Down Syndrome Festival & 5k

Yesterday morning, we attended the Down Syndrome Festival and 5k in downtown OKC. Brad, along with several of our family and friends, did the 5k. Since I'm still not cleared by my doctor to resume running, Caleb and I joined everyone a little later for the awareness walk and festival. Team Caleb raised over $3600 for the Down Syndrome Association of Central Oklahoma! We surpassed last year's total by $700! Thanks to everyone who donated!

Brad and some of his co-workers after the 5k

One of Brad's college friends got 2nd place in his division! Nice job, Matt!

Having fun in the playroom. The clinic where Caleb does OT volunteers in and supplies all the toys/activities for this room every year!

Caleb liked the two-week old goats at the petting zoo.

He wasn't feeling 100% (teething, I think), but we still had a wonderful time. 

20 weeks

Sunday marked 20 weeks (hopefully about halfway) into my pregnancy... and this is how I "celebrated". 

2.5 hours of observation at the hospital on Sunday afternoon/evening. Baby and I are both doing great, but apparently I have a "low-lying" placenta that caused some bleeding. My OB is hopeful that the issue will resolve itself in the next few weeks and not lead to a diagnosis of placenta previa. For now, I have to take a break from running (and any other exercise for that matter). Our main prayer request right now is that the placenta moves up and doesn't cause any other issues. "Stephanie's placenta"... yes, weird prayer request... but still a very real prayer request. Thanks, friends. 

By the way, here's my 20 week baby bump photo... taken before the hospital drama. 

Goodbye Summer

Several cold fronts have been coming in over the last few days. While not officially fall for another week and a half, it certainly feels like it today. 

Even though Caleb's not in "real" school yet, the new school year brings lots of changes for us. Several of his therapists are either parents (so their schedules change to accommodate their own kids) or they work part-time in the schools. It's always crazy trying to piece together Caleb's schedule into something that works for us. What we've got going now seems pretty good, though we did have to give up some fun stuff like story time at the library. I'm still working part-time while Caleb goes to Mother's Day Out on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. Caleb does speech therapy first thing on Monday mornings, before we go to work and MDO. On Tuesdays, Caleb has PT and OT. We also try to run errands or go to the park on Tuesdays. On Thursdays, Caleb does PT in the morning and then we head to the church so that I can participate in a Bible study. Caleb gets to play with his friends in the nursery while I take a couple hours to study and fellowship with other young moms at my church. Our Thursday afternoons look different from week to week. Sometimes we have an extra session of PT or speech, and sometimes we just enjoy some play time at home. Now that the weather is cooling down, I'm hoping that Thursdays (after nap) will be a good opportunity to go to the zoo.

Brad and I have talked about how we'll have to take a serious look at Caleb's busy therapy schedule (and therefore my busy schedule) as we get closer to Baby #2's arrival. I don't want to cut back on any of the things we're doing, but I know that we will probably need to. Caleb is in what we've been calling a " developmental explosion" lately. For now, I'm going to focus on all the exciting new things he's doing/saying each day, and we'll figure out the rest as we go. 

As for other changes...

Baby #2 is growing and making his presence known. The baby bump is starting to become noticeable to more people than just me. Brad got my maternity clothes out of the attic a few days ago, and I plan to get them washed and ready to wear sometime within the next few weeks. The baby is moving around a lot, and I feel him a little more each day. If this little guy is anything like his older brother, he will soon figure out that it's "fun" to get really active or have hiccups right as I'm ready to go to sleep. 

And my younger brother is gone for at least a year. We spent this past weekend with him in Texas and took him to the airport on Sunday. After a month of training, he will head to east Africa with the Navy Reserve. We're sad to see him go (even though he's excited about it!) and can't wait for his return sometime next fall.

Down Syndrome Festival and 5k - 15 days away!

15 days until the Down Syndrome Festival and 5k! 

To register for the 5k, please follow the link below and select "5K registration supporting specific team or individual (shirt included) - $35.00". 

If you aren't doing the 5k but plan to attend the festival and walk the one commemorative lap with Team Caleb, please follow the link below and select either "Walking ONE LAP around ballpark with/for team or individual - $0.00" or "Walking ONE LAP around ballpark with/for team or individual (with one event shirt) - $10.00".

Team Caleb will have a group photo taken at 10:45am during the festival.

Team Caleb shirts have been ordered and should be ready a few days before the Festival and 5k. I'll let you all know when they're in! The event shirts that you get with the 5k or walk registration are not the same as the Team Caleb shirts that I ordered earlier this week.

https://secure.ezeventsolutions.com/fr/DSACO/2014Walk/TeamCaleb

On the Move

It's hard to believe crawling was so hard for Caleb just a few weeks ago! 

It's a Boy!

First Day of School

Caleb goes to a wonderful Mother's Day Out program at a local church. He started his second year there on Monday!