What a Trip

We just got back to the reality of life, after a short vacation to Florida. We were blessed to be able to go with my parents to Fort Myers Beach this year. The boys loved it. Before we left Brayden would ask where is Florida. He thought it was a person and we were going to go visit them. Well the good news is he found Florida! When we crossed over the border into Florida, Kyle announced congrats we are now in Florida. It took Brayden a few minutes and then he announced he had found Florida! I forgot to mention we drove to Florida from Minnesota and Back. Kyle was able to see Gator town and I thought he was going to pee his pants!

 There were a few funny stories...

Brayden is potty trained and had to poop. He told us he had to go poop, but we could find a place right away. Trey leans over to Brayden and tells him- "If you hold it and hold it and hold it your poop will stop coming". Good news is we were able to get Brayden to the bathroom and he didn't have to hold it and hold it and hold it!

The boys were the entertainment for the people at the hotel we stayed at. They would just laugh and laugh at the kids. Brayden was so loud I'm sure everyone know what he wanted or was going to do. The people at the hotel were sad when they found out we were leaving.

The beach was a great hit. They collected shells, played in the sand, and walked in the ocean. I made them wear spf 50.- they did not burn! They enjoyed walking on the beach, even though on long walks Brayden made us carry him. They would always listen for the sirens. I think we heard them at least once or twice a day. The sunsets were always a highlight of the night. They were very Beautiful and we had great weather all week long.

We visited the Twins baseball practice. The boys enjoyed seeing them play and received a few autographs. Kyle flagged down Justin Morneau for Brayden. Justin is a great supporter of JRA. Kyle explained how Brayden had JRA and we want to know if he would take a picture with him. He stop right away and took a picture and signed a few things for him! The first base coach walked over to the boys after practice and asked if these were the kids that were walking around holding hands. He thought it was really cute and signed Trey's baseball!

On the way back we stopped by our good friend RIKKI's house. It was so great to see her and her cats! HAHA. Thank you for letting us stay and for everything else.

Well we are now back to the reality of life, we are in need of some prayers. I took Brayden in for labs yesterday and they called me today. I was informed this labs came back abnormal. The clinic ran his blood work for Mayo clinic visit next week. The results came back abnormal in their lab so they sent it to the hospital clinic lab to make sure it wasn't there lab equipment. Those labs came back abnormal. We need to go in today for more blood, because they were not able to run one test due to running his blood tests twice. Please pray for our little guy and hope his Mayo visit goes well next week!

This weekend is the JRA walk!! We will be at the Mall of America if anyone wants to join us and support Brayden and all the other Children that are affected by JRA!

 Take time with family and friends. Enjoy the little things!

Almost V-day How Time Flies!

Well its been awhile since the last update! January seemed to come and go without a blink of an eye. January was an okay month for us and a start of a new year. We have been fighting the cold and flu season and love passing our germs around to each other in our house, at least that's what it seems like. I have had the opportunity to bring Brayden in to get checked out numerous times for this lovely season of sickness. Good news is... his arthritis is doing well, even though his nose seems to run and he is willing to wipe his nose on his brother. And I wonder why we keep getting sick.  We are all ready for spring to come melt the snow and take away the cold.

Many ask what is new in the life of this wonderful two year old, let me tell you...
He is now potty trained only pull-ups at night! YA, but don't get to excited, because it seems as though we need to check out every single bathroom ever built in this world. If there is a bathroom we will visit it. He loves the automatic toilets. We don't just make one trip to see the same bathroom we are blessed that we get to visit it multiple times. We get to go check the bathroom out, even if he doesn't need to go. He has also discovered he can take off his clothes without help. He loves running around in his undies. So it is freezing out side, but he runs around like its summer. I guess no need for clothes.
He has decided that his name is Globlirsch with two L's. He makes us laugh! Brayden has also developed a taste for frosting. When he get a doughnut, a cupcake or anything else with frosting, that is all he eats (frosting). Once he has licked the frosting completely off he will ask for another without taking one bite of the treat. I have never seen a child think he is starving as much as him, even after he has been eating non-stop, since the time he woke. He loves to snack!

March will be a big month for us...
We have the JRA walk at the Mall of America, March 5th. Come out and Join us. This is the link to Brayden's team page.
http://JAM2011.kintera.org/teambraydengoblirsch

Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis (JRA) Walk March 5th at the Mall of America. If anyone is interested in walking with Brayden's team, simply follow link, and join our team. No fees, donation, funds needed or required. Walk and support Brayden and the more than 300,000 other kids with JRA in America. 6,000 in MN.

March 10th: Mayo check up and maybe we will get to start reducing some medication!!!! Praying for wonderful lab and check up results.

I would just love for everyone to remember on v-day...
1. how blessed we are to be able to love others
2. to tell your love ones that you love them just the way they are
Happy February!