It's hard for me to wrap my brain around the fact that you are 1/2 way to SIX! You have grown so much since you turned 5. This Dee Dee isn't sure I'm ready for you to get TOOOOO big! :)
You love for me to pick you up from school and I love to pick you up! :) Most of the time I bring Daisy and you love it. I love to watch you come out of your school with a HUGE smile on your face. Most days you give me the biggest hug and you are so excited to show me your folder. We pull over so I can see what you brought home for the day. I hope you'll always enjoy me picking you up!
You still love all things sharks! You love school and getting hot lunches. Pepperoni fun lunch seems to be your favorite. You talk about Emelee and Carsen and Andrew a lot. You also talk about how Will gets in trouble. LOL You don't have toooooo much to say if I ask you how your day went but if I don't ask specifically, you will fill me in on your day. ha! You love to go to Dollar General and get a snack and sometimes we get a prize too. Some days I offer to take you to Monroe or off to play and MOST of the time you just want to go back to Dee Dee's to play a game. You love to play games! We play Jenga, a penguin matching game, Connect 4, Operation and to make puzzles.
You love to run and chase Bennett (or whoever you are playing with). You love to climb the dogwood tree in the front yard. You love milkshakes from my house and you can put away some Reese's peanut butter cups. You love Chipotle and sometimes get upset when we have to stay around Loganville (the closest Chipotle is in Snellville). LOL You have loved the pool this summer and jumping off the diving board. You are a really good swimmer. You seem to love school. You're a social butterfly. You love going to church and you are excited that you moved into Kids Inc!
I love that you are like Dee Dee in so many ways. You make my heart happy and I'm so grateful to be your Dee Dee!
We've had so much fun with the beads...
I love to watch you play ball! You have amazing coordination and an awesome throw!
I love to watch you snuggle with Pops!
Me AND Mommy picked you up from school! You were so excited to show us the picture you drew.
Going out to eat with your Mommy and Dada!
It's SOOOO cute! You have a wallet to put your money in! :)
Nelly and Co-Chri were at our house when you were leaving to go out to eat! You really wanted to hold Thomason first! You love him...
You went to a Greek restaurant in Conyers...
We went to Hobby Lobby to look at fall things...
You make me smile!
Playing with your Mommy!
I'm not sure what you're telling Rosemary but you love babies!
You really love Steven and it's so sweet!
You want to be one of the big buys so badly sometimes!
Pops let you play corn hole when the guys were done...
You love all things water! Playing in the sprinkler was so much fun...
Dee Dee and Mommy decided to jump in....
You love freckles on your friends that are girls at school. You sometimes want to see YOUR freckles too! :)
I love how well you love your Dee Dee! You still are convinced that you can marry Dee Dee one day. It's the sweetest thing EVER! You drew me and you getting married in chalk. I've tried to explain the "why's" of the fact that we can't get married and how I'm married to Pops...etc...etc but I'm just going to enjoy the LOVE behind your words until you figure it out! :)
It makes my day to see you running up to my house!
You give the biggest and best hugs!!!
You are getting SO tall! You can now bring up our trash can and you love doing it!
Playing games make you so happy!
On the way to your CF appointment, we had lunch at Whole Foods! You loved your cream soda...
You looked over 20+ arrangements of flowers and picked the prettiest bunch for your Dee Dee! I loved it so much that we took this bunch with us to the doctor because I wanted you to be able to buy them for me. SWEET! SWEET! SWEET!
September has been a good month for you overall. You were sick at the beginning of August and took an anti-biotic that didn't get rid of what you had... so the CF clinic called you in a month long anti-biotic (bactrim). You seemed to get over the cough but 1/2 way through the dose... it's back!
You had a CT scan scheduled for September 7th (the date of your last CF appointment) but they rescheduled it for October 9th because of your cough. Your Mama is calling Dr. S to see if it needs to be rescheduled again.
You weighed 40 pounds and 12 ounces at your visit and you were 45.5 inches. You finally topped the 40 pound mark at clinic. It's been about 15 months since you've been hovering around the 38-39 pound mark. Your BMI moved up from 4% to 5% but you're still a long way from where the doctors want you to be. Future lung health for people with CF, in part, coincides with BMI.
You have added prilosec and flagyl (an anti-biotic that you take every day that will hopefully target infections in your gut and help with weight gain).
I love it when you just want a big ole hug!
You brought some pictures that you had drawn for me...
You are such a big boy!
You ate so well at Whole Foods, that probably put you over the 40 pound mark at clinic! LOL
You are so BRAVE!
CF clinic is a big sit and wait! We looked out the blinds to guess who was coming in next. On this visit you saw Dr. Freeman, the gastroenterologist AND Dr. S.
Dr. Freeman was so informative. He had some good ideas on how to put some weight on. He added flagyl and gave your Mommy some dietary changes... including no more juice at school. You need to drink more water and milk and less sugary stuff.
Dr. S said your lungs sounded clear and that was SO good to hear.
You were SO good at clinic... we stopped at Dollar General for a prize! You picked a YO-YO.
We went to Frontera for dinner...
You thought it was hilarious to sit on Bennett... he didn't think it was quite as funny!
We celebrated Grandparent's Day this month....
You love to draw. LOVE to draw. You and B made us a sign to hang our pictures!
We went to Chipotle for lunch...
You have the cutest smile!
I'm a little sad that the days are shorter and shorter daylight wise! But I sure am enjoying these simple days outside...
I picked you up from school and we went to The Story Shop to look for a "community" person to wear to school the next day. You wanted to be a mailman but they didn't have anything. HA!
Your Dee Dee loves you SO much!
We met Nelly and Thomason and Bennett at Scoops!
Candy, ice cream and a stuff dinosaur! That's a good afternoon! :)
You were the cutest policeman out there!
I've missed having movie nights! We had MOVIE NIGHT and we watched Peter Rabbit!
We played the Wii after the movie.
Dee Dee and Pops are helping with the "Young Married Ministry" at church. We had a luncheon. You had fun meeting some new friends.
You and Bennett love playing with anything water! Your pants were about to drop! Too funny...
I think this is my favorite shirt that I've gotten you. You are so handsome!
You love going to Dollar General. You used to call it the store with the "yellow!" You now know it's called "Dollar something!" LOL
You have such a good memory. We are playing a matching game!
YAY! You won!
You and B love to wrestle! Y'all are too cute...
Dee Dee and Pops had to go to Florida for a meeting! I love the sweet send-off!
While we were gone... y'all went to Buford Dam! SO much fun.
Your Mommy is SUPER excited. Y'all got a new refrigerator! And, it makes ICE! :)
You love playing with balls!
It's so good to be home from FLA and to see your face!
Dee Dee brought you back a shark and octopus tattoo. LOL
Some days you two play SO well!
Dada is building us a fire-pit! SO exciting!
We went to Moe's after Home Depot...
You were SO excited when Dee Dee picked you up from school this week! Your Scholastic books came in and you had to show me!
Dee Dee had been promising you that we would get your hair cut. You are a huge fan of hair cuts!
We went by Kroger after getting your hair cut and you got a Reese's pumpkin. You got Bennett one but you ate his! hahahaha #GOASPEN
Your day wouldn't be complete without a game of penguin matching!
You really wanted to eat dinner with Dee Dee and Pops! I was so glad I had enough to make for you.
I love your sweet eyes and cute smile! If we go any place that sells flowers... you LOVE to find the perfect ones just for me!
Mommy and Bennett and I went to have lunch with you today at school. You were SO excited!
We found your paw print! Your analytical like your Dee Dee! You went for "realistic!" LOL :)
Seeing your face coming down the hall made this Dee Dee super excited too!
I had to watch you go through the line... I'm not sure I was supposed to... but... :)
I can hardly stand how cute you are!
You love getting hot lunches! :)
Friday's are ice cream days! :)
Your friends loved talking to us... This is Canon and Griffin and... ? (I forgot). LOL
I hope I'll always be able to come eat lunch with you....
Your hugs are the BEST!
You were on your way back to class and you had to run and give Dee Dee one more hug! Made my day!
Thomason came over to play with us! You LOVE to hold him. Y'all are SO cute.
Please be in prayer for Aspen!
* To gain more weight and that the new medicines will be effective
* For Aspen's cough to go away and for him to stay well this fall and winter
* For Aspen's upcoming CT scan and for wisdom to know if it should be postponed again
* For Aspen as he begins to realize and understand more and more about WHAT CF is
* For Aspen's friendships
* For Aspen's heart to be protected...
Aspen... Your Dee Dee couldn't love you MORE! You give the best hugs and you love your Dee Dee well. I hope you'll always know how much you are LOVED and prayed for.
Happy 5 1/2 years sweet boy!!!!
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