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Life for our family has been such a whirlwind lately. Geez, where do I start? 

I am finally wrapping up totals from our One SMALL Step 5K and proud to say we have raised about $24,685.00! 
I am so thankful to those that stepped up and worked hard to help us achieve our goal! We had another great race day and had some wonderful families that shared it with us. It is always great to meet and mingle with new PWS families who are eager to be part of the bigger picture!
 And of course, the people of the community whom have no connection to the cause, but just come out to run a great race or show their support. That is always comforting as well! 
Then, my personal family and friends who I can always count on to be by my side...Love you all! 

I have to say it has been nice to get a break from our daily therapies with Cade. 
As of May 14, Early Steps ended and so now we just have what we were doing outside of Early Steps, which was Speech 1x/week and horse therapy 1x/week(when we can make it). We will add in a couple more, but I think it is time for some sort of break. 
With just 5 weeks left until Camille makes her appearance and with all of Carter's activities there is no better time than now for a break. 
Carter is on a swim team which is new for us, but he absolutely loves it! That means swim practice daily Monday-Thursday and swim meets every Saturday! 
T-Ball too, which we work in between swim...he is a busy guy this summer...

In other news, Cade has been dealing with high IGF-1 levels, which could mean insulin resistance or that carbs need to be cut. This was shocking since we are already so low carb. I was frustrated, but did some more tweaking to his diet and Woo Hoo, I was successful! We got the results yesterday that his levels have come down. Sadly, it was achieved by cutting the little fruit he was getting. So, now we are even more limited but it is still manageable and Cade is doing great! His body and mind work so well on this diet and I can't imagine things any other way. I was just thinking how well this year has been for us. Everyone has been well and had no major complications at all. 
I can only hope that this streak continues.... after all we are way too busy to get sick! 

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