theacuffs.com Blog http://theacuffs.com/blog ...the new life and times of Isaac, pre-empted by his parents Sat, 07 Feb 2009 19:45:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Transportation Week at School! http://theacuffs.com/blog/2009/02/07/transportation-week-at-school/ http://theacuffs.com/blog/2009/02/07/transportation-week-at-school/#comments Sat, 07 Feb 2009 19:45:34 +0000 MichiganPete http://theacuffs.com/blog/2009/02/07/transportation-week-at-school/ The last two weeks, his class has been talking about “Things that Go”. Isaac, of course, loved every minute of these lessons!  They sorted different kinds of transportation, counted how many wheels things have, and a thousand other things that were somehow related to transportation! We’ll try and video him singing his “Fire song” in the next day or so..Tis very cute! In the meantime, here’s some samples from the bag of artwork that came home!

“Airplanes fly in the sky”

“Boats ride on the water”


“Trains go on the tracks”

“Cars go on the road”

**All quotes are direct from the little guy when he showed them to me on Tuesday night!”

]]> http://theacuffs.com/blog/2009/02/07/transportation-week-at-school/feed/ 0 Isaac’s first “Real” picture!! http://theacuffs.com/blog/2009/02/06/isaacs-first-real-picture/ http://theacuffs.com/blog/2009/02/06/isaacs-first-real-picture/#comments Fri, 06 Feb 2009 21:37:35 +0000 MichiganPete http://theacuffs.com/blog/2009/02/06/isaacs-first-real-picture/ Isaac drew this amazing picture today after his EEG…I couldn’t wait to share it!

You can probably at least tell that it is an animal…Isaac drew it, brought it to me and told me “Woodpecker, peck the tree”!  He then proceeded to “peck” his nose on the window frame!

]]> http://theacuffs.com/blog/2009/02/06/isaacs-first-real-picture/feed/ 0 For Cole and Phoebe http://theacuffs.com/blog/2009/02/06/for-cole-and-phoebe/ http://theacuffs.com/blog/2009/02/06/for-cole-and-phoebe/#comments Fri, 06 Feb 2009 13:05:25 +0000 MichiganPete http://theacuffs.com/blog/2009/02/06/for-cole-and-phoebe/ Our precious friends Mike and Nichole are moving to Pennsylvania in a few weeks.  God has generously provided a job there for Mike, and in today’s economic hardships that is a hard thing to pass up!  They will be greatly missed…Our little “foursome” at church is slowly being split up, which is what happens when you do what Jesus tells you and “Go into the world”…Cole and Phoebe have been best buds since day 1 (well, at least since Phoebe’s day 1, Cole was closer to 80 days)…They are going to miss each other a bunch and I captured this precious moment with Miss Joanne on Sunday morning.  Enjoy!  And please be praying for them as they make this move. That they would find a Bible teaching, Mission minded church who loves making Jesus famous more than anything else!! That their house would sell and that they would find a fabulous place to live and raise sweet Phoebe!!

]]> http://theacuffs.com/blog/2009/02/06/for-cole-and-phoebe/feed/ 0 And more pics from Uncle Ryan! http://theacuffs.com/blog/2009/02/06/and-more-pics-from-uncle-ryan/ http://theacuffs.com/blog/2009/02/06/and-more-pics-from-uncle-ryan/#comments Fri, 06 Feb 2009 12:47:58 +0000 MichiganPete http://theacuffs.com/blog/2009/02/06/and-more-pics-from-uncle-ryan/

We had breakfast with MomMom Caleb (Isaac got his middle name from their family)…It’s a fantastic story that he will learn someday!

Breakfast of Champions! Chocolate chip cookie and orange juice!

]]> http://theacuffs.com/blog/2009/02/06/and-more-pics-from-uncle-ryan/feed/ 0 Pics from the Hospital… http://theacuffs.com/blog/2009/02/05/pics-from-the-hospital/ http://theacuffs.com/blog/2009/02/05/pics-from-the-hospital/#comments Fri, 06 Feb 2009 00:53:17 +0000 MichiganPete http://theacuffs.com/blog/2009/02/05/pics-from-the-hospital/ Here are most of the pictures we took on Wednesday and Thursday…The first few are of Isaac and Zeb (in one of them) playing with the wagon on the “great big hill” “the biggest hill” in the hallway leading to the MRI department…It was fun and Isaac had a ball!  The last two are from Thursday when Isaac was just laying in bed, uninterested in playing with toys or anything really…Just wanted to lay down, eat crackers, drink juice, drink chocolate milk, and watch cartoons…

This was actually taken in the MRI prep area before they told us to find something else to do while we waited another 45 minutes for anesthesia to decide how to anesthetize him with minimal impact on the apnea…They did a great job and the wait was completely worth the good night he had following!!

]]> http://theacuffs.com/blog/2009/02/05/pics-from-the-hospital/feed/ 0 Update…medical stuffs… http://theacuffs.com/blog/2009/02/05/updatemedical-stuffs/ http://theacuffs.com/blog/2009/02/05/updatemedical-stuffs/#comments Thu, 05 Feb 2009 22:36:15 +0000 MichiganPete http://theacuffs.com/blog/2009/02/05/updatemedical-stuffs/ Isaac is NOT having surgery on his airways.

Isaac does have some funkiness in his urine, which we will not know more about until later next week.

Isaac is a charming and precocious little boy, who melted everyone’s heart whom he met..

One terribly endearing  story was from today. We were waiting for our turn at the ENT office and there was an adorable little girl there waiting, too. She had down syndrome and her mom was clearly frazzled with her behavior (typical of a 3 year old, especially one with DS). Isaac took a book to her and said “I read you story.”  He promptly sat down next to the little girl and “read” her the caboose story and then they both came back to me and read one of Isaac’s Animal Babies booklets together…Her mom was shocked to say the least, and we had an awesome conversation while the two “read” together.

Thank you for all of your prayers. We will not have results of the MRI/CSF study until middle of next week, at the earliest. We’ll let you know when we know more!

I’ll work on posting some pics tomorrow of our hospital adventures!

]]> http://theacuffs.com/blog/2009/02/05/updatemedical-stuffs/feed/ 0 Pictures…Courtesy of Uncle Ryan (the one in Delaware!) http://theacuffs.com/blog/2009/02/05/picturescourtesy-of-uncle-ryan-the-one-in-delaware/ http://theacuffs.com/blog/2009/02/05/picturescourtesy-of-uncle-ryan-the-one-in-delaware/#comments Thu, 05 Feb 2009 12:46:07 +0000 MichiganPete http://theacuffs.com/blog/2009/02/05/picturescourtesy-of-uncle-ryan-the-one-in-delaware/

No wonder Isaac loves “Miss Hetter”! She lets him crack eggs and scramble them and has the patience of Job while doing it!!  They had a lot of fun making breakfast New Year’s Morning!!

Cheesy smile!!

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We went to a Vietnamese restaurant with Heather, Ryan, Mom, Dad, Sarah, Amy, Jackie Caleb, and Jackie’s sister the last night we were in town….This is what Isaac looks like when he gets to eat and dip and enjoy his dinner without interference from the Mommy!!

Also at the Vietnamese restaurant…Isaac getting his 6 months worth of kisses from the Tante Sarah!!

]]> http://theacuffs.com/blog/2009/02/04/more-christmas-pics/feed/ 0 The night before…. http://theacuffs.com/blog/2009/02/03/the-night-before/ http://theacuffs.com/blog/2009/02/03/the-night-before/#comments Wed, 04 Feb 2009 02:42:17 +0000 MichiganPete http://theacuffs.com/blog/2009/02/03/the-night-before/ ..the MRI!  Zeb decided to make a cupcake…in a coffee cup…in the microwave…and of course Isaac needed to help!  We also enjoyed some ice cream together…hey! Wednesday is going to be rough, we decided to have a little bit of fun on Tuesday!! Enjoy the bonus post!

]]> http://theacuffs.com/blog/2009/02/03/the-night-before/feed/ 0 Isaac is learning… http://theacuffs.com/blog/2009/02/03/isaac-is-learning/ http://theacuffs.com/blog/2009/02/03/isaac-is-learning/#comments Tue, 03 Feb 2009 13:12:47 +0000 MichiganPete http://theacuffs.com/blog/2009/02/04/isaac-is-learning/ …to write his letters!

After only about 10 minutes of “real” practice in a tracing workbook, he promptly wrote several letter ‘h’s on his own!

Here are a couple of them!

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