Hello Friends!
Well, I'm not entirely sure what to say... I don't really even remember last time I updated anyone on what's been going on with us.
After an absolutely horrific fall/winter/early spring with one illness & injury on top of the next (for Sam), I'm very pleased to announce that the boys are doing wonderfully (except for a bizare ant attack today...Daniel & Jonah have both been "Benedryl-ed" and when I asked Jonah why on earth he sat outside and let ants bother him, bite him, etc... He said "I was trying to be one with nature."...OK, well, we already know he's MY kid, but, well...Ha...I've never sat & let bugs eat me alive! We love Jonah. He's cute. And he definitely keeps us laughing. So, yeah...kiddos doing awesome!
Sam just had his THIRD (!!!!) birthday... a little stunned by that...not entirely sure why. I'm so happy that he's not 2 anymore...although... well, I'm much better in general with children once they are able to communicate their needs a little more articulately than this: "Mommy. Mommy. Mommy. Mommy. MOMMY" (of course, in between each "Mommy" is my "yes, Sam?" or "What do you need?" or "Huh?" or "WHAT NOW?" or something like that...but yeah...he is beginning to really be able to let us know what he needs...although most of the time he says things like (his longest sentence to date) "BRING THAT BACK TO ME RIGHT NOW!!!!" He's cute.
We are in full swing...packing up our stuff... Looking forward to country living. We've found our "new" home...offer is in, contract signed... portable storage unit is coming on Friday. Getting Sam ready for school in a new area, its exciting, but I can not stand the thought of putting him on a bus...(For those of you who don't know, children with special needs receive therapy services from birth to age three and at age three, the local school district takes over for therapies. For ages 3 & 4, the child has to go to early childhood to get those therapies, then at age 5 (kindergarten), we can begin to homeschool or let him continue with kindergarten (to continue therapies) and then homeschool beginning in 1st grade (which is what we did with the twins) but at age 5 & up we can get therapies from the school while still homeschooling. This is not an option at age 3...) So, I don't know how well he's going to do with getting on a bus...ha...we shall see.
OK, that's about all that's going on...LOL, as always, there is generally a lot going on, all mashed into one big chaotic, crazy life! Good stuff. My favorite is preparing for our garage sale. LOL...Desperately needing to purge and since we've not yet received the storage unit, its just like boxes on top of boxes right now... Pricing is always fun...I've started to refer to this as my 25 cent garage sale...because I want it all to sell and not have to take any of it with us, so I'm selling cheap!
Jonah & Sam have hematology appointments on July 16. Sam has his post-op hearing test on the 18. We know he is hearing very well now...he is so much louder than he was before surgery! His conductive hearing loss was so pronounced...the surgery helped a lot, his speech has increased by leaps and bounds, physically, he's strong as an ox...and well, more than just a little bit spoiled. And a tiny bit of a mama's boy. That's OK. I'll keep on holding him for as long as he'll let me!
Updates to follow...LOL