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Graham's newest trick....TA DA!!!

The boys have been enjoying their first year at Word Alive Academy. They just received excellent grades on their report cards and absolutely love enrichment day every Monday. Here are their school pictures.

So over the past few months Graham has started talking. The boys love to try to get him to say random new words (ex. Buffalo) and hearing how it sounds when he tries to pronounce it. When Graham was around 16 months he could make a pretty good stab at Carter and Hunter. Then there were several months when he wouldn't say their names, he would just point. Well, about 3 months ago he started calling Carter "Chachi". At first Carter would say NOT CHACHI!! Carter! But after a week or so, his new nickname started growing on him. Then, just as soon as Carter started encouraging Graham to call him Chachi, Graham started calling both Carter AND Hunter Chachi....using it interchangably for brother. A few months have gone by now and Chachi is no more. Graham now calls them by Carter (Cahtuh) and Hunter (Untuh) and his vocabulary is growing day by day. A few more silly Graham-isms: Munger evolved to Minger (for Finger). He calls his friend Brody, Roby. Although he doesn't have ...

East Alabama Sickle Cell Walk to be held Anniston Star Oct 09, 2010 Pictured above: District 32 state Rep. Barbara Boyd, chair for the Sickle Cell Walk; Gilberto Nogueira, Solutia plant manager; Sharon Lewis, director Sickle Cell Chapter, Central Alabama; Kay McKinney, Solutia public outreach coordinator; and John N. Wilson, co-chair for the Sickle Cell Walk. This year’s walk provides the Central Alabama Chapter the funds to assist individuals with Sickle Cell when they need help. Medicines and equipment, dental and vision care is available and many other services are provided that families need to help them cope financially and emotionally with this disease. The walk is rotated between Talladega, Sylacauga and Anniston. Local businesses, community groups and volunteers continue to work to make this year’s walk a success. Solutia, the premier sponsor of the event and a major manufacturer providing specialty materials, makes products used by consumers around the world, providing valuabl...