Humphrey Happenings

Monday, February 18, 2013

Boys' Weekend and a trip to Memphis

Since this Grammy has been missing Miss O so badly and since we actually had a free weekend, Pops gave me the blessing and go-ahead to plan a quick trip to Memphis! (He's the BEST!!!!) We were worried about how the boys would take it but by the time he got done telling them that I was leaving, they were ready for me to be gone so they could start their BOYS' WEEKEND!

Olivia was sick with a stomach bug, off and on, all weekend and was kind enough to share it with her mommy, but we still had lots of cuddle time, craft time and just fun play time. She is such a sweetheart and when she cried to go home with me, I thought I would die. Thanks for playing with Grammy, Olivia! I love and miss you!!!! (And thanks, Mommy and Daddy for letting me come on such late notice!)

Grandchildren are such a blessing and joy!!!!!!!!!

Saturday, February 9, 2013

The BIG Day!!!!

Ian's power chair has been at our therapist's clinic for 3 weeks and he's been learning to drive it. He still has a long way to go (it's a powerful chair with 2 motors and 4 drives) but we got to bring it home today!!! Before coming home, we stopped at our church multi-purpose room for a practice run. We were there for almost 3 hours and Ian got progressively better at learning to maneuver during that time. He is one excited young man!!! The independence that this will give him is not even explainable. Research shows that independence mobility is necessary for social and cognitive learning, so we are excited to see how having his own wheels will change life for all of us (not that Ian could be any more social than he already is!)

And because this chair weighs more than 200 lb, we have to have a way to transport it. Thus, the new ('03) bus!

The lift folds up on itself to allow for passenger entry.

Here is the lift as it unfolds. There are tie downs on all 4 corners as well as a shoulder harness to keep him safe. (The restraint expert/Dad made sure of that!)

And here is Ian, ready to go!

I'll try to post videos soon!

Thursday, January 24, 2013

The Stander - Then and Now

We finally got to bring the stander home!!! Woohoo!!! This is a very big deal! We were hoping that Ian would be able to be in the stander shortly after his hamstring lengthening surgery on Sept. 6, but it's been slow going! I won't go into all the details but suffice it to say that it's been a lot of work and we have a lot more work to do. However, it's here and we are persevering. Here is a picture of little Ian in Jamaica in his stander several years ago and ....

here he is today!

Friday, January 11, 2013

Christmas - Part 3

On New Year's Eve day, we headed to Mimi and Pa's in Danville for another celebration!

Lucas with great grandmother, Mamma

Ian opening some much needed bibs. We go through a lot!

Rudolph houseslippers

Brenna's new purse

Custom made apron for the Grill Master

Brenna helping Mimi and Pa open gifts

This Santa in the chimney was full of gifts for everyone!

Tearing poor Santa apart

Brenna got a new suitcase and headed out the door!

Something exciting is in this package!!!!

A new crane!

Felicia wants in on the action!

We feel very blessed to have been able to celebrate the birth of our Savior with so many family members. We would not have made it through this past year without the love and support of each of you.

Merry Christmas (a bit late) and blessings for the New Year!

Christmas - Part 2

We came home from KY lake on Christmas Eve (nonstop trip due to car problems on the front end and Tom's commitment to speak at our church's Christmas Eve service) and had Christmas with the boys on Christmas morning.

Unpacking the stockings...

Lucas' stocking...

Ian is excited about a flashlight in his stocking

Getting a hug from Dad after giving him the gift Lucas picked out just for him

Jeremy helping Ian to open the gift he picked out

Foreman Lucas got right to work

and Jeremy got a poem. Hmmmmm.

Ian opening the car carrier

Lucas used the new tools to open his gifts

And Jeremy got another poem. Hmmmm.

Lucas loved the marble run

And Jeremy got another poem and.....a gallon of milk???????

Ian went crazy when he opened the remote control 4-wheeler!

And another gift for Lucas

And after yet another poem, Jeremy finally gets......

the Nintendo DS he's been wanting for as long as we've known him!

Later that day, Mom-mom and Dad-dad came for a visit.

Brenna helped them pass out their gifts

Felicia loves her uncles

Felicia getting a ride on Uncle Ian's lap

Christmas with 3 rowdy boys was fun and crazy and at this point was not over yet!

Wednesday, January 9, 2013

Christmas - Part 1

The boys are back in school so I finally have some time to upload the Christmas pictures. Troy only had the weekend before Christmas off and that wasn't enough time for them to make the trip to Indiana so we rented a house on KY lake and we all congregated there. It was so much fun having everyone together!

This is a corner of the house and the view of the lake. The house sits on a point that juts out into the lake and is built to take advantage of beautiful views from all windows.