Here we go again!

Well it is May 1st yet again and time to start off another "streak" for our little man.  As I'm sure we wrote last year I can't believe that another year has gone by since we started this last May.  So much has changed and it honestly feels like we were living in a different world a year ago.  We won't fill you in right now- there will be plenty of posts for that!  To start off I guess we should tell you exactly what our streaks are going to be.  This year for me I have decided to walk at least a mile everyday (or do 30 minutes on the Elliptical if it rains).  There will be no running or races for me as I am very pregnant and walking is hard enough (first change of the year)!  In addition I will make sure to do Noah's stretches with him.  I know this sounds like a streak for Noah but I honestly dread doing his stretches and know it is something I need to force myself to do.  Will try to think of some creative ways to make them more fun and enjoyable for both of us.  Brad is running or biking (new addition!) every day this year and is gearing up for his first run as I write!  I think Noah will definitely want to go with him everyday so should be interesting.

In addition we are hosting the first annual "Pars for Pediatric Stroke" golf tournament on June 5th.  Since finding out about Noah's diagnosis back in 2011 we have always talked about how great it might be to put together a charity golf event to benefit CHASA.  Well on a snowy day in early January I decided that we should stop talking about it and just do it.  So we got the ball rolling and now the tournament is just 5 weeks away.  We are hosting it with our great friends the Stevensons in honor of our two little stroke survivors Noah and Walt.  I can't believe how everything is coming together and was totally overcome with emotion about it yesterday.  It has been amazing how many people have offered to help us and the support has been overwhelming.  I'm so excited and hope it is a success!  I was thinking yesterday it would be great if we could do it every year and someday Noah could play in it.

We will also be blogging again this year although after much debate.  We are both terrible at keeping this up but when May comes around I think we both remember how therapeutic it can be to write about Noah and think about how far we have come.  He is doing so well- better than I could have ever imagined after finding out about his stroke on April 1st 2011- and we can't wait to fill you in on his progress!  Thank you for checking in and following us on this journey.  Here are 2 pics from our first day of streaking.