Emma & Aidan

We've been hanging out with Aidan for the past couple of days. Aidan's mommy (Shannon) is going to have twin boys soon, but hopefully, not this week. So, while she's been hanging out at the hospital, we've been hanging out here. Thought those of you who've prayed for Aidan over the past couple of years might enjoy these shots - he is such a cutie!!

Can't start too young

Just thought you'd like to see these shots of Emma. For those who don't know, I HATE to vacuum - really, really, hate it. Brian does most of it, but it looks like he's working on training up a replacement!!

Support RTS bracelets available for $5

I'm sure you've all seen the various rubber bracelets that are worn in support of a variety of causes - pink for breast cancer, etc.

Well, we now have a "support RTS" bracelet available. A Nobel-prize winning researcher has written an RTS specific research proposal, and the RTS community is actively raising money to fund the first year of research.

This is a quote from the RTS research website....

"Dr. Kandel's Published Research on RTS - Last Summer, the RTS community received some promising news. Dr. Eric Kandel, a Nobel Prize winning neuroscientist, published the results of his memory research dealing primarily with the same protein that is deficient in RTS patients in the June, 2004 edition of “Neuron” magazine. He has already done ground breaking research on mouse models with Rubinstein-Taybi Syndrome. Dr. Kandel and his associates have been able to partially eliminate the cognitive dysfunction associated with RTS in mouse models, and has offered to pursue this research in hope of finding a treatment for our children."

The "administrative" work is being done by RTS parents, so all the money above the actual costs will go to RTS research.

The bracelets are only available for a few weeks....they are $5 each. If you'd like one, please let me know by February16th and I'll order them all at once.

Snow Day!

Finally! It's February 1st and it is about time! Unfortunately, our snow did not provide ANY usable snow for even a small bowl of snow cream! Maybe next time!

We got out and played for a little while. Emma really had fun throwing snowballs at her daddy! You can't really tell in the picture, but Brian was throwing snowballs at Emma from the top of the slide. She loved it!