It's my PARTY!!!

Saturday was a BIG day in the Anderson household!! We celebrated one year of little miracle mans life!

It was a fairly crazy weekend with a total of 13 folks sleeping in the nooks and crannies in our house (that is not counting Tim, me and Dustin). Some of them even camped out in a tent in the yard! Other family members from out of town were in hotels and of course, mom in the RV! But, we did have a good time.

I just realized that I did not take any photos over the course of the weekend. The few photos that I did get were taken by my lovely neighbor (and friend), Meghan! And so, I implore you--if you are reading this and took photos over the weekend, PLEASE, PLEASE send them my way.

There were a few teary moments for me this weekend. Fortunately, I was able to hold them back. It was an amazing moment to celebrate the one year marker of Dustin's life after he has been through so much! We are so blessed by an amazing God!

And so, I will leave you with a few of the photos that I do have from the weekend (hopefully, if my pleas are heard, more will follow):

Dustins cake--not made by me, this time! Wow--Yummy!!

Dustin was so neat about eating his cake. He did end up with the colored icing on his face, though.

Dustin is Moving

Tim and I made an exciting decision today! We have decided to move Dustin to a new daycare, Creation Kingdom. We toured a brand new facility today, which will open its doors to precious creations, beginning next Monday. This news is particularly exciting to us, since we have several concerns regarding his current daycare situation. Creation Kingdom is a Christian based program which includes bible stories, songs and prayer time at meals! The daycare also offers an intentional curriculum for its attendees and a directed learning center that includes lessons in sign language and Spanish! I am also thrilled that the daycare offers nutritious meals that are cooked in their kitchen on-site (no corn dogs, hot dogs or chicken nuggets)!! While it would certainly be ideal for Dustin to be cared for at home, we believe that this new daycare is a wonderful alternative! We will be making the move as soon as possible.

Since the last post, Dustin had his follow-up visit at Vanderbilt with the infectious disease physicians and the surgeon. Dustin's labs demonstrated that his infection markers were all completely normal. Also, his chest x-ray looked better than it had since shortly following his surgery. His right lung was fully expanded and the fluid in the lung was minimal. Good news and a praise!

Following our Friday trip to Vanderbilt, we drove down to Greenville, South Carolina where we were able to visit with friends. It is always nice to visit good friends! Dustin was also able to meet my friend Amy's foster daughter. He crawled right up to her to check her out! Such a social little man!

Dustin was diagnosed with an ear infection yesterday. So, he has had a rough couple of days. He seems to be taking it all in pretty good stride and had a better day today. I am hoping that he will recover quickly and we will have a long healthy stretch--he has been through enough.

I have several recipes to post in the next few days and hope to catch up on my blogging. Until then...