The Adventures of the Brittons

So I guess it's been more than awhile since I've commented on the lives of the Brittons'. Where do I even start... Since my last post Lettie has continued to have seizures, back to daily, sometimes two in a day. They have gradually become more aggressive, just like our pre-surgery seizures so as you can imagine, very disheartening for us. I guess I haven't really posted in awhile cause I just hate talking about these... they seem to be taking up a large chapter, better yet volume, of our lives and I'm just tired of it and honestly angry. Mostly bitter on a daily basis. I'm sure most parents with a special needs child would empathize with how I feel...just crummy most days. This is not at all how I thought things would be post surgery, but I guess it can be best explained as, " God is in control." I will not lie and say that my faith has not tested during these times because it totally has! I don't want you to think I'm asking for sympathy because this is the life God has given to us, the children God has given to Mark and I to raise and we will take this challenge and do the very best we can given the circumstances. I will say to you that I do often yell and cry in the car on the way to therapy when it's just me and Lettie and say life stinks right now and just pray it gets better or that I will learn to handle it better.

Got some good pics when we went to the Fantasy of Trees. On our way to the car Mark was running with Lettie and she started cracking up and I got some cute pics of her!

We had some family pics made for our Christmas cards and it started snowing just before we left for our session, OUTDOORS ! They actually turned out great but we were only able to last 30 minutes of our hour long session because it was so cold. Lettie had a hard seizure right before we left as well so she doesn't look her best but got a smile in a few. Thanks so much to Tracey Ancelet for a job well done on these! A great photographer and sweet soul!

A little late on the Christmas news so I'll keep it brief. Jack and Coop had an awesome Christmas this year... air hockey table, indoor basketball goal, kinect for Xbox, vanity, cash register, and Coop got a desk with her own office supplies to set up shop! Coop told us she wanted her own office so Santa set her up! It's so much fun playing with the cash register and all that stuff. Jack is playing stuff non-stop with all the cool stuff he got. The basement is like his own Chucky Cheese with air hockey and basketball! Lettie racked up as well with Santa dropping her big gift off Christmas eve night.. a goldendoodle pup! Santa left a note on our front door that she had a gift he dropped off in her room because he was afraid it would get too cold in the sleigh while he had to drop all the other Christmas gifts off. We named him Ollie and hope to get him trained to be able to assist and provide companionship for Lettie. We know of a lady that trains goldendoodles for autistic children and hope to get help from her after we get him potty trained. Ollie is going to be big, somewhere around 60 lbs or so and this is a whole new experience for us since we have never had a "big" dog. He is already bigger than our other dog Bealie who is 7 and he is only 15 weeks.