Raising Rhett

01/02/2024

First appointment with CHOC neurology!
Wish us luck!
Update in comments

06/09/2023

6 days in and we've almost got 75% of our fundraising goal! The boys have charged their fit bits and decided to see how many steps they can get too

Lauren is taking part in STEPtember to support people with cerebral palsy.

01/09/2023

Tomorrow starts the STEPtember - move together for cerebral palsy challenge. This is our first year participating the goal is 10,000 steps a day !!

23/06/2023

Always pushing forward!

20/06/2023

Rhett tested out his first electric wheelchair today!! I think he likes it!

05/05/2023

His giggles are contagious 😂 🤣

08/02/2023

I'm so thankful that is in a school where he is given the chance to be independent! I got this text from his aid today!
Completely independent, he drew himself with his walker, "next to a shelter, holding a heart balloon, standing on grass with a water source. " 💜 Taking a step back and letting your child struggle to do things independently is hard but watching them succeed is so rewarding!

28/10/2022

Rhett independently drew the stem and face on his Jack-o'-lantern in class today! He's so determined and focused at school. It's been a process but we're getting all of the support and tools for Rhett to be as independent as possible!! I'm so proud of him!

01/07/2022

Working on motor skills with our new fluffy bunny! Rhett loves animals and incorporating them into therapy make it so much fun!

15/03/2022

Finding a school that includes you in every activity is so important! We love our Charter school!

01/09/2020

Rhett’s been working on different grasps to get the best control when he colors. He independently changed his grasp and stayed mostly in the lines while coloring hulk!!

23/07/2020

Using those motor skills to close the chick hutch!!

23/07/2020

Rhett has become my little Chicken farmer. He loves checking on our chicks. Today he figured out how to open the chick hutch and pull him self up to stand.

16/07/2020

Stretching our legs!

08/07/2020

Rhett skipped crawling and went to walking on his knees since he has trouble articulating his arms to use them for crawling. But today he started “walking like a doggie” as he calls it. He’s coordinating his arms pretty well. This little guy has a lot of determination nothing keeps him down or holds him back.

19/03/2020

Rhetts using his PVC walker we made to assist him in standing and walking around

19/03/2020

Before Rhett had assistive devices like his Gait Trainer, we wanted to make him something so he could work on pulling himself up and assist him with standing and walking around. PVC pipe from the hardware store was one of the easiest materials to build something out of and gave us the option of making changes to it if we needed to. He was really excited to use it.

19/03/2020

For Cerebral Palsy Awareness month Lauren made shirts for the whole family.

11/03/2020