Friday, March 11, 2022

March 11

Here we are, another wild and crazy month in to 2022!  It's been busy, but Little Buddy has been a happy kid through all of it, which is all we care about.

First off, we finished off ANOTHER Charity Challenge season for The Woodlands Marathon!  Not only did Little Buddy run a great race, but he finished FIRST again in the Challenge, raising nearly $30,000 for Sanfilippo research!  He's amazing.

     

Getting another training run in before race day!


     

It's gonna be a cold one, but he's ready to run!



The rain lightened up and the kids are ready to start the race!


          

Go WILLPower!



He did it!




Great crew at the kids' race!


     

So proud of their medals!


Smiles for the rest of the day...you could tell how proud of himself he was!


     

All that running and fundraising paid off!  Little Buddy is the winner of the Charity Challenge!


The next week was the Half and Full Marathons.  This is normally when Momma WILLPower runs and Daddy WILLPower mans the cheer tent with Little Buddy and Little Sweetie.  Unfortunately, Daddy's work procedure hit at the exact same time as the race and he had to work for 48 hours straight.  This meant friends had to take over the cheer tent and Little Buddy didn't get to go cheer in person this year (Little Sweetie's babysitter kindly brought her up to cheer).  It was rough not having my favorite guy on the course (it was also rough because the heat and humidity was a NIGHTMARE after a season of cold weather training), but we all did the best we could.  And Little Buddy definitely cheered us on from home (he didn't mind getting to sleep in either)!

Our motivation.  Race day this year also happened to occur on our diagnosis anniversary.  Just a lot that weekend, but we pushed through.


Although the race took up most of our month, we still several other things to celebrate!


Happy Valentine's Day!



Our favorite cowboy for Go Texan Day!



     

Little Buddy got to enjoy some King Cake for Mardi Gras!




Overall, just another good month with this superstar!




Height and Weight
Little Buddy was 102.4 pounds this month.  This is slightly less than last month, so we'll be monitoring to make sure that he doesn't start trending downward.


So big in a hand-me-down shirt from Mamaw and Papaw!



Personality
So full of smiles and laughter this month!  We're getting a bit concerned about his laughing, trying to make sure it's just laughing and not gelastic seizures, but overall he's been doing ok.

     

Our happy-go-lucky boy!


Developmental Changes
We've been so happy with how he's adjusted to middle school and his new teachers and schedule.  We love getting pictures from them!


Getting some sunshine at school!




Enjoying Valentine's treats at school!



So happy during his music therapy at school with Ms. K!



Fun Tidbits
The season of Lent has begun and we were glad to be able to take Little Buddy to Mass at Little Sweetie's school.  Ready to prepare our hearts for Easter!


I'm telling myself he enjoyed Mass, but he may also have enjoyed more Momma and Daddy time and going into school late!


Happy to be heading into Spring!  Next week we'll be enjoying a Spring Break Staycation and marveling over how it's been 2 years since Covid entered our vocabulary.  

Good night,

LBM

Little Buddy's Momma


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