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October is Spina Bifida Awareness Month! Be sure to wear your yellow shirts and bracelets! In honor of our daughter Jacy (and her friends Kirstyn, Titus, and Faith) we invite you to participate with our family in supporting those individuals with Spina Bifida and their families by making a donation to the Spina Bifida association. With our help the association can increase public awareness and work towards preventing this birth defect for future generations. Together we can make a difference! Spina Bifida is the most common permanently disabling birth defect in the United States and affects 70,000 individuals across the nation. For those who live with Spina Bifida, each day is a challenge. Spina Bifida is not one condition; it is a multitude of conditions that affect the mind, the body and the spirit. To learn more about Spina Bidifa, the association, or to make a donation please visit WWW.sbaa.org and click on "Make A Gift". Sincerely, The Simmer Family

Happy October Everyone!!! Can it really be time for Halloween??? Where has the year gone!?!?!?! Jacy is very excited to go Trick-Or-Treating for her first time! (well, I am excited to dress her up anyways!) Jacy's big achievement this month is ROLLING OVER by herself! Her little arms have been getting a lot stronger from tummy time, so on October 5th I grabbed the video camera to get on tape how well she was doing. As soon as I hit record she rolled herself over from her tummy to her back! I tried to keep the camera on her, but I was so excited I was jumping up and down. In the middle of yelling, "Jacy, you just rolled over by...." the battery on the video camera died! =( Oh, well.. at least I got the important part on tape. When daddy got home that night she rolled over for him 4 more times, and has been practicing everyday since. She has also found her toes and enjoys sucking on her big toe, and she has learned how to blow bubbles in her spit... Yeah! =) Sh...

Jacy LOVES chewing on fingers, toys, anything she can get her mouth on! We think that her first tooth will be showing up really soon! This picture was while we were watching her cousin Connor's soccer game, after having a nice midmorning snack of Daddy's fingers!

Jacy and I went on ANOTHER road trip with Auntie Jennifer. We went to Payson to watch Auntie Janell play in her Varsity soccer game. We dressed Jacy up in all the Red and White we could find. Auntie Janell's team won 2-1. GO ST. JOHNS REDSKINS!

On Jay's way to school he took Jacy for a little spin on his motorcycle...JUST KIDDING Grandma Debby! She didn't really go for a ride, she just got to sit on it for a minute to pretend.

Jacy has done so well with her physical therapy. She is getting stronger and can sit for a little while by herself now. As time goes on she will be able to sit up by herself for longer periods of time. This is her during 2 of her therapy sessions where she gets to sit in her special chair all by herself. It has toys attached around it so that it teaches her to turn, or rotate, to be able to play with her toys. She likes to watch "Finding Nemo" while sitting her her chair too!

Jacy and I went to lunch with my friend Mary (Who came to stay with me while I was in California) and her daughter Madison. It was time for Jacy to try real food for the first time, so Mary and Madison did the honors! =) Jacy LOVED the sweet potatos!!! Madison was such a big help, and always helps me feed Jacy when she comes over for visits.