Finally starting to walk

I took the boys for a haircut last week and Joshua decided he wanted to make his hair orange. I don't know what this is going to mean when he gets older? What other things do I have to look forward to? At least this washed out. Jacob still does not like getting his hair cut. He will hold still for the most part, but still cries through the whole thing (but when it is all done he looks at himself in the mirror, smiles, and seems to say "you are one handsome guy!").

Jacob has finally decided to do more of the 2 legged moving. He is doing more and more practicing every day and is finally walking longer stretches. He is so much more calculated at it then Josh was. Josh just got up and started going. Jacob takes his time and decides exactly were to put his feet.

We had a good weekend and My sister Erin and I celebrated our birthday on Saturday the family. Rick grilled us up some steaks and they even had a little suprise just for Erin and I of some crab legs (YUM!) It was awesome! I wouldn't mind still celebrating the day every year, but if there was just a way to stop the counting part, I think I would be happy. Oh well, this at least was not one of the big ones (next year :0).

Some news and fun stuff

I am first going to say, I am sorry for not getting to this sooner. I don't know where the time has gone. We have had some beautiful weather here as I hope most everyone has, although it has been hot, but I like hot. So we have done the best we can at being out doors and enjoying things like water.

A couple of weekends ago we decided to go pick some cherries in Emmett. We called my sister and her son Charlie and they went too. We had a great time, but of course got carried away with the picking ("As soon as we fill the last bucket, we will go"), so 67 lbs later we had our Cherries.
Jacob was not as keen on the picking part, but was fairly content to relax and nap in the chair. We are still working on those cherries, and I need to get around to freezing some before they all go bad.


We are also lucky enough to have a big park about a mile away from our house that has lots to do and even has water features. Joshua loves running and playing in the water (except for the ones that dump on your head), but Jacob is not so sure about them all yet. He would rather do his splashing in the bath tub.

But when we want to stick close to home we set up the Wilkison Water Park in the back yard with the water slide and slip and slide (not pictured). Josh and Charlie think up new ways every time to slide down and get cooled off.

As for what news we have, it is not much yet. For the most part, they want more tests. Seattle Childrens Hospital has called and set up another visit for September 13, 14, and 15 for a variety of things including an overnight MRI, and a functional MRI, along with the Neuropsycological testing and a few other things they have packed into those 3 days. The biggest news is that they want Jacob to get his eyes checked because the area in his brain where the seizures are coming from is near the vision center. They want to see if he is having any vision problems now, because they have a medicine that they want ot try him on, but it has a risk of causing vision problems. They don't want to put him on it if he is already having issues and they want to further evaluate what the risk of doing surgery would be to his vision. So we have that set up here in August along with some neuropsycological testing here in Boise in a couple of weeks. That is all I have for now. I will do my best to update any new news as soon as we get it and try to update at least once a week! Have a beautiful week!

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