I had the scariest dream last night--that I was pregnant again. All that I could think of was NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!! I have to deliver another baby?????!!!! Labor pain is still too vivid in my mind to make this truly a scary thought. I just realized a minute ago that this was what I dreamed about last night, and then I realized I AM NOT and have NO PLANS to become pregnant ever again. This made me smile. =)
It's been a while since I've actually posted more than just a link here, so thought I'd update anyone who comes here on the latest happenings in our home.
In the end of February I made an appointment for Hunter to meet with a psychologist friend of my aunt's because he was coming up on two years old and not talking. I probably wouldn't have done much about it, except for the fact that he also has quirky behavior like lining up items and studying the edges of tables, etc. We took Hunter in, and were given the recommendation of getting him into Early Intervention with the school district and also going to see someone at a local children's therapy center. The evaluations at all three places left us really busy for a couple of weeks, but thankfully those are all done. What this now means is that Hunter has some form of therapy (speech, OT, or a combination of both) five days a week. The consensus is that he has a problem with sensory processing, and I was even told he could be a high-functioning autistic (though the lady saying that couldn't "diagnose" him as such). So far, so good. We've been in therapy for a few weeks now, and he's already starting to add things to his vocabulary. We just started OT last Friday, so no new advances there yet. My hope is to attack this aggressively and have him as well-prepared as I can to start school when he's 4 or 5. I've only had one person say they thought we were being silly doing all of this. Why should I wait until he's of school age to suddenly figure out I haven't helped him out at all and he's got all these delays??? I THINK NOT.
The therapy situation is trying because I really need to spend a lot of time reviewing things with Hunter, and I have taken on more responsibility through the transcription service, meaning I've tripled my workload over the past few months. I've been trying to tough it out because we can really use the cash, but I'm not sure how much longer I can make it work. It is also difficult getting in naps before going to get Logan from school, so we are just hanging on until Logan is out of school for the year.
In January I had seriously considered pulling Logan out of school and homeschooling him. He was having a ton of issues in his classroom with acting out, fighting, and crying. His teacher and I knew it was related to Ethan's birth, but I had been hoping that he was old enough to not have to have the big adjustment to the new baby. We also discovered that private school isn't in the budget right now. While money is still an issue, we decided to keep him in his school until the end of the school year and make the decision then. I don't like driving in to pick him up from school anymore, especially now that I'm doing all the driving for Hunter's therapies. If I had the money, though, I'd keep him in school there. I'm currently mulling over the thought of sending him to school with the rest of the kids on the boulevard for a year (or a semester) to see how he does there. I really don't want to, but I'm not sure that homeschooling on top of all of Hunter's stuff will work out. I welcome any ideas/suggestions/advice on this, because I'm kind of in a quandry about it all.
Billy is still working the crazy hours. I hate it, but we think he will need to stay there for a while until we can get our finances in order. They are trying to hire a new employee, but it does take months to train any new person, so it's not a quick fix in any sense of the word. Especially when they are talking about picking up A LOT more work once the third guy is in place.
I am still T-Tapping, if anyone cares. I attended a monthly class in Flint from January until this month, but now we don't have a place to meet. I am trying to recruit new people (most notably my mom and Billy), so hopefully that'll work. Teresa's book came out last week
Here it is at Amazon. It's a great book, and comes with a DVD that is very well done. I am a little frustrated because I'm working out hard and trying to keep a better eye on what I eat (not going so hot this weekend, though), and I'm just STUCK. I haven't drank pop in 2-1/2 weeks, which I thought would make a huge difference. I just feel like my body is trying to hold on to everything because of my stress level. I am going to stick to Tapping and hope that something will click eventually. I am so sick of having nothing to wear, and I refuse to buy more clothes at this size!!!!
After little to no riding this winter, I have gotten to ride quite a few times in the past couple of weeks. This is doing wonders for my sanity, which is just holding on by a thread most days. Thanks to my T-Tapping, I have many of my riding muscles in place despite the long break. It doesn't mean I'm not a sore mofo when I'm done, but at least I can stay on.
Ethan is now about five months old, and as adorable as a boy with a skullet can be. Haha. He is truly a good and loving baby, and I'm so proud to say he sleeps mostly through the night most nights. Billy says it's time to move him to his own room, but he usually requires a pacifier between 4-6 a.m., and it's much easier just to reach over and do that than having to run up a flight of stairs to find out he's cried himself awake for the morning.
I guess that's most of our news--well, all I can think of so far. I'll add more later if it comes to mind.
