We are now in the first phase of Alli's treatment! We went in yesterday for another fitting, and she wore her brace for an hour and a half last night. It doesn't seem to bother her much - she spent most of that time rocking in her chair watching TV. When I started dinner, I went in and helped her up (one reason she didn't do much more than sit in her chair - it's hard for her to stand up!) and she came in to the kitchen and watched me cook - just like normal. Here is her brace - no shirt on it yet - just an undershirt. Her head is still cocked to the side, We go back in early Monday morning for another fitting, just to see how she is working with it. The specialist has been great. We had a discussion about what she hears from other girls, because Alli can't tell me what she's feeling, or where it hurts, etc. I hope all this helps!




The kittens are so nice! They discovered that the new fish didn't have any toys to play with, so they gave him one of theirs! I am still waiting for the day I come home and they've pushed the fish bowl over and killed the fish! Picot is small enough she doesn't move it around when she plays, but Indy is getting some weight on him! Between the two of them, they knocked off my container that held my crochet hooks and knitting needles - sending it crashing to the floor in quite a few pieces yesterday morning (at about 5:45 a.m. - good morning!)



The first good storm of the season is here - it sounds like it is raining pretty good. We are supposed to get over an inch today (if you can believe the weatherman!) and the Boy Scouts are camping at Nash's Pumpkin Patch! It seems like it always rains when they are there. I'm glad in many ways that AJ isn't camping, but it is just one more sign he is growing up! He is working today at the school - the senior class is having a rummage sale for Sober Grad. He piled up the RAV with all my 'stuff' in the garage - more room! I need to go back out and dig out more stuff to send to a thrift store/rummage sale! Just as a side note - one of the scout leaders checked for me - AJ's Eagle Project that he turned in three weeks ago just got picked up to be reviewed this week - the guy was out of town for three weeks! I don't know how long it will take to get reviewed, but AJ is down to not a lot more than 2 months - January 6th is his last date to turn it in!