Pics....

Mike won this stuffed animal playing the games!
Lynsey and Luke at the entrance...I loved the flowers here!

Here are the long awaited Sea World pics...nothing too spectacular. It is hard to get pics with the animals and us in them too:) I will say Luke loved the Shamu show...he was very vocal during it, and you could for sure tell when he caught sight of Shamu. As for the Dolphin show...Lynsey wanted to sit in the soak zone so Mike went down with her. Luke and I stayed up top and we both got pooped on by the pigeons or sea gulls. We didn't even know until Mike and Lynsey came back up and started laughing. Mike says that could only happen to me. We did have a fun day, and I think Luke enjoyed it.

Now for the big news of the day...we found out today that Lynsey and Luke will be getting a little sister!

This next week Luke is going for an evaluation to see if he is a candidate for an assisted walking device called a lite gait http://www.litegait.com/ . Basically, it is a machine that retrains the brain to walk and helps build strength. I found out about it by another little boy's web site I follow that has a brain injury (www.caringbridge.com/visit/reece.) The funny thing is when I called the company today to get more info...guess where they are based....Tempe, AZ!!! Go figure...right here! So that is a good thing. We take him there on Thursday. Please pray he is a candidate. The other thing we need prayers for is for Luke to get the ambition and drive to do all of this hard work he needs to do to get better. It really is a lot to ask of him (especially when you consider all he has been thru), but it is what it is going to take. I have been reading a book called Stronger After Stroke . It is great! I actually emailed the author to see if the same basic principles apply to those with a traumatic brain injury. He said for sure! Well the number one principle is the patient has to be willing to put in lots of work (like 5 hours per day with lots and lots of repetition!) So that is where we are at now. The book is very hopeful and offers lots of great tips. To get the most out of the stem cells, Luke needs lots of input, but we can't force it on him, he has to be willing to receive and work too. Thanks so much for your prayers...together we will all make BIG, AMAZING things happen in our Gladiator! Believe!