all of Ben's clothes. I would like to start packing up the clothes that he has grown out of but I think I'll tackle that next week. I hope everyone is recovering from the holidays!

Fish, anyone?

I'm finally getting around to posting up our Aquarium pictures. Ben, and I are still having fun down here in Carmel. Ryan left today, we will follow in the next couple days. Anyway, we had so much fun at the Aquarium. Ben did better then we expected. He loved the million-gallon tanks along with splashing in the water in the kid area. He lasted over an hour and a half, longer then we expected. He is getting to be so much fun at his age, Ryan and I are enjoying trips like this, more and more. We sanitized multiple times, but felt comfortable letting Ben explore.












I have also added, Ben's currents Med's on my sidebar. When I started this blog I didn't want to focus so much on Ben's CF. To me, that is letting CF win. I wanted to focus on us, as a family and all the fun times we have. My hope was that far-away family members could get a glimpse into our life. However, I have met many CF families online and I know people are curious. I will keep it updated as our little Man continues to grow.

Happy 2010

We hope everyone had a wonderful New Years. We certainly did, down here in Carmel. My aunt, uncle, cousin, and girlfriend, all came over last night for Prime Rib. Even though I don't eat red meat, we had a great feast. Today, we opened presents with my parents and let me tell you, we are spoiled. Our big gift is a Maui trip in June. Lucky, I know! Ben opened multiple toys, clothes and books. Some to take with us and some to leave at Jammi and Boppa's (my parents). We are taking today slow, I have had a killer migraine stalking me for the last couple days. You know it's bad, when I didn't drink on New Years and Ben did not take a good morning nap. So, we are hanging out, watching tv, eating, some drinking, more eating, more drinking and relaxing. Later we are going to hit up some wineries that are only a couple miles away. I'm still trying to decide what my new years resolution is but I hope you all have yours!
Ben with my Uncle

Ben with his godmom, Megan

New Years fun (yes, that is my father with a lamp shade hat on!)




My cousin, me and Megan

My love and I



Opening presents and me with my new boots and pink snuggie!