Happy Birthday to my sweet oldest girl!

Katelee is 10 today! How did that happen?? It really doesn't seem like it's been 10 years since I became a mom for the first time. I'm certainly not old enough to have a 10-year-old. ;c)

My awesome girl loves pie. Every year for her birthday, she requests a birthday pie instead of a cake. One year it was apple, one year peach and last year I think it was pumpkin. Her favorite pies ever are pumpkin and lemon meringue. This year she wanted to take a treat to school, but pies aren't easily taken and shared in class. She suggested I make mini-pies like I did a month or so ago when I made 100 tiny pies. I didn't want to have that much work to do, so we came up with a compromise -- pumpkin cupcakes. All the goodness that is pumpkin pie, but in a delicious and easy-to-eat form.

I baked the cupcakes last night, decorated them this morning and we now have 24 yummy pumpkin cupcakes with maple cream cheese icing ready to head to school.

Happy Birthday, Katelee!

'Tis the season

Spicy hot chocolate
Originally uploaded by DeathByBokeh

Everyone in our family has had their turn with the first cold of the season. Even Elijah has had a runny nose. I knew it would likely be my turn soon. I hate getting a cold. It goes straight to my chest each and every time. I woke up Friday morning feeling awful. I hope it runs it's course quickly. The only good part about having a cold(haha!) is drinking hot chocolate with cinnamon and a pinch of cayenne pepper.That extra little bit of heat really helps loosen stuff up and it tastes great, too. You should try it!

Grandmama is one tough lady.

My 89-year-old grandmother fell last night while getting in her car to drive home after church. Yes, she still drives and lives alone. What did she do after she fell? She got in her car and drove home anyway. She's a tough one. Her friends followed her home to make sure she got there ok. She ended up at the hospital because her hip is broken. I can't imagine what it would have been like to drive with a broken hip. Ouch! At least she is in the hospital up here near the family instead of the one over an hour away, so we can visit her. Please keep her in your thoughts and prayers!

Elijah and PT

Elijah had a physical therapy appointment this past Monday. He is doing so, so well. We talked some more about him being discharged from PT. He's been having visits from his PT twice a month starting in March. It looks like his last day of PT will be the 16th of this month. His service coordinator from Early Intervention is coming this Friday morning to fill out the paperwork for the discharge. Unless something comes up at the last appointment that gives Elijah's therapist cause for concern, he will be discharged effective the 17th.

Isn't that awesome?! We still need to get his MRI scheduled sometime in the next couple months and then he will have a check-up with his neurosurgeon down at Duke. He wanted Elijah to have the MRI and check-up "closer to a year". Since he'll be a year old on December 20th, I'd rather get it all done before the holidays, before Thanksgiving, even, if we can.

It's hard to believe it's been almost a year already. Last year at this time, we were about a month away from our first trip down to Duke. We were going to the perinatologist pretty regularly for ultrasounds. Just thinking about all the uncertainty that surrounded us then makes me feel a bit anxious. And here we are. A year later and with a wonderful, healthy and very happy little boy. It's amazing.

I've gone pink

My blog is Pink for October. Make yours pink, too. :c)