Wow Time Flies!

I don't know where this summer is going!  Just one more week until we are taking Tom down to start college in Nebraska!  I have some pics on here from our trip to Atlanta.  I had to wait until Aly returned home because she had the camera! Then I had to find time to sit and load them onto the computer! :)  We've been staying up late watching the Olympic coverage.  It is so much fun.  Aly has been really interested in the swimming.  The underwater cameras are fantastic for seeing what they do.  Aly has been intently watching and figuring out how to improve her own strokes!  We catch her saying, "oh, ok, " and "I see, " while she's watching.

It can't hurt to watch the best in the world, right?

The growth hormones are going good now that we are starting over. Just to give you an idea, her original dose was 1.5 ml.  Now, they started at .1 ml and we are increasing by .1 each week.  She is currently at .2 ml.  The doctor came back to us and said, "some kids who don't produce ANY growth hormone can get by at a much lower dose."  Well, I guess!  Sometimes I feel like Aly is the test subject.  Why did they start her so high then??  They want us to increase until we get to .6 and see how she's doing at that point.  We

measured, Aly, a couple of days ago and she has grown bit.  Less than 1/2 inch, mind you, but she was so thrilled!  I know her feet have grown too.  We bought her golf shoes on her birthday.  She's worn them about 3 times and now they don't fit!  UGH!  That is the one downer!  I wish I could return them.  They look brand new still!  Anyways, so far so good.  She is not having any issues, like she did before, at this point.  Hopefully, it will continue to go smoothly!
Aly continues to have the jaw locks.  I've been waiting to hear from the doc, as Aly would like to do something about them, I guess I

need to call, again!  Hopefully, we'll be able to get in before school starts and see if the botox injections will help!
The next couple of weeks are going to fly by.  We are head to Nebraska next Wednesday.  Tom can move in on the 16th.  From there, Kevin, Aly and I are going to drive down to Texas to visit Uncle Jeff.  It was promised to Aly that she would receive a trip to Schlitterbahn's, the largest water park in the U.S.  It is between Austin and San Antonio.  We will stay a few days and then stop back in Nebraska to help Tom celebrate #18 on the 23rd.

Upon our return, it will be shopping for school clothes for Aly.  Nothing is fitting her anymore.  She, right now, is trying on all her clothes and she just came and told me she has 7 shirts that fit.  We've been trying to find jeans that fit around her swimmer's legs and newly obtained belly. We've been to 4 stores and no luck.  What is with all the skinny jeans?   She looks healthy and tanned from the time in the pool!  It is wonderful!  We are volunteering at Ditto's Meat Raffle on 8/25.  The swim team is donating proceeds to a young boy with cancer, so we want to return the favor everyone did for us.  Join us if you are looking for something to do.  1:30-5pm on Saturday 8/25.
It will also be MRI time on 8/31.  Please say a prayer that it will be clear, AGAIN!

Anyways, just wanted to check in.  It's been busy here with getting Tom ready to go, family visiting, and just summertime fun!  It is so nice to be able to say we've had some fun this summer!  Thank you for your continued support, prayers, thoughts!