Three Years Ago Today...

I met these two little turkeys!

Lots to be thankful for!


Happy Thanksgiving to all of you...

Where in the world is...

Well, clearly a lot of these places are more exciting than others, but since I'm working, usually all I get to see is the airport, the hospital and the hotel.

Wow, has it really been since July? I have been buuussssyyyy! Since last I left you, we have moved back to Dallas, the kids are back in their old school, Chase started Kindergarten, Caroline is in the first grade, I think they have both grown a foot (not really, but Chase had some sweat pants on from last year and they look like "manpris" on him) and I have logged almost 25,000 American Airline miles in 3 months! That's not including the SW Airline miles that I fly here in Texas.

Crazy busy, but I am loving it. The kids have really adjusted well to me travelling (knock on wood!), we have a terrific babysitter who spends the night, picks the kids up from school and takes them in the morning, the only downside is she is not much of a cook and they end up eating Mickey D's or Wendy's about 2 nights a week, but I can live with it. I had a commenter that referred me to sittercity and for anyone that is looking for a sitter, it is great! Kind of like an e-harmony for parents and sitters!

Chase turned 6 years old on October 12th and he is doing really well. We found a great doctor in Austin that really worked with us on coming up with the right medication combination for him and I think we have finally found it. It's not perfect, but he really is doing so much better. His delays have become more apparent now that his is in a more formal education setting and we are working so hard to overcome them. He is getting speech therapy, evaled for OT and really working on academics. It makes me so sad that he spent so much time in the PPCD program which really didn't do him any favors; his K teacher is just appalled that so little time was spent on academics, and speech therapist can't believe that there was a full time ST in his class, yet all she did was teach him to point at pictures! We have a lot of catching up to do, but I know he will get there. His pediatrician is amazed at his progress, he is at the 75th for height and 90th for weight. He did 'fess up to telling me that he really thought I "bit off more than I could chew" when I first showed up with Chase two years ago (he was an absolute "wild child") and never thought he would come this far so soon, that was definitely a proud mama moment, but dear Lord, there were a lot of tears shed to get there!

Caroline is loving first grade, she is doing really well, but seems to have become quite the couch potato! The girl could watch TV for hours on end, she is now allocated about 30 minutes a day if that. Caroline has always been really physically slow, but now it is starting to catch up with her academically. The girl who always came home at the end of the week with "Bravos" is now coming home with incompletes, tardies, etc. And it's all because she just cannot move fast enough! She has no sense of urgency and really doesn't care if it gets done today, tomorrow or next year! It has always driven me nuts, but her little shining star is now getting tarnished with this issue. If anyone has a way to "light a fire" under her, I would welcome suggestions. So far she has to have a timer at breakfast or she would take two hours to finish her juice, she has a chart at school just for her to reflect her speediness with things, and her weekly report now has a column for academics, not just behavior. I think she finally "gets it", but it's a constant struggle for her.

It amazes me how I have one child that can not slow down without the help of medication and another that is sooooooo slow, we always say we hope she's never caught in a burning building! I wish I could just get a happy medium between the two of them.

We're looking forward to the holidays and having a little down time and I hope to become a better blogger! And so pics of the kids from the past few months:

First Day of School

Celebrating our Family Day at Six Flags

Halloween 2009

Happy to be back,

Jane