Day After Thanksgiving................

Well the day after Thanksgiving has not always been my favorite day of the year.  I'm usually broke and can't shop..........but this year I had some to spare and my mother in law was here in town and she wanted to take us (my daughter,Traci and I)  to pick out our Christmas.  I didn't want to but........what the heck.........it makes her so happy to spend Gerald's inheritance....LOL ! (We always joke about that) 

and..........my daughter is home for a couple of days and we wanted to go for a day of laughing.  We always try to enjoy life to the fullest and we love to laugh, having the life with Brad has made that a challenge.  To be happy with your life and an MPS child.......takes the patience of Job, and a sense of humor that has to be worked on!  We showed my MIL that we did not have a problem spending money! ;-D  Then for lunch I treated her to dinner at Copelands....they have a wonderful lunch menu and OMG the amount of food.......we couldn't even eat supper later.

The highlight of the weekend is my MIL got my husband to go shopping.......I can't get him to do that!  He also went with a good attitude about it...ha...I told him to try and have a good time......and smile!!!!!!!!!!!!  He hardly ever smiles!
The item they were supposed to be looking for was slippers for him to wear in the mornings.........but they came back with a jacket.....Oh, well.

The worker I had for Brad for part of the weekend has been very sick.......and my husband has stayed home with Brad and watched him for me, while I visit with our daughter, Traci.  She is home from Dallas, Tx. where she has moved to for her job.  I have missed her terribly.  She has been gone for a year now.  I have to stalk her on facebook, just to know what all she is doing...........Traci was a very important part of raising Brad (MPSIIIB)  even while she was going to Jr. High, she would share nights with me, when I just couldn't stay up with him anymore.  He would go a week sometimes not sleeping.  We didn't have help then.  She really misses seeing him, the love that she has for him is so touching.  You know, you have heard of siblings being jealous or mean, because this brother made her life so hard sometimes..........but she has NEVER........shown any of those feelings toward Brad......at times when she was small....she somehow wished it would have been her in stead of him.  Anyway.........he has slowed up on bad behavior now.......he mostly just watches TV and walks up and down the hall.......he still can say a few words now, but still has his wonderful smile........! We love those! :-)

Hope everyone is having as happy a weekend as we are having.........until later...........

Karla