Good Job, Brandon!!

Brandon just "ranked up" in Lord's Army. He completed many tasks and learned many verses. He is now a PFC. Colonel McKinley (Daddy) presented him with his rank tonight.

Fashion??

My 9 year old wanted this hat. It never occured to me my son would go through a phase.. LOL Is his unique style is starting to shine through? Interesting. What is next? A lounging jacket? :)

A Nice Birthday

Brandon had a nice party. He was so excited all day long. He got some money and a new Wii game. Now, He and his friend Donald are playing the new Wii game. Donald is spending the night. Tomorrow, they will just play and have fun.

Happy Birthday, Brandon!

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Brandon turns 9 today! He is very excited about his party tonight. He was so excited we had to decorate the table, last night. Stay tuned for party pics tomorrow

A Few Steps Forward. Several Steps Back

Day 6. He is not rebounding like I had hoped. We seemed to be making progress on Sunday. By Monday he was feeling rough. Last night he had a bad night. He woke up at 2 am crying and in pain. It took 15 mins to get him calmed down and back to sleep. He slept till 10:15 this morning and woke up crying and in pain again. This time I gave him some pain meds. He has toughed most of all this out w/o pain meds. He's only had 4 doses since last Wednesday. That is better than I would have done.

Level Four

Brandon has worked hard at learning his King's Kids Bible verses. He was very excited to get his award tonight, even though the picture I took does not reflect that. LOL.. He is at that age where picture posing is just not 'cool'.

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Demonstration Team

Brandon joined the demonstration team at his TKD class. The demo team is the group that performs at schools and other community events. His uniform arrived yesterday. He is very excited. His first real practice is this Saturday.

P.S. Brandon has decided he is going to make money by putting his demo stuff on pay per view. LOL

Back From the Doctor's Office

I gave in. I cried "UNCLE!" After another late night of croupy like coughing I called our local walk in clinc and  we walked in.. Brandon's lungs are clear (yeah!) but he has a nasty sinus infection caused from the original virus.  She could hear the rattling from his nose and throat while she was listening to his chest. She checked his ears and throat (his tonsils are enlarged too) only to discover what a real mess he is. It's strange, Brandon is very goopy but has not had a sinus headache or headache for 11 days. But she said he is a 'goopy mess'. So two hours later and a trip to Safeway to fill the three prescriptions and a quick lunch at Burger King. We are home. Now we start 10 days on the antibiotics, cough syrup and an anti- inflamatory medication, with prayer we should be seeing some results soon. The medications are supposed to help him sleep too *wink*. Which in turn will help daddy & I sleep . We have not had a lot of sleep in the last 11 days. It does not help that the cotton is being harvested in our area, or that the crop duster is active too. And the wind has been blowing from the North for 3 days.  We are being assulted from all sides. Sigh.. Oh well, this too shall pass..

P.S. The clinic gave me a note so that Brandon could return to school tomorrow. I said "I'll give it to his teacher". LOL. For some reason Brandon threw the note way! *wink*