Fall Fun

Sorry for the late post, but we had some last minute fun today before I could get a post together for today. :-O  I have a few more OI-related posts but I wanted to take a break from that since I feel like everything I posted last week was all medical.

After a week of ugly weather, this morning we woke up to beautiful temperatures and sunshine...and we had no appointments on schedule!  I had gotten an email from Longwood Gardens this weekend and took notice of the "Pumpkin Playground"...we'd never been to a pumpkin playground...

So we went!

For this trip, I pulled Isaiah's wheelchair out for the first time since he broke his arm a month ago. We're scheduled to see Isaiah's ortho next week to check up on it and verify it's healed, but since he's been pushing up on his arms when on me and he was dying to push today....I'd say it's on the right track. :)

Can I take a minute to say how awesome, amazing, and fantastic it is that Isaiah can sit independently?!  

Isaiah was in a great mood the entire time we were there today...he was so interested in everything, it was just a fantastic day together.

I've noticed a few of our new followers on Isaiah's facebook page have commented about how it's nice we do normal things...I know that sometimes our life isn't typical, but we live beyond Isaiah's OI and hydrocephalus...if that makes sense...

 His condition(s) are a part of our lives, we accept them, but they aren't our lives.  We strive to raise Isaiah to live with his OI and his hydrocephalus, but not let them rule over his life.

Yes, we have a lot of appointments, we have surgeries, fractures, therapies...but we also have pumpkins and cuddles, story time and picnics on a bench...

This picture was post-picnic ;-)

Some of my goals when it comes to sharing Isaiah's life with you are that you learn about OI, that you learn about hydrocephalus...and that you see Isaiah...our amazing little boy.  He has those conditions, yes, but he is so much more than them.  

He's a smarty pants who has learned how to unhook his
wheelchair harness which means momma is in trouble. ;-)

Fall Fun

This weekend, we had a ton of fall fun!

After shopping for Isaiah's Halloween costume, we went to pick up some pumpkins to carve and paint...a major perk to living in a rural area is that you can get huge pumpkins for $2 each. ;-)

We went to a really fun party where we painted pumpkins...well, I painted a pumpkin, Isaiah just threw the paintbrush and shoke his head no.  He perked up a lot though when we moved on to throwing a ball into a Pumpkin bucket.  This kid loves to throw.

After all that fun, we ate some mummy hot dogs, cheesey broomsticks (no really, they were made of cheese), and pumpkin clementines (I wish I had gotten a picture; it was all so cute!)...we roasted some marshmallows, masde some s'mores...and just had a good ole fall time.

There was even a piñata!  The kids did an awesome job taking that sucker down... 

and I think Isaiah was horrified. lol  His eyes were wide the whole time and I imagined him asking all of the kids "hey, what did that pumpkin ever do to you guys?"

Once the pumpkin spilled its goodies, we got to playing.   Isaiah LOVED the bouncey house slide!

So much! There's a video that you have to see, but I am not on a computer to write this update so I can't link to it...but it's on Isaiah's facebook.  Go stalk!! Trust me, it's worth it.

Isaiah tried denying his friend's love...

But he loves her.  The picture below is from when she was playing with him.

It was a fantastic weekend! Isaiah and I wrapped it up with a drive to the Ronald McDonald House.  We have his pamidronate treatment this week.  For those who are new to the blog (hi there!), pamidronate is the medicine that Isaiah gets every 8 weeks to help strengthen his bones.  We go over to DuPont for 4 hours each day for three days.  You'd think it'd be boring, but it actually ends up being so much fun because we're on the same schedule as his buddy Gavin, who is 4 months younger that Isaiah.  So be on the look out for adorable pictures of the two peas in a pod.

:)