Video of Gracie on Halloween

So close to walking Daddy! Her billy goat laugh is too much!

Tis the Season to have asthma...

Gracie woke up yesterday with musical tune in her chest and a runny nose. :( So I always get mad at the doc's office we were just at the day before. She's never been REALLY sick - like with a fever and everything - just her asthma, cough and runny nose so I shouldn't complain. Think it's not coicendence she had her Hep A shot, which I almost didn't get her either and she had a flu shot. Then she gets sick... urgh... So we're back to breathing treatments every 4 hours and she takes them like a champ! She blows me away - she's the easiest, happiest, most affectionate little girl.

Jacob had dark circles under his eyes this morning, but said he felt ok. All of our friends kids are sick and stayed home from school today too. So long story short - USE ANTIBACTERIAL wipes on everything! YUCK! I hate germs...

a SHOT in the dark...

Gracie had her one year check up yesterday and was finally 18 whole pounds! Whoo hoo! We opted out of the MMR - and I strongly urge and encourage you to research this before giving this shot to your child. The amount of mercury used in these shots have been proven to be linked to autism. Of course, the US is one of the ONLY countries that don't recognize these - however the vaccine has been banned in many other countries because of this reason. We prayed about this prior to her doctor visit and I felt very strongly against it. This feeling was affirmed by casual converstaion with people leading to this very thing with their own personal experiences. Now I don't believe this is the only cause of course - and I am still weighing the options. I'm just not ready to make that decision and can elect to get it later when their bodies can handle such a dose.

By age two, American children have received 237 micrograms of mercury through vaccines alone, which far exceeds current EPA "safe" levels of .1 mcg/kg. per day. That's one-tenth of a microgram, not one microgram.

These one-day blasts of mercury are called "bolus doses". Although they far exceed "safe" levels, there has never been any research conducted on the toxicity of such bolus doses of mercury given to infants all these years.

Historically, the toxicity of mercury has been known for more than a century. The Mad Hatter was more than a fantasy character from Alice in Wonderland. Mad Hatter's disease became well known in England in the mid-1800s, when hat-makers were subject to inhaling the vapors from the mercury-based stiffening compound they used on felt to make top hats.

Some info taken from this website - well worth a good read. Educate yourself and don't believe everything our government tells you.

http://www.ithyroid.com/autism.htm

Gracie's 1st Birthday!

Grace Marie Bango turned ONE on Saturday, November 1st! How did that happen??? She's been the best baby, and it's so exciting to see her growing and changing daily. She's so close to walking, but still needs mommy with her for security. :) I love it, it won't be long before she's so independent and I'll miss these times. We had a great time on her birthday enjoying time and fellowship with our family and close friends that have been close to Gracie. Special thanks to my dear friends Antionette and Kim for their time and love in caring for Gracie, and to Taylor who is a fantastic babysitter! We're so blessed to have all of you in our life and we're so thankful you were able to spend the day with us. Brandy and I arranged Luke and Gracie's marriage for sometime in 2030. :)

Grace was so into all her presents and has had a blast playing with all her new toys! She was adorable in her new birthday dress I just couldn't resist - it was too precious, and 60% off so hey! Why not! :)

Jacob new school pictures

I can't get over how old Jacob looks - his saving grace are those baby teeth he can't seem to shake. As silly as it sounds - I'm so thankful he hasn't lost them yet. I'm so silly when I get so emotional over these things - I actually cried when he lost his first tooth. I knew that this was the beginning of him growing up and his looks changing to a more mature little boy. Silly I know - but just wait until you get there. :) OK, maybe it's just me...

Halloween

We had such a great time on Halloween this year - so much better than last year when I was as big as a house waiting to go in the hospital! We had Auntie Dena and our dear friends over with their two adorable children (love you guys!). Jacob was the handsome Jedi, Ethan was Batman, Luke was a police officer, and Gracie was Tinkerbell. ADORABLE!

Happy Harvest! I love October!

The second week of October we made the trek out to Schepf farms with Grandma and Granddad.

I almost cried when they closed down Young's Farm. I dreamed of making that a family tradition - but I guess the land developers had another idea. Schepf farm was OK - we had a great time, but it's no Young's Farm. Gracie absolutely loves being outside in her stroller - she's such a trooper. We rode the train, played on the playground, Jacob and Granddad rode the roller coaster, had lunch with the swarm of bees... :)


We had a great day and I just cherish these memories with my parents. We won't always have them and I'm just so thankful they can enjoy the kids and the kids can spend time with them as much as we can in our busy schedules.

A couple weeks later we went to the "Fun Farm" with the Children's Ministry from church. The Fun Farm was really the "Fear Farm" and was comical walking around at 10am seeing limbs and bloody heads.. but hey - tis the season! We had a great time though! The kids rode the little farm train, and we walked through the corn maze... Thanks Johnny-Mo for tackling the stroller for me throughout the entire thing trying to manuever over fallen corn halks... Jacob and Kyle went in before us and made it all the way though and still had time run back through to find us and show us the way out! It was a wonderful time of fellowship though with the Morris, Theis, and Evans Family.

Here's a pic of the group of kiddos: Chloe, Kyle, Jacob, Gracie, Abihail, and Taylor.