Updates!

I have honestly tried to sit down and write like a dozen posts but have never finished any of them.  We're all doing well! 

Kristopher is back to working overtime on Saturdays.  The paychecks at the end of the week are nice but we miss him more than he probably knows. 

I am working hard but at times feel like I am hardly working, if that makes sense.  I just never see an end to the pile.  My fight with migraines continues except not as often.  Stress induces them big time!  I keep telling myself that I need to be doing something differently to reduce all the stress but haven't had much luck.  It seems that if I detour from our daily routine, I am socked with one.  This past weekend was hard but I made it through!

Troy is at the age of total meltdowns and total highs and there is no inbetween, just those.  He be extremely happy one minute and the next he's crying about something.  He's a great kid once you see beyond that.  His vocabulary is outstanding!  He's been potty trained for quite a while now and what a blessing that is.  We're hoping to have him start school this fall.  It's a program for 3 year olds at St. Rose called Little Lambs.  I had them add him to the list last year just not quite sure when he will start.  He's much great big helper.  He's also has a great big sassy mouth at times.  His famous line tonight was, "Please mom, give me another chance..."  That was chance number 126,436,212.  LOL!  Troy is a good 36 inches and 34 lbs.  He's tall and lean and quite mighty. 

Rylee is probably doing the best out of all of us for once!  She's walking and talking and has been seizure free for almost a month and a half.  She is great with her manners.  She points out body parts and sings.  She still has a version of her own language but we can pick up English words at times.  She still has to point at what she wants a lot of the time and that frustrates her that most of the time we have absolutely no idea what she is trying to tell us.  She is sensitive and it's easy to hurt her feelings.  She schmoozes her way into what she wants.  That seems to be the way it works most of the time.  She is 18 lbs, 6 oz and 29.5 inches.  She wears size 12 month clothes, only for the length, and size 2 shoes.  She is currently in a size 3 diaper.  She is small and disgustingly thin but just seems to have hit a snag in the weight gain.  (The only ones gaining any weight from this high calorie diet are Kristopher and I and we don't need it!)  She has an infectious laugh and copies everything that everyone says or does.  Troy is her best friend and if she wants his attention, she just hollers his name until he answers her.    Weston is her baby and she has taken to calling him "bubba" or "buddy" (we can't really figure out which one it is, it could quite possibly be she calls him both of those) and shakes her finger and says "no, no, no" if he is up to no good!  Her therapists are extremely happy with her progress.  She has met all her goals for PT and OT.  We are having the big meeting with the 3 therapists and program coordinator to re-assess her goals, give her new goals and talk about school this friday.  Once she turns 3 she is no longer eligible for their program anymore.  SO, she has to go to school to receive therapy.  I can't believe in 6 months she'll be in "school".

Weston is growing like a crazy weed.  He's doing great.  He's learned the art of throwing temper tantrums.  He's rather good at it if I do say so myself.  He will turn 1 tomorrow.  I can't believe it.  The year has flown right on by.  I find myself sometimes thinking that I hardly spent any time with him before he went to bed.  I've worked hard to try and change that. 

This past weekend we had his first birthday party.  It went well.  I was thrown for a loop 2 hours before the party started, which upset me miserably and tossed me into a migraine that I had to force myself through.  I am lucky that I had Kristopher to run home to pick up the things that I forgot about.  I put on my smile and by the end of the night was extremely exhausted.  We had our nephews, Isaac and Noah stay over for a sleep over after the party.  Noah so graciously woke everyone in the house at 4:45 on Sunday so we started our day then and didn't end it until 11 that night.  We all slept pretty good last night. 

I have lots of pictures to upload and someday we will find the camera cord to upload them from the camera.  Right now I am sorry, but I don't have any.  SOON, I PROMISE!