Sunday, May 27, 2012

SWIMMING!

Jonah got to go swimming today. With hardly any bandages. I'll write a more detailed post later, but for now, here are the photos. He was scared at first, but then LOVED it the entire time. We did bandages right after, and his skin looked great! No damage, whatsoever.

I'm so thankful.








Friday, May 25, 2012

we're going swimming!

WE'RE GOING TO TAKE JONAH SWIMMING! Yes, that warrants all caps. On Sunday. Without his bandages. I'm freaking out.

It may not work. He may blister. He may hate it. It may be a complete disaster. But I feel like we owe it to him to try it. What if he loves it? What if it's his favorite thing ever? Every little kid should get to spend some time at the pool, right? If there's a way?

This was the only time (week) he's ever been swimming. And we'd take him for 20-30 minutes, get his sopping, have-to-ring-him-out little body out of the pool and go straight in to do bandage change. It worked because we were at the beach, and there was a pool in the backyard. But not that he's older and we don't have an accessible-from-the-house pool, we have to come up with a new plan. I can't imagine how miserable he would be, so heavy in his soaking wet bandages, or how I would get him home in the car seat.

So my plan is to take his bandages off, and put him in Tubifast garments. There essentially the same material as his top layer of bandages but made into a long sleeve shirt and tights.

And on top of those, the amazing folks at UV Skinz sent us a long sleeve UV shirt, some UV shorts, and a UV hat to try. 

                 
I don't know that this will work, but our philosophy has always been to let him try. So we'll try. And troubleshoot from there. I'm so thankful to God that He's given us the chance to take a chance. I'll keep you posted. :)

Wednesday, May 23, 2012

on a jetplane (on our way to NY)

Alright, I'm obviously going to have to break these vacation pictures up, because I have a ton and not enough time to write a post long enough to include them all. 

Jonah was amazing the entire time, but I could not believe how wonderfully he did at the airport and on the plane. He was so excited, and loved watching the planes and tanker trucks out the window. 

I was really cold in the airport. I obviously have no clue how to dress for an airport, airplane or a week in 55 degree high New York. Anyway, I was cold so Matt's mom pointed out $5 long sleeve shirts for sale at the little news shop.

Matt was mad because I bought a shirt that had the phrase "Tar Heel" on it. I told him he was giving UNC too much credit if he let them "own" that phrase. We are the Tar Heel state, whether he likes the sound of it or not. And it was cold. And it cost five bucks.

I was so worried that Jonah would be so anxious getting on the plane and/or while it was taking off that he would throw up. So I told the lady at the desk that we needed to get on first and she let us. He did cry and I was worried, but we made it to the back of the plane and got settled before anyone else got on. HE WAS AMAZING. He cried some, but it was intermittent, and he did great during take-off. I asked him if he wanted to pray for God's help, so as we were taxiing down the runway and lifting off, he was repeating my prayer that God would be with us. It was such a sweet moment.  He LOVED the flight and being up in the sky.


We played with toys and he was content the entire time.

We were sitting on the very back row of the plane, so we were last off, and Jonah got to look in the cockpit. The pilot offered to let him steer, but Jonah wouldn't go up there.


It was a REALLY great experience, and if it weren't for Matt's sister having to buy $200 worth of stuff ahead of time for us, us having to ship a huge box of stuff from here ahead of time, getting our bandages shipped directly to NY, and still checking a huge suitcase for Jonah, a smaller suitcase for Jonah, a cooler with his g-tube feeds, and his massage table for dressing change, I would fly any time we traveled. It was definitely a production, but so easy once we got to Kim's house.

To be continued...

winston-salem folks (especially around ardmore)

Update: Dogs have been found!

Posting this for my friend Leigh, whose dogs got out during the bad storm last night.


Please keep your eye out if you're in the Winston-Salem area.

Missing: Our 2 precious babies... Winston-Salem friends, please keep an eye out for 2 friendly dachshunds on the loose...missing since the big storm on Tuesday evening (5/22) from our Ardmore backyard @ the SE corner of Miller Park (Magnolia and Westover). Praying that they were taken in by a friendly neighbor during the storm and will be returned to us safely and quickly!

Please email her at lpeek(at)wakehealth(dot)edu if you find them.

Tuesday, May 22, 2012

Jogging for Jonah Race Results


These results are also posted under the "Jogging for Jonah" tab, so you can reference them in the future, once this blog post has moved down.

Jogging for Jonah 2012 5k

Age Group Results

May 12, 2012


Results By Greensboro Running Club=20

Overall Female Open Winners

    Place =
   Name                    City              Age   =
Overall       Time      Pace
       1    Leah Jones                                  16        1      =
24:11.0    7:48/M

Unknown Age Grouping

    Place    =
Name                    City              Age   =
Overall       Time      Pace
       1    3 Bandit                                     0       13      =
28:49.0    9:18/M

Female 13 and under

    Place    =
Name                    City              Age   =
Overall       Time      Pace
       1    Sara Mayse                                  0        19      =
31:13.0   10:04/M
       2    Elaine Neal                                 0        40      =
36:03.0   11:38/M
       3    Charlotte Willis                            10       44      =
36:18.0   11:43/M
       4    mary Grace                                  0        62      =
43:07.0   13:55/M
       5    Kathy Yates                                 0        68      =
47:28.0   15:19/M
       6    Kellee Nordstrom                            13       79      =
51:51.0   16:44/M
       7    Roberta Grantham                            0        80      =
51:57.0   16:45/M

Female 14 to 18

    Place    =
Name                    City              Age   =
Overall       Time      Pace
       1    Kelly Doss                                  17        3      =
25:13.0    8:08/M
       2    Mia Naples                                  14       14      =
29:55.0    9:39/M

Female 19 to 29

    Place    =
Name                    City              Age   =
Overall       Time      Pace
       1    Abbie Wrights                               28        7      =
25:43.0    8:18/M
       2    Leigh Peek                                  27        8      =
27:13.0    8:47/M
       3    Whitney Boger                               29        9      =
27:32.0    8:53/M
       4    Sarah Williams                              28       16      =
29:58.0    9:40/M
       5    Raquel Ward                                 29       18      =
30:24.0    9:48/M
       6    Megan Vogler                                27       21      =
31:46.0   10:15/M
       7    Vanessa Vila                                27       30      =
33:35.0   10:50/M
       8    Ashley Lee                                  26       34      =
34:27.0   11:07/M
       9    Jillian Pettit                              27       36      =
35:15.0   11:22/M
      10    Kathryn Harrison                            29       37      =
35:30.0   11:27/M
      11    Shelli Everhart                             27       42      =
36:14.0   11:41/M
      12    Julie Leonard                               29       43      =
36:16.0   11:42/M
      13    Rebekah Beal                                25       45      =
36:21.0   11:44/M
      14    Donna Logan                                 28       46      =
36:22.0   11:44/M
      15    Heather Nance                               27       52      =
38:04.0   12:17/M
      16    Rebecca Lucas                               22       54      =
38:13.0   12:20/M
      17    Jennifer Wilkinson                          26       55      =
39:31.0   12:45/M
      18    megan Romesburg                             25       63      =
44:12.0   14:15/M
      19    Amanda Sapp                                 23       65      =
45:06.0   14:33/M
      20    Hannah Mabry                                21       76      =
51:02.0   16:28/M
      21    Trudy Bloomquist                            29       83      =
53:51.0   17:22/M
      22    Elizabeth Puckett                           27       97    =
1:03:35.0   20:31/M
      23    Allison Davis                               23       98    =
1:03:36.0   20:31/M

Female 30 to 39

    Place    =
Name                    City              Age   =
Overall       Time      Pace
       1    Kristen Prevette                            30        4      =
25:18.0    8:10/M
       2    Jesse Carr                                  35        5      =
25:33.0    8:15/M
       3    kathryn Everhart                            34        6      =
25:34.0    8:15/M
       4    Leah Townsend                               33       15      =
29:57.0    9:40/M
       5    Angela Amick                                35       17      =
30:23.0    9:48/M
       6    Bridgette Klinchuch                         35       20      =
31:42.0   10:14/M
       7    Kelly Sherrow                               32       22      =
31:47.0   10:15/M
       8    Tiffany Baird                               31       23      =
31:56.0   10:18/M
       9    Jamie Williams                              32       25      =
32:43.0   10:33/M
      10    Elizabeth Hepler                            30       27      =
32:45.0   10:34/M
      11    Laura Bilton                                33       28      =
33:32.0   10:49/M
      12    Kelly Hines                                 39       29      =
33:33.0   10:49/M
      13    April Lewis                                 31       32      =
34:15.0   11:03/M
      14    Heather Furlong                             38       33      =
34:21.0   11:05/M
      15    Orielle Hope                                38       38      =
35:48.0   11:33/M
      16    Jenifer Andrews                             30       39      =
36:01.0   11:37/M
      17    Lynz Hood                                   30       41      =
36:08.0   11:39/M
      18    Laura Capps                                 30       47      =
36:23.0   11:44/M
      19    Adriane Newbauer                            30       48      =
36:24.0   11:45/M
      20    Michelle Beiter                             36       50      =
36:40.0   11:50/M
      21    Kristen Loggins                             30       53      =
38:05.0   12:17/M
      22    Amanda Upton                                31       56      =
39:45.0   12:49/M
      23    Christi Housel                              38       58      =
40:00.0   12:54/M
      24    Katie McAnally                              30       59      =
40:07.0   12:56/M
      25    Kim Johnson                                 30       60      =
40:17.0   13:00/M
      26    Angie Ward                                  33       64      =
44:20.0   14:18/M
      27    Christy Sherman                             35       66      =
46:18.0   14:56/M
      28    Stephanie Braquet                           37       67      =
46:19.0   14:56/M
      29    Amy Smithson                                34       70      =
47:46.0   15:25/M
      30    Rachel Rose                                 35       75      =
51:01.0   16:27/M
      31    Mindi Everhart                              31       77      =
51:09.0   16:30/M
      32    Amy Todd                                    34       82      =
53:43.0   17:20/M
      33    Danielle Swagler                            30       85      =
54:26.0   17:34/M
      34    Jennifer Hayden                             31       87      =
55:28.0   17:54/M
      35    Katie Bradley                               30       88      =
57:06.0   18:25/M
      36    Brianda Rowe                                33       89      =
57:49.0   18:39/M
      37    Tina Willis                                 34       93    =
1:00:52.0   19:38/M
      38    Tiffini Morris                              36       95    =
1:02:16.0   20:05/M
      39    Cameron Branscome                           34       96    =
1:02:17.0   20:05/M

Female 40 to 49

    Place    =
Name                    City              Age   =
Overall       Time      Pace
       1    Amy Meinecke                                42        2      =
25:12.0    8:08/M
       2    Bonnie Riddle                               49       10      =
27:53.0    9:00/M
       3    Wanda Mathis                                49       12      =
28:19.0    9:08/M
       4    Amy Gilbert                                 49       26      =
32:44.0   10:34/M
       5    Cindy Freeman                               45       31      =
33:40.0   10:52/M
       6    Tracy Cini                                  42       35      =
35:14.0   11:22/M
       7    Veronica McNeill                            40       49      =
36:25.0   11:45/M
       8    Debra Troxell                               43       57      =
39:59.0   12:54/M
       9    Kim Beauchamp                               46       69      =
47:43.0   15:24/M
      10    Leisl Amoruso                               42       71      =
47:47.0   15:25/M
      11    Trisha Ferguson                             41       72      =
48:07.0   15:31/M
      12    Rita Bottoms                                43       74      =
51:00.0   16:27/M
      13    Angie Nunn                                  40       81      =
52:30.0   16:56/M
      14    Elizabeth Felts                             44       84      =
54:22.0   17:32/M
      15    Mindy Santiago                              47       91      =
59:40.0   19:15/M
      16    Teri Ingram                                 48       94    =
1:00:53.0   19:38/M

Female 50 to 59

    Place    =
Name                    City              Age   =
Overall       Time      Pace
       1    Laurie Smith                                51       11      =
27:58.0    9:01/M
       2    Lisa Rankin                                 52       24      =
32:14.0   10:24/M
       3    Linda Stone                                 55       51      =
37:14.0   12:01/M
       4    Mary Helen Barnes                           56       61      =
42:54.0   13:50/M
       5    Rhonda Mitchell                             50       73      =
50:18.0   16:14/M
       6    Joanie Everhart                             56       78      =
51:10.0   16:30/M
       7    Carmen Parker                               56       92    =
1:00:00.0   19:21/M
       8    Janet Crump                                 51       99    =
1:07:22.0   21:44/M

Female 60 and over

    Place    =
Name                    City              Age   =
Overall       Time      Pace
       1    Ingrid Mock                                 67       86      =
54:41.0   17:38/M
       2    Jeannie Moore                               64       90      =
59:37.0   19:14/M

Overall Male Open Winners

    Place   =
 Name                    City              Age   =
Overall       Time      Pace
       1    Sam Day                                     16        1      =
19:29.0    6:17/M

Unknown Age Grouping

    Place    =
Name                    City              Age   =
Overall       Time      Pace
       1    1 Bandit                                     0       19      =
28:30.0    9:12/M
       2    2 Bandit                                     0       20      =
28:33.0    9:13/M
       3    4 Bandit                                     0       39      =
34:17.0   11:04/M
       4    5 Bandit                                     0       41      =
36:00.0   11:37/M
       5    6 Bandit                                     0       50      =
47:18.0   15:15/M
       6    7 Bandit                                     0       51      =
47:19.0   15:16/M
       7    8 Bandit                                     0       54      =
53:44.0   17:20/M

men 13 & under

    Place    =
Name                    City              Age   =
Overall       Time      Pace
       1    John Day                                    12        6      =
25:08.0    8:06/M
       2    Aman Patel                                  13       21      =
28:52.0    9:19/M
       3    Noah Lewis                                  9        22      =
29:54.0    9:39/M
       4    Caleb Amick                                 6        24      =
30:07.0    9:43/M
       5    Jake Lewis                                  11       26      =
31:19.0   10:06/M
       6    Nathan Amick                                8        29      =
31:49.0   10:16/M
       7    Avery Crews                                 11       45      =
41:47.0   13:29/M
       8    Jonathan Freier                             0        49      =
43:06.0   13:54/M
       9    Maddox Harrell                              3        55      =
54:21.0   17:32/M
      10    Jacob Smith                                 12       62    =
1:03:09.0   20:22/M

Men 14 to 18

    Place    Name =
                   City              Age   Overall  =
     Time      Pace
       1    Quinton Simones                             17        3      =
22:08.0    7:08/M
       2    Matthew Bullard                             14       12      =
26:46.0    8:38/M
       3    Justin Baker                                16       34      =
32:56.0   10:37/M
       4    Caleb Smith                                 17       48      =
43:03.0   13:53/M
       5    Gage Willis                                 14       66    =
1:11:49.0   23:10/M

Male 19 to 29

    Place    =
Name                    City              Age   =
Overall       Time      Pace
       1    Jimmy Smith                                 25        2      =
19:59.0    6:27/M
       2    Jared Everhart                              27       16      =
27:44.0    8:57/M
       3    Josh Clarkson                               22       17      =
27:45.0    8:57/M
       4    Nathan McAnally                             29       23      =
30:06.0    9:43/M
       5    Kevin Leonard                               28       28      =
31:48.0   10:15/M
       6    Luke Gilbert                                22       32      =
32:29.0   10:29/M
       7    Mark Hepler                                 29       33      =
32:46.0   10:34/M
       8    Justin Schultz                              25       35      =
32:57.0   10:38/M
       9    Trent Bottoms                               19       36      =
33:21.0   10:45/M
      10    Chris Roten                                 25       57    =
1:00:03.0   19:22/M

Male 30 to 39

    Place    =
Name                    City              Age   =
Overall       Time      Pace
       1    Joel Johnson                                30        7      =
25:09.0    8:07/M
       2    Eric Welder                                 35       11      =
26:17.0    8:29/M
       3    JJ Peek                                     31       14      =
27:14.0    8:47/M
       4    John Bacon                                  36       25      =
30:38.0    9:53/M
       5    Todd Lewis                                  38       27      =
31:20.0   10:06/M
       6    Jeremy Amick                                38       30      =
31:50.0   10:16/M
       7    Troy Lewis                                  38       38      =
34:16.0   11:03/M
       8    Blake Upton                                 31       44      =
39:46.0   12:50/M
       9    Matt Capps                                  30       46      =
41:51.0   13:30/M
      10    Enoch Davis                                 34       52      =
47:26.0   15:18/M
      11    Christopher Gagnon                          33       53      =
53:42.0   17:19/M
      12    Jason Willis                                35       58    =
1:00:05.0   19:23/M
      13    Brandon Branscome                           35       60    =
1:01:03.0   19:42/M
      14    Scott Bilton                                35       61    =
1:02:15.0   20:05/M
      15    Eileen Abique-Riego                         32       63    =
1:04:38.0   20:51/M

Male 40 to 49

    Place    =
Name                    City              Age   =
Overall       Time      Pace
       1    Khaishoon Basrai                            44        4      =
23:27.0    7:34/M
       2    Michael Doherty                             45        5      =
24:17.0    7:50/M
       3    Lokesh Ravi                                 43        9      =
25:22.0    8:11/M
       4    Barry Taylor                                49       13      =
26:53.0    8:40/M
       5    Dale Mathis                                 49       18      =
28:20.0    9:08/M
       6    Hal Craven                                  41       40      =
34:23.0   11:05/M
       7    Jim Willis                                  41       42      =
36:20.0   11:43/M
       8    Rob Shepherd                                46       43      =
36:20.0   11:43/M
       9    Mark France                                 44       65    =
1:08:33.0   22:07/M

Male 50 to 59

    Place    =
Name                    City              Age   =
Overall       Time      Pace
       1    Mark Evans                                  58        8      =
25:11.0    8:07/M
       2    Martin Gottholm                             51       15      =
27:43.0    8:56/M
       3    Mike Felts                                  55       31      =
32:15.0   10:24/M
       4    Mike Ingram                                 51       59    =
1:01:02.0   19:41/M
       5    Tommy Crump                                 59       64    =
1:08:32.0   22:06/M

Male 60 and over

    Place    =
Name                    City              Age   =
Overall       Time      Pace
       1    Eric Gibbs                                  62       10      =
26:13.0    8:27/M
       2    Danny Jarvis                                60       37      =
33:34.0   10:50/M
       3    David Barnes                                60       47      =
42:55.0   13:51/M
       4    Charles Parker                              61       56      =
59:34.0   19:13/M
*Overall place within = gender.

Thursday, May 17, 2012

"i wanna hear 'up in the sky low' song"

He is the COOLEST kid EVER.



Can you even handle it???

Tuesday, May 15, 2012

happy anniversary

Happy 8th Anniversary to this guy...


... the love of my life and my very best friend.