Update for Gabe's Immunodeficiency Testing

I must first start this post thanking all of our family and friends for praying for Gabe. I know without a doubt that our test times have gone so well because of the prayers that are being said. Second, I must tell you that I have one of the most strong and brave boys that I've ever know. This test today was not fun but I must tell you that this child did not shed a single tear during the entire time. His daddy and I were so proud of him. Take a stroll with me and I'll walk you through our morning.

This is Gabe sitting on Daddy's lap so that we can get started. Daddy looks more worried than Gabe!Gabe was very interested in what was going on and asked a lot of good questions. The nurses were all very impressed with him. The above picture they are prepping him for step one of the Sweat Chloride. Step one he had to wear these things on each arm for 5 minutes. He did like this part at first but quickly decided that it was okay.

Here is the face when he was saying "Mommy I don't want to do this please have them take them off". This only lasted for just a few second. This is his arm after step one was done. Step two they put another disc on his arm that had dye in it. This collects his sweat.Here he is waiting for step three Getting the DVD player set up so that we can start step three
Step Three: He had to wear his Winter Coat(yep that's right his winter coat in the middle of July) and be covered up with a blanket(we used our favorite blanket that Aunt Jen sells,if you don't have one you should call her today to get one best blanket ever!) Step Four: Taking the tube out of the disc after it got all of the sweat that they needed. Most kids don't sit still and they have to do this part more than once, but not our Gabe she said that it was one of the best reading that they have gotten.

Next it was time to have the blood draw they had to get 13 ml but wanted to get 15ml. They ended up with 14 1/2 which they were very happy about. Here the tech. is looking to see which vain he wants to use.

Needle is in and I have to tell you he is way more brave than his mother because he watched the whole time. I can't look when they do that to me.

Transferring his blood into the vials that they need

Snoopy band aide and Life is ALL good!
And last but not least when you are four and have to have all of this done that FOR SURE means that you get to pick your choice for lunch...any guesses on where a four year old would pick????

You got it no place like MCDONALD'S!!!

Zip Line Anyone??

The Indian Lake Nazarene Campground that is affiliated with our Church just had a climbing wall and Zip Line donated to them this year. Yesterday my FOUR year old decided that it was time for him to ride it. Mommy was at work but Daddy, Kelly, Brian & Gabe all got to go. Kelly kept telling John that it wasn't a good idea to do this without Gabe's mommy to take pictures but John assured her that it would be fine. Mommy was indeed okay with it BUT only because my dear friend Kelly was right there to take pictures of the moment for me!

This is John and Gabe going up the steps to get Gabe set up

He showed no signs of fear what so ever and didn't even try to back out. In fact it was just about all the guy could do to keep him there to tell him what was going to happen!Can I go now????

GO GABE!!!!!! He was the youngest kid to go on it so far!Running back to watch Daddy go

GO DADDY!Daddy, Gabe & Kelly.

Grandma Fuller is taking the rest of the kids out today so that they can do it. But Gabe informed me that he was also going back to do it again today so that he could show his brother's and sister how its done! Can't wait to see how that goes! Will post the older kids once I get them.

Where there is a Copas there is a redneck game!

On Sunday we packed up the camper, took it home and then it was off to Nana and Papa's house for the night. My Uncle David and Aunt Tina from Texas were there and Uncle Ken and Aunt Linda from Kentucky were coming on Monday. So we took and extra day off of work to spend time with them. Because they live so far away we don't see each other very often so it was very nice to spend some special time with them. We also ended up going back down on Tuesday after work. We spent the days swimming, playing Washers, Corn Hole & Witt's and Wagers.

Daddy throwing Gabe in Nana's Pool

Harrison and Jordon having fun in the pool

Gabe with the frog that they boys found.

Uncle David

Discussing our plan of attack!!!

Uncle Ken and I playing Washers Dad and John playing Washers

Playing at Nana and Papa's is hard work.
Dustin

Hayden
Haley
This is Harrison he is sleeping because he had his tonsils taken out earlier that morning.

Fourth of July Fun

To say that the Fuller's had fun over the Fourth of July weekend would be an understatement. For the past two years we have spent our Fourth of July weekend at the Indian Lake Nazarene Camp for Family Festival. This is the best as they have several activities all day long for EVERYONE! I hope you have a little time to enjoy my pictures below. These are just a few of the 100+ pictures that I took in two days. If you are every looking for something fun to do over the Fourth I highly recommend coming here. They fill up fast so book early.

This is Gabe with his new little friend CaydenceGabe and Mommy on the boat to watch fireworks!

Daddy and Shenira

Lots of things for the little kids to do. This is Gabe

enjoying himself very much on the obstacle course.

Gabe taking a stab at Robo Surfing. He did pretty good

for a four year old. Most of the small kids wouldn't even

get on it at all. Dustin Robo Surfing

Jordon's turn.

Shenira was probably the best at this.

Even Tony took a spin.

There is a craft barn that Gabe and I love to go to. You can pick out a ceramic craft to paint. I know that this probably won't last for two many more years but I'm going to enjoy it for as long as he will do it with me. Gabe is very particular about his colors and exactly how he wants it done! Watching his face while he is working is so much fun. This is the best $5.00 spent all weekend. Here he is painting an owl for his Great Grandma GG.

Special one on one time with Mommy. He picked an Elephant out for me and a bunny out for himself. He had just finished painting his bunny when he bumped it with his elbow and it fell on the floor and broke. The lady was so nice and felt bad for him and let him pick out another bunny to start over on.

Grandma GG, Gabe and Shenira getting ready to watch the Fourth of July parade.

Gabe was very excited about getting his first snow cone of the season!

This for me was the coolest part of the weekend. They brought in an Laura the elephant for the "kids" to ride. Our boys were telling us that they weren't going to ride but once they saw everyone else doing it they jumped on too. I put "kids" in parentheses because I myself could NOT wait to get my chance to ride the elephant too!! It was $10.00 for 4 people at a time to go for a ride. Well worth every dime spent!

Shenira, Mommy and Gabe getting our turn to ride Laura.

This was a prize that Gabe got for doing one of the games

We also did a family scavenger hunt, road our bikes ALOT and enjoyed the campfires.

John's Grandpa, John and I also took in a baseball game on Saturday afternoon. Good times.

BBQ with Friends

This past weekend we had our 2nd Annual BBQ with friends from our church. As you can see below the kids had a lot of fun using the pool while the adults just tried to stay dry from the splashing. John and I love to have company over and even with about 25+ people there we had a terrific time. How many kids can you fit on one raft?
Lots of old friends and some new!

Gabe trying a piece of Cheesecake. Wasn't a fan but at least he tried it.

This is Gabe's silly friend Sarah. She was pretending to be a money. She is such a cutie!