The Goings On

Our house has (and yet it hasn't) been a flurry of activity over the last little while.  I say both because we seem to have lots of down days where not much is happening and nothing really gets done.  And yet there has been lots that has happened over the past few weeks.  

We scooped a new dog from the SPCA...on a trial basis.  That lasted all of two days.  As cute as she was (she was a Pekingese cross), the whole peeing on our back door thing wasn't that impressive.  Especially since they said she was house trained.  So back she went.  I was happy to see a few days later that she was adopted...hopefully to a loving home!  

One day, on the way home from grocery shopping, I decided we still needed another pet.  So a quick stop at the local pet store and voila! welcome Ruby the little black cat to our house (aka Doofus aka Farty McFarterson aka Scratchy).  It didn't take long for her and Shandi (our dog) to make friends, but she and Baby Kitty are just settling their differences now.

Miss K has been busy with her dance (it's a tap/jazz combo class).  We started the dance year off with one company, but after only a few classes, I decided to switch her to a different company.  I didn't like the fact that we couldn't watch the kids during class.  Or that the teacher played a lot of games with the kids.  I know kids learn through play, but I don't really see how Four Corners is constructive to tap dance.  Anyways, Katelyn loves her new class and I love the new studio!

Mr. Andrew is still causing us to scratch our heads as to why he's not really talking.  I know kids progress at different rates, but I just want him saying more.  He says maybe ten words and they're not very clear.  My one niece, who is a year younger than him, is saying over a hundred words already! Another niece (who is two weeks younger than Andrew) has been potty trained for almost a year!  On one hand, it is frustrating to see his slow development.  On the other hand, I'm trying to just sit back and enjoy his 'baby-ness' for as long as I can.  On the lazy days when we all stay in our pjs all day, he looks even more like a baby, cruising around in his little sleeper.  I heart him :)

Last week, Joel had a massive seizure.  He's been having small seizures on and off over the last little while.  The small ones consist of one or two quick jerks of the arms and maybe an eye roll and then they are done.  They are so small, he doesn't skip a beat.  This last seizure? Huge.  Mike was downstairs grabbing Xmas decorations when he heard Joel's table fall over (Joel's room is directly above the storage room).  Mike came ripping upstairs and sure enough, Joel was in full-on seize mode and it wasn't stopping.  Mike got him out of his wheelchair and laid him down on his bed while I called 9-1-1.  The EMTs came a did a quick check on him before transporting him to the hospital.  After some bloodwork was done, it was discovered that his seizure med dosage has been too low.  Poor Joel...as if he doesn't have life tough enough as it is, here we've been shorting him on meds.  But how were we to know? Suffice to say, he's getting the correct dosage now and has been seizure free for a week.  Stinker just likes to keep us on our toes, I guess :)

As for Mike and I? We've been working on doing some major goal setting.  Our life (and my mental health) isn't exactly heading in the direction we pictured so we're taking a step back and re-adjusting ourselves (makes us sound like men, adjusting our crotches).  We're picking three areas we want to work on for now and going with that.  As I type, Mike is putting Joel to bed and then we're set to have a date night on the couch...not a movie and popcorn type date though.  More of a homework filled date, but it's alone time together so I'll take it.  

Now if you'll excuse me, I have to go shake Ruby out of our Christmas tree.  Again.