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It's so hard to believe we're down to one day left.  It may not seem that way to my hubby and kids at home, but this has flown by.  (It always does.  Don't get me wrong, I miss my family and can't wait to see them tomorrow!) Dive 37 When we got to the spaceship today there was a new diving partner.  I don't know her story but Miss Hudsyn is pretty cute.  She has a nurse ( I think) diving with her today and Captain David rides along too!  It's a pretty quiet ride.  Will watched the Disney channel and all was well. Day 14 As I said before, the time really has gone by quickly.  Will is doing quite well at the gym.  Awe, who am I kidding...he's done great!  He can definitely improve on the beginning skills Miss Tiffany introduced on week one, but he has come so far in such a short amount of time.   This is also improving, although he just about bit the dust in his earlier attempt (we'll just delete that clip!) Now on to...

Will was exhausted yesterday.  I started driving around Kansas City right after we left dive 34 in hopes of getting Will to take a little nap.  It wasn't until I was getting ready to pull back into Rezzi (giving up) when I looked in the mirror and saw a tuckered out little Will.  Ugh!  The problem...it was 4:30 at the time!  I decide to let him sleep for 30 minutes and that's it.  I was worried that Will wouldn't want to go back to sleep a few hours later.  Fast forward to 10:00 pm and my little guy was STILL AWAKE!  Oh Boy! When we're here I dress him in his "gym clothes" for pajamas.  That way I don't have to get him dressed in the morning.  This morning totally explains why I do that.  At 7:45 I grabbed Will out of bed and put him in the car to make it right on time to our 8:00 dive.   Dive 35 is once again just us.  Will eats his breakfast during the ear popping time and all is well.   Day 13 at the gym (...

Dive 33 is once again Will and myself.  Will snuggles in to watch Mickey Mouse on television and eats a breakfast bar while the ear popping would regularly happen.  I actually finished my journaling before I put his "space-helmet" on.  I snuggle into my new book, The Paris Wife. Day 12 at the gym It's a dark and rainy morning in Kansas City and Will is once again moving slow.  I think he might be getting bored with his routine.  After he set up the pins and then knocked them down walking with Alfie and after he beat Miss Tiffany at their race...again.  We tried something new.  Will thought it was a great idea! Tiffany thought Will might lean on the cart, but he didn't...maybe he'll get to do this again tomorrow! On to the mirror.  Will has really excelled in this!  Tiffany is impressed with his side stepping.  I remember back to our first trip when Will was hanging onto the windowsill and screaming for help.  His hips were ...

It's just Will and myself this morning, we settle into our normal diving routine.  I can't believe we're at dive 31!  It really has gone by so quickly.  I say that from here, Kansas City, where I have one primary concern...Mr. Will.  I talked to the hubs this morning...I don't think it has gone quite so quickly for him.  He's putting in some mandatory hours at work and of course putting in overtime at home too.  Being a single Dad to two school aged children is no easy gig!  Throw in a couple evening meetings and an attention hungry puppy and it's enough to make a guy very tired!  I'll be home soon honey! Day 11 Will is moving kind of slow this morning.  Maybe it's because it's Monday or it could be our evening at the park Saturday night.  We had a VERY RELAXED  day yesterday but I don't know that it was enough.  Poor guy had a tough time getting started.  He even had a crash...don't worry, he wasn't hurt. I ran a ...

Dive 29 Miss Tessa is joining us this morning.  Tessa is Miss Tiffany's daughter who is a track star and a very active girl.  She sprained her ankle over the weekend and has landed herself in the spaceship.  Isn't that amazing the different things HBOT works for!  If you haven't gone to HHI's website yet, you really should.  There is tons of information on there and you might just see a familiar face or two! Go take a look!   www.oxygenunderpressure.com After our morning dive we were going to do laundry but the washers were full so instead we took the day to rest, just as God intended! Back to the spaceship for Dive 30 Tessa was back again and this time she brought the movie...FROZEN!!  We couldn't find our copy of Frozen when we packed up so Will hasn't seen it in a couple weeks.  I was happy to see it again too! After this dive I called in an order at my fav Mexican restaurant.  We drove to pick it up and then it was back to ...

The amazing Miss Cheryl met us at the spaceship this morning for a late morning (10am) dive 27. Thanks Miss Cheryl for letting us relax a little this morning!  We even got to go to the Rezzi's dining room for breakfast before we left.  We never do that!  Will just had to wear his new "cat costume" that I whipped up last night. Saturday (2:00)  making the total 28 and counting... It was just Will and me again, like this morning.  Miss Cheryl and her daughter Mason met us there again.  Cheryl and I discuss a plan for getting together later.  Cheryl and Masy are heading to the park and have invited us to go.  Will is very excited.  I had to put the events of the day in order so he would check them off of his imaginary to do list. Next on the list is Mass at St. Therese, then the park!  Oh boy! Miss Cheryl and Mason meet us at church for Mass and then we head to the park.   Mason's Dad is going too! Will LOVED the park!!! ...

Will is getting just the right amount of sleep for a successful day.  I put him in bed again at 7:30 last night and he woke up at 6:50, ready to go!  Perfect!  Dive 25 was another peaceful dive.  Will watched his Mickey Mouse DVD while did my usual routine.  I am so blessed to have a good little diver.  I didn't even have to help him pop his ears this morning and he happily sets back with his hood (space-helmet) on watching television.  Thanks Will for being such a good boy! Day 10 (2 weeks down!) Today was another pretty fabulous day!  Will started with his new favorite trick.   While Will was spinning, Tiffany and I were talking about when he first started at the gym in May 2013.  He has made such huge gains since then.  If you have time you should go back in the blog and look at some of those videos.  I was going to post some here to show you, but they are on my hard drive back home.  It really is incredibl...

Miss Cheryl is back this morning.  Will is happy to see her.  We climb aboard the spaceship and we're off on Dive 23!  Will is happy with the Disney Channel again, while I journal and start a new book.  I really like that I can read while diving.  I just don't get a chance to read (or journal) when I'm home. Day 9 at the gym Will had a great day today.  The day started off with a rep from NuMotion coming by to give Zipper and Alfie a checkup.  I have a really hard time getting ahold of anybody from the STL office so when I got here last week Tiffany sent her guy an e-mail and ta da... He ordered a new seat belt for Zipper and fixed the handle on Alfie.  Awesome!  Before Mr. Robert left he got to see Will get himself into Zipper and then show off with a few donuts around the office! On to the greatness of the day.  Where do I begin... Will is such a hard worker, I'm just so proud of him.  He is getting so good at popping bubbles...

Will woke up at 6:30am (on his own) but then stayed in bed until 7:00.  I think we found our new bedtime 7:30pm.  He didn't seem too tired last night when I put him in bed, but he didn't say a peep until 6:30 this morning, so I think he was ready! This morning he was talking about Miss Cheryl before we even left Rezzi!  He just loves her!  When we got to the spaceship though it was Captain David.  Don't get me wrong, Will likes Captain David too, but he's not Miss Cheryl!  Cap. David told Will that Cheryl would be back this afternoon which Will accepted so all was good.  Disney Jr was playing on the TV.  Appartently Will had never seen this episode of Mickey Mouse Clubhouse because he was so into it that I didn't even have to rub his ears!  He took a couple of hard swallows, all by himself, and that's all it took! Day 8 Will had another great day at the gym!  He was ready to go again this morning.  He did the usual knee walking ...

I put Mr Will to bed at 7:30 last night.  He didn't move a muscle until 7:00 am! We were on the ball this morning and got to the spaceship a little earlier, we're usually walking in right before we board!  I like to let Will sleep as long as possible before waking him up, but this morning he woke up on his own.  Good deal!  Dive 19 was just us again.  Disney Jr on the television and my journal and book in my lap.  What a way to start the day!  I always think I'll keep my journal going once I get home, but it just never happens! Day 7 Will is ready to go!  He even warms up with his own exercises. Happy St. Patrick's Day!  Did you wear your John Deere green today? Will had a good day at the gym. He did the normal workout, but then he changed it up.  For those of you who have been loyal readers, you remember when Will hated (and I don't usually use that word) Miss Tiffany's stairs?  Well this time Tiffany didn't even put ...

Dive 17   The Amazing Miss Cheryl is at the controls!  She was in a class all last week, so this is the first time we have seen her.  She greets us with a big, tight hug.  Will is excited to see her too.  When the spaceship door closes Will and Miss Cheryl have a nice little, goofy bird call that they use to get through the ear popping stage.  He calls to her...so answers, repeat, repeat!!   He was laughing so hard, there was no need for ear rubbing!  We're the only passengers this morning so I have lots of time to journal about our weekend and get caught up on my reading.  Will is enjoying the Disney Jr channel again.  Gotta love that Mickey Mouse! Day 6 When we exit the spaceship, Aunt Heather is waiting!  She follows us to the gym and watches as Will has a typical Monday...I guess. He's S L O W moving at first and then he just gets plain silly!  Heather was still impressed with how hard he works, goofiness or not! Here'...

The last few days have been busy!  Dives 12 & 13 and Day 5 at the gym were Friday.  The day went well.  More knee walking, pushing the shopping cart etc.  Here is one video I wanted to show though... a little race to the weekend! Even with a little over correction at the end that was a pretty good race! Then it was back to Rezzi to wait for our weekend visitors!  We had only been there a short time when this good looking bunch showed up!  Will was one happy boy!  I was pretty excited too! He loves his big brother! He loves his big sister too! The first stop was the pool! After that it was Pizza Shoppe for dinner.  The home of the Pink Stuff!  (sorry no pictures!) Then back to Rezzi for a relaxing evening. Dive# 14 Was Will and his Daddy!  Phil always likes to go in the spaceship with Will when he can.  It's a nice change for Will and a nice break for me, although I have to say~ aside from th...

Dive 10 was bittersweet.  It's out last dive with Mr. Luke and his Mama Alyson.  I have really enjoyed getting to know them.  I hope we see them again some day.  Luke is such a sweet boy and Alyson is a hoot!  I wish them nothing by the best! Day 4 at Miss Tifffany's Gym was better than day 3.  Will was rearing to go when we got off the spaceship.  A much better start to the day.  He was excited about playing with the space stickers on the mirror, you'll see that in a minute.  To start the day, Miss Tiffany added a couple gliders to the stool.  Now there are 4- one for each leg! He's moving right along!  After he set the bowling pin up, he got in Alfie and knocked them down.  Next was clean up time.  He used the shopping cart for that job! Then Miss Tiffany thought of another fun activity with the shopping cart.  Will had a great time working on core strength, balance, hip control, and just having a g...

Dive #8 was kind of nice.  It's just Luke and his Mama and Will and myself.  Will watched the Disney Jr Channel.  Luke kept himself occupied and Alyson and I talked!  The dive went by very fast.  It's great to meet someone when you're out of town.  It's even better when you hit it off with someone when you stuck in a small space for 90 mins at least once a day!  It's nice to be able to identify with someone else.   Day 3 at the gym It seems like Wednesday is always a little rough.  Today is no different!  Will's not moving very fast.  I still don't think he feels 100%.  I'm doing my best to slather him with essential oils and he's still on a antibiotic for strep too.  Hopefully tomorrow will be a better day.  He still showed amazing progress today snotty nose and all!  Check out the knee walking! Did you notice the little coasters.  They made it move a little easier, making it a little harder for Mr. W...

We were running a little late this morning and walked in right on time for the dive (i think)!  It's just us and Lukey and his Nana.  This is Nana's last dive.  She is going back to Pennsylvania tomorrow morning.  Mr. Luke and his Mom will be here a couple more days, then head back home to Alabama.  Will watches the Disney Jr channel on TV while Nana and I chat a bit.  I got to read a little in my book, which I have barely begun and then the time was up! It's off to the gym!  Will is still excited to see Miss Tiffany.  I'm so glad.  How many of us would want to go back to the gym the very next day for a hard core 3 hour workout with a personal trainer?  I'm so proud of Will for his determination.  I hope that continues.   Yesterday I told you that Will practiced walking on his knees.  Well, today I have video of that!  I'll start with yesterday's video so you can see if from the beginning. Just a few minutes la...

Dive #4 was pretty quiet.  Will picked Peppa Pig again.  Mr Luke was with us today.  He always sleeps during the dive, but not today, apparently he's a Peppa Pig fan!  Will was excited about starting in the gym.  He started asking Friday night, "Today I see Miss Tiffany?".  So finally this morning I got to tell him that after this dive he would get to see Miss Tiffany.  He was happy.  :)  When the dive was over I carried Will out of the spaceship (like I always do), but he wasn't happy about that.  He wanted to walk.  I went to set him in Zipper, which he also objected.  He said, "No, I walk to the gym."  Well alrighty then!  I put Will's shoes on him and helped him walk over to the gym!  He was so happy to see Miss Tiffany.  He sat on the little white bench (that was too tall for him last time) and waited for instruction from Miss Tiffany.  Meme was able to sit in and watch today. I'm always excited t...

Three dives down 37 to go!  Today's dive was at 11:30, which was nice.  We got to take our time waking up and eating breakfast.  I feel horrible for missing church, but going to church with no makeup, deodorant or hair product. Ugh!  I hope God understands!  Instead we headed to Target, (I still felt a little bad about that)!  But Mr. Will needed something new to watch in the spaceship and I needed a new journal to write in, I finished my last one in the chamber today.  Will found 2 DVDs- Peppa Pig and Peter Rabbit, so he's happy for awhile.  I found a nice little journal so we're set! We met Captain David at the spaceship, no chamber-mates today.  Meme came with us again, although I'm not sure she loves the ear popping that occurs.  We had the pleasure of watching Will's new Peppa Pig movie.  I get a kick out of Peppa and her family.  I told Will we all need to start falling to the ground when we laugh like Peppa!   ...

We arrived last night around 7:00.  My Mom came along for the beginning of our trip.  She made the drive seem a lot quicker.  She was able to talk to me (I gave the radio up for Lent!) and retrieve dropped toys for Will.  What a help!  Will is a really good car rider, but his grip isn't the strongest so sometimes he drops things.  I usually have to pull over once or twice (which still isn't bad) but this time we drove straight through.  We pulled into Kansas City, grabbed some food and then unloaded the car.  Again, a much nicer chore with Meme to hang out with Will while I brought everything in. So this morning we started off in the spaceship at 9:00.  Captain David was there to meet us and we had some new "chamber-mates" too.  Will was happy to climb in the spaceship.  This is our 5th trip to Kansas City, our 3rd time in the spaceship.      Here he is in his cool red chair.  The door hasn't closed yet. ...