THE Most THANKFUL Thanksgiving EVER EVER EVER

My family and I dreaded our first holiday

with Travis in the state he was

and still in Texas Neuro

Hospital.  We LONGED to be preparing for

a day at Grandmother's fighting

Travis over the rolls

and ALL of us trying to curl up on

Grandmother and PaPa's bed to take a nap.

Instead we knew we had only one choice...

head to Austin to be MORE thankful

than EVER EVER EVER before

because we still had our Superman with us.

And that's just what we did.......

One day a girl named Chelsi wrote us a message

on Caringbridge that she was one

of the EMT's that was on the

scene of Trav's accident

and that she had felt a

profound impact from it. 

Before we knew it,

Michelle and I were both writing to her

and ended up inviting her to

join us for Thanksgiving!

This was November, in fact, it was exactly

FOUR months since the accident and Travis

was awake and becoming more responsive than

he had been before.  He was on
occasion and really only by

request giving us the thumbs up sign.

When I introduced Chelsi to

him and explained who she was, Travis

immediately gave her a THUMBS UP...
without any prompting!!!

It was very emotional to hear Chelsi tell

us about the scene of the accident and how

she was actually the one who climbed into

the car and pulled Travis out.  She told us how

they only had seconds to get a breathing tube

down his throat...and that they were able to

get it the VERY first try (usually not the case

on a scene like this).  She fully and totally

believes that Travis is a miracle.

She never dreamed he would make it

and was worried that she would have

to miss his funeral because she was

leaving on vacation the following day.

For some reason though, she was

VERY touched and moved by Travis

and this accident.  God is ever so present.

Having Chelsi with us that day made

it all the more special...

we are so VERY, VERY thankful for her and

the crew that saved Trav's life.

We ate at Furr's Cafeteria...where my parents
and Lynna had often been eating in Austin.
That was a first for my family;)!

I do think Grandmother enjoyed the break from cooking though!!!

Hudson's first Thanksgiving...

God bless his heart!

He didn't miss a beat though!!!

So incredibly thankful for our

Blond, Blue Eyed's first Thanksgiving!

In true Lynna fashion, we walked into the

cafeteria and Lynna was friends with all

of the staff!  That's so my sister!!!

Chelsi keeps up with Travis and

we love her like family!

Scott and Dana stayed with Travis while we went

to eat, but then we were back shortly

and spent the rest of the day like it was normal

to spend Thanksgiving at Texas Neuro Hospital!

Reading his Thanksgiving card from Grandmother and PaPa...

All SEVEN Grandchildren!
Thank you, Sweet Jesus!!!!!!

We really had no way of knowing how

 much Travis was comprehending

at this point...

but we knew one thing...he & Hudson

had a bond!  Just so thankful.

Travis was learning to spell out things for us by

pointing at a letter board.

And to think four months before, we were told

he would probably never wake up

and if he did he would basically be nothing.

I think back to our Texas Neuro days and it's

like we made it our home...

I love this picture of Uncle Troy & my Travis...

These two never skipped a beat

spending their weekends and holidays

at a hospital almost two hours away.

The word "thankful" just doesn't

seem adequate enough!

This was the first picture we shared of Travis

since his accident.......

A beautiful mom and her handsome son...

THUMBS UP!!!!!!

A real life MIRACLE!

"GO SUPER MAN" is right!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Travis has had three mama's looking

out for him his entire life

and he's ALWAYS loved that!

The absolute BEST Grandparents in the world.

In their 70's and spending every week at

this hospital with their grandson while Lynna

worked so he would never be alone.

Thankful.THANKFUL.Thankful.

Looking back, there is so much more for us

to be thankful for...things we really didn't even

recognize at first.  One thing is that Travis

knew all of as he awoke from his coma.

Miracle after Miracle.

Guess what?  This Thanksgiving turned out to be

our best one EVER.  We truly embraced the idea

of what Thanksgiving is all about.

Being Thankful and we had more to be thankful

for than EVER before in our lives.

I will give thanks to the Lord with my whole heart;
I will recount all of your wonderful deeds.
Psalm 9:1