My sis and her grandbaby, Elizabeth, she is a doll!

My sis and her grandbaby, Elizabeth, she is a doll!

My nephew Will, his wife Nicole and the newest family member, my great niece Elizabeth

My nephew Will, his wife Nicole and the newest family member, my great niece Elizabeth

Mom, me, Barb and Myles (my sis and bro)

Mom, me, Barb and Myles (my sis and bro)

Missie and Uncle Myles (my brother)

Missie and Uncle Myles (my brother)

Missie and grandparents

Missie and grandparents

Missie at park in Brockville,Ont. Canada

Missie at park in Brockville,Ont. Canada

Missie and I went to Canada in October

Missie and I went to Canada in October
Mom and Jim

Part of Preston's room, he has large room, calls it his apt.

Part of Preston's room, he has large room, calls it his apt.
has a recliner and little refrig.

Missie wanted her room lime green and black

Missie wanted her room lime green and black
turned out very nice!

Left side of kitchen

Left side of kitchen

Right side of kitchen (sunflowers)

Right side of kitchen (sunflowers)

Other half of living room

Other half of living room

Part of living room

Part of living room

Part of our dining room, it is a large room

Part of our dining room, it is a large room

Our new home!

Our new home!

Jr.s shop

Jr.s shop

2 car garage

2 car garage

This is the only way it would let me post :(

Here it is December, where has time gone. I just realized this a.m. I have not posted pics of our new home, where we moved to in May. I am really bad at blogging now :( Preston is doing great! He did have a cold, but other than that, he is doing well! We are so thankful for that.Missie loves Union Bible Academy. She has moved into the dorm so she won't have to drive 1 1/2 hrs/day and during winter it would have been hard. She loves living in dorm and having her friends there. She is in choir and absolutely loves that and travels when they travel. She is maintaining a B average, and that is great! It was a big switch to switch from ACE cirriculum to textbooks, but she has done very well. We love our home, and spending our first holidays in it! Will post some pics.

Preston and Missie before surgery

Preston and Missie before surgery

Preston before surgery

Preston before surgery

Preston after his surgery

Preston after his surgery

Sunday, September 30, 2007

Time for bed

but before I retire, I wanted to do a quick update.

Preston is being potty trained. I never dreamed we would have to be doing this when he was over 19 years old. Anyhow, we started yesterday by telling him since Daddy would be home to help him, that we could not wear diapers during the day. So we put boxer shorts on him. Well, yesterday all day he used the big potty to pee-pee and poo-poo! He was so proud and we are too. Today, he did the same, until we got him in bed for the night and he peed in his diaper. But we put diapers on him at night in case he wets during the night. So we are headed in the right direction!

Today was an off day for me; meaning I didn't feel the best. If I do not get enough rest, my fibro is worse, and I cannot function very well without a good night's rest. I couldn't get to sleep last night and had to get up and take more meds. to get to sleep. Then Preston woke up at 5 something blowing his whistle that he needed us. So I got up then, and went back to bed. He blew again at almost 9 and Jr. took care of him and let me sleep. I didn't get up until almost 10. Jr. fixed Preston's breakfast, etc., and since he had to take care of him while I slept, he didn't get to church. But God knows all about it and knows what we have been through this past few months. I know I will always have more tiredness due to my fibromyalgia and arthritis, but Preston's illness has taken a toll on all of our bodies. Maybe one day we will feel like we are recovering from it all.

We were all able to attend church tonight; and that was a blessing. And we stayed to eat in the fellowship hall. Missie has a new friend now, she is younger than Missie, but that is ok; she is thrilled. This family also homeschools and sometimes we are going to get together and school. Missie was gone Fri. night, all day Sat. and until 5:15 this evening with a friend's in Six Mile. They had homecoming at their church today and Missie attended. They found out she could sing and she sang a solo and her friend played for her, and she had several guitar players back her up. She really enjoyed singing again. She has a talent from the Lord, and I hope she gets to use it more often. I don't want her to never get away from wanting to sing for the Lord. Children and their talents are very important. Anyhow, she saw some people from Free Wesleyan who sang at the homecoming as well. Some of them didn't even know her as she has changed and grown up so much.

Gotta get to bed. Am very weary tonight.

1 comment:

Les said...

Mine is 7 and potty training hasn't happened yet. He still doesn't feel the need to "go" yet.