The People of God

This man.  Ya'll this man.  That's my man signing a book contract.  Yes, he sure did.  Be looking for his book next spring.  And it's gonna be good.

My big boy

He lost a tooth!  He lost a tooth!  My baby, who worked so hard to get those teeth in, who cried and fussed and was up at night teething what seems like days ago.  Two days before his birthday, lost his first tooth.  And neither Spence or I were even there.  He pulled it out with Nana!  But he called and sent me a picture.  I still can't believe it.

Zeke is 5

Zeke at 5

How old are you? 5

Who is your best friend? Lincoln (Short) and Ben

Fave things to do? go to the movies and see Planes 

Favorite color? Orange

Favorite Foods? bread, french fries, chicken, biscuits

What do you like to do with your family? Go on a walk

Favorite toy? Sports

What do you want to be when you grow up? Race car driver

What makes you happy? Fireworks and light up stuff

What is your favorite show or movie? Wild Kratts and Planes

What's your favorite book? my Cars sticker book

What do you like learning about? letters and numbers

What is your favorite number? 4

What's your favorite game? hide and seek, catch me if you can, and racing

A whole hand

Zeke loves
orange
TarHeels
Wild Kratts
Planes
Running laps
Ben and Lincoln
Playing games

Bulls Game

The boys went to see a Bulls game.  Spence said that they spent the entire game asking questions.  The boys now know everything there is to know about baseball.  I'm pretty sure they had the roster memorized by the time they got back.  

Ben's migraines

Ben has been struggling recently with dizzy spells.  We talked with his pediatrician about them and they decided he needed to be seen by a neurologist.  They wanted to rule out lesions on his brain and seizures, so we scheduled an MRI and a test for the seizures.  Spence and I were nervous, but we are pretty sure all he remembers from the day was that he got to hang out with mom and dad all day on his own.  For the seizure test, they had to put sensors all over his head and then he was supposed to fall asleep (yeah right), then they flashed lights around the room, and then had him blow on a pinwheel.  We went and got lunch and for being so brave, he got a frosty.  Then we headed in for the MRI.  I had to stay in the waiting room, but Spence got to go back with him.  They had us bring a movie and he put on goggles that showed the movie.  This was to help him stay still, but it ended up that my crazy kid fell asleep and took a nap.  With in a week, we got a call that all his tests were normal.  He was diagnosed with toddler migraines, which basically means he has dizzy spells.  He only has to take meds when he has one.  But he really doesn't like the medicine.  It is a nasal spray and he says it tastes bad.  Please join us in praying that they will decrease and that he will not need more medicine to help with them.  The doctors told us that typically around age 5 they go away or turn into more normal migraines.  The comfort I have had during this has been that he wasn't in pain, so I am a bit worried about them changing over.

Zeke's ER visit

Well, another ER visit in the books.  I was running an errand and when I got home, Zeke had banged his head while playing in the house.  I headed to the hospital with Zeke.  Once we got there, they told us he would need two stitches.  He was the calmest, most laid back kid. I was amazed at how awesome the staff is at the Wake Med ER in Brier Creek.