{one} We just wrapped up a super fun week at VBS! We were all cadets on spaceship Galactic Praise, and we enjoyed a full week of astronomy, Bible lessons, slip 'n slides, silent team cheers, green gorillas, and crafts. I helped with the 2nd and 3rd graders, and each of the kids had their own group. Aiden was an Aqua Comet, Eli was a Red Shuttle, and Maddie was an Orange Rocket! {My group were Flame- Golden- Meteors}. Even our friend C from our old neighborhood joined us! The kids had a "blast" {pun intended} and basically had the time of their lives ;)
{two} We have adopted a deer! Ok, not really, but we have had this deer hanging around our yard for a few weeks now, and she basically has adopted us. She has just made herself right at home in our yard, and is {mostly} unfazed by our presence. Which, honestly, is pretty amazing, considering how our kids dance around and scream and yell whenever they see her haha. While it's not fun that she eats our plants and leaves a mess in our yard, it's pretty special to see her almost daily. We're hoping that she is getting comfortable enough that she might bring her baby into our yard soon!
{three} Aiden recently had a small procedure to have a mucocele removed from his lower lip. We have no idea how he got it {they're usually caused by mouth trauma}, but it just wasn't going away on its own, so we had to have it removed. Poor little guy had to see multiple doctors before we could actually get someone to remove it, so he had a lot of time to prep and work up his courage. They gave him laughing gas, and he was a rockstar patient! It was a little sore for a few days, and he had a bruise on the outside of his mouth for a bit, but otherwise, he's healing nicely, and hopefully we don't have to worry about it again!
{four} At the start of the summer, I had mentioned that I had started a maintenance medication for my migraines. While I definitely saw a difference in the severity of my migraines, I was still having a headache almost daily. So they went ahead and increased the dose of the maintenance medication. It has been about a month now, and I am just not seeing much more improvement. I'm not giving up yet, and I will have a follow up with the neurologist in August. But I am still having a lot of headaches, and had a pretty severe migraine recently {all the full-blown symptoms, lasted 5 days...not fun}. While the headaches don't all turn into migraines, and I'm able to manage most with Tylenol, it's still not normal and just gets in the way of everyday life. I am also struggling with insomnia and temperature regulation {I'm either really hot, like it feels like I'm burning up from the inside out, or freezing cold}. Sigh. So we'll see how the next few weeks go, and then discuss next steps at the August appointment. I knew this was a possibility; I was just hopeful I could find a better amount of relief in this first round of "easier" medications...
{five} I can hardly believe that we are halfway through the summer! We have been on break from school {though still practicing our reading}, and spending our days at the pool, playing with friends, and trying to survive the humidity. We still have lots planned for the second half of the summer, but we are already starting to see our schedule fill up with all the fall activities, and we'll be jumping into all of that before we know it :)
Happy Friday!
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