Our little "Scooter"

Maya is now 15 months old. And she does not and probably will not ever crawl. But when she was 13 months old (I know I am kind of late) she figured out how to scoot on her bum. And over the last couple of months she has used this form of transportation and is now pretty fast at it. She can get pretty much anywhere she wants to, except up steps. And someday she will walk, but for now it is so funny to watch her scoot. Below is a video of our "scooter," which has become her new nickname!!

Look Mom..... No Training Wheels!!

We have been working with Katelyn for about 2 months now, to teach her how to ride without training wheels. And last Thursday, Oct. 9, she figured it out!! Then, Jacob wanted to learn how to ride without training wheels too. So, we moved the handle over to his bike and by Saturday, Oct. 11, he had figured it out. They love to ride their bikes and are so proud. And so are we!! Way to go Katelyn and Jacob!!!

JDRF Walk to Cure Diabetes

As many of you know, we participated in our first Walk to Cure Diabetes. Thanks to many of you reading this, we reached and exceeded our goal of raising $2200, a dollar for every poke and shot Jacob has had the last 10 months. The walk was held down in Akron and started at the Pro Football Hall of Fame. The halfway point was at the Presidential Library of President McKinley (I had no idea it was even there in Akron!!). The walk was a 4K or 2.4 miles. The kids had a hard time and they all ended up riding in the stroller at some point along the way, but overall they did pretty good. Afterward, we got to go into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. The kids weren't too interested and honestly, I thought the most interesting thing was seeing all of the Super Bowl Champ rings- some were pretty, but a lot were really gaudy.

We want to thank all of you for supporting us and donating to our cause to find a cure. There are many days when I can't remember what it was like to live without diabetes and I would love to have that life again someday. Hopefully we will!! Thank you from the bottom of our hearts. Here are some pictures from the walk.

BYU vs. UCLA

This is a little late, but..... back in September we flew out to UT for the BYU v. UCLA football game. We got the added bonus of being able to see a lot of family including David's parents, Diana and Henry and kids, Brent, Emily, Nate and Karrey and kids, and Sharyn's parents. So, it was a great trip. And even better BYU crushed UCLA. We were to return home on Monday morning, but due to the remnants of Hurricane Ike hitting Cleveland, our flight was cancelled and we didn't make it home until Tuesday. Oh well. We had a great time with everyone. We visited campus, the bookstore, dinner at Brick Oven, the mall for some shopping, saw Mom and Dad Bertasso's new house, Emily's apartment, celebrated cousin Jordan's 1st birthday, the football game, played at the park with cousin Logan and just hung out with family. Thanks to everyone for spending time with us. We loved it!! Here are some pictures for you to check out everything we did.