Wish of a Lifetime

Yes! Tegan has recieved a awesome  wish from Make A Wish!  We have known for awhile but it just seemed like one of those things to good to be true, thus to good to share until we knew it was really, really happening!  In fact, it seems soooo too good to be true, that I had a super weird and horrible dream about it.  In my dream, we boarded the plane to Disney, and when we got to the airport everyone just started laughing at us because we actually thought it was real! Awful!!!  Tegan had her Make A Wish reveal party a week ago ( this was the super cute cake the super duper wish grantor brought).

Make a Wish goes above and beyond.  This process has been more than I would have ever expected and I feel so lucky and unbelievably blessed to be able to go through this.  Not only does Tegan get to take us with her to Disneyworld. Seaworld, and Universal...but all the kids have recieved super cute gifts along the way.  We also recieved a Make A Wish bag full of little numbered boxes for the kids to open every day, to countdown to the trip:D

A huge thank you and hugs go out to Make A Wish, and to our Wish Grantor, Krista!  Thank you!

My next post will most likely be after the trip!!!  Here are some pics from the Make A Wish party:

The long awaited, SUPER DUPER cute photo from the College

Here it is! The picture ( one of them ) from Tegan's little photo shoot at the college:) Pretty darn cute huh??!?!? :D

Tegan's Photo Shoot

This is being posted a bit late.....but it is just soooo cute and very worthy of it's own post!  Tegan's fabulous aide, Carolyn, was asked to have photos done for our local college program guide....and she asked Tegan to be the one to be in the photo shoot!  I was sooo excited and as you will see in the video, so was Miss Tegan.
It was so cute, I almost teared up watching how happy and squealy she was in front of the flashing camera lights(plus, I think she had a little crush on the photographer....what?! did I say that??? ) :D :D
Anyway, here is Tegan's very first shoot....and I am so excited to see the actual pictures and see them published this fall:)  I will post the pics as soooon as I have them in my hands!



As many mamas of kiddos like Tegan know, it is not that easy to find something Tegan enjoys as well as the other kids.  Tegan's interest change daily it seems, and due to her sensory issues I am always scared to try anything new.  If Tegan doesn't like something, the entire family will have no choice to go along with Tegan because the scream that can come out of this girlie is somthing else!  So when I took the kids to my family reunion and my brother had a hotel with a waterslide, I had no choice but to try this new adventure out with Tegan...and as you can see by the picture...it was a definate hit!! Amazing...something to add to our list of things we can do without Tegan freaking out...Yipppeeeeee!  I actually couldn't believe how much she loved the waterslide, I was so happy for not only her, but the rest of the kids as well.  Doing the stairs up to the slide was a whole other story...my legs were like jello at the end of the day, not to mention the "claw" marks on my back from Tegan trying to let me know that she DID NOT want to stop watersliding:) I have to say it was actually the best day I have had with the kids, and was so awesome to see Tegan's laughs, giggles, claps, and shrieks doing something with her brothers and sisters!  Definately putting this on Tegan's list of things to do:)

Just cause....She is so darn cute

There really is no maaaajor point to this video...at all:D  I just think Tegan is so super cute, especially with her one of a kind, crazy bed head in the mornings....actually what am I talking about, she really rocks this hairdo during the day as well!

Brandon's First Big Game

I had to share this!  I am super proud of my 10 year old Brandon who was chosen to throw the first "lucky" pitch at our Bulls baseball game last week:D
He did amazing!  It is hard to see but if you look really close you will see he threw awesome!  Better than I could of done that's forsure!

Brandon has been a little choked because I have not posted about him on my blog yet, well here it is Buddy! Super proud of you!

Music Therapy

Music Therapy with Taylor Swift...performed by Missy's music therapist

Tegan started music therapy at school this year...and she did amazing!  I have to say Music Therapy is my favorite approach with Tegan.  She just loves music and her attention span goes way up if we have music playing during the day. 
Of course, it all started with Taylor Swift when Tegan was 3 months old.  I have to say Taylor is definately her favorite still but she is expanding her likes to typical kids nursery rhymes and classical as well!
I had her MT come in for some one on one sessions this week, and Tegan did amazing!  Plus, there was a extra surprise..."We Are Never Getting Back Togther" by Taylor Swift.  Tegan recongnized the song forsure.
You will notice her "non verbal cues) when he stops playing, she whips her head around and the eye contact is awesome:)  Also if you really pay attention, you will see when she spins the drum, she will do exactly 5 times each way......you are so soooo smart girlie!