Thought I would include a picture of all of us, we have so few. We wet away for my birthday this year. Turned 39 again. Didn't go very far and just for a couple of days, but it was nice.
That was back in April. Been so long away from this, I forget what I was doing here. Something about the kids and stuff. Just lack the time and effort to keep this up. Will post as I can I suppose.
A little about where I am. I completed the big project I was working on. Ended up in the hospital with stress related issues. Lots of headaches, dizziness and generally not feeling well. I got better but it was worrisome for a while. Didn't get a lot of reward or recognition for the project and I probably made the mistake of spreading the congratulations around too much. I guess it made it look like I did nothing on the project and the others got all the rewards, but maybe somewhere, someone knows what I went through to get it in on time.
Enough about me. By the way, this picture is from what I was led to believe was an air walk type of thing we wanted to see. It is near Coffs Harbour in New South Wales. About 6 hours from Sydney. Look it up. We drive through there on the way to Brisbane and have only stopped a couple of times. We decided to spend some time there and see what was around. I read up on it and found this air walk. Turns out it is about 200 meters long and just ends in this hanging platform overlooking basically nothing. A real disappointment. I think was some interesting things on the hiking path but they are not wheelchair accessible and we did not go very far down the paths.
Which brings us to Maeghan. Hate to say too much here but I think we are seeing the problems that have always been there in the background ready to happen. She is still the best little girl around and, with her front two teeth missing, she is really gorgeous when she smiles and laughs. Of course, I think she knows how cute she looks when she smiles so she has a tendency to pose a lot. It is cute, but I think she overdoes it sometimes.
Not that she is really having a lot of problems, but the doctors are really worried about her weight. She is just not growing but she is getting heavier all the time. The doctors say her legs cannot handle the weight and we need to do something about it. But she just does not eat all that much and I am not sure if it weight from the food she is eating. I just think her upper body is growing and her lower body is not keeping up, but we have to try to do something. She is over a meter now, 103 centimeters, and she weighs around 24 kilos. Not a lot for a girl her age, but a lot for her size. She gets tired these days and says her legs hurt, so we bring the wheel chair with us everywhere. Some of it might be just the desire to ride all the time, but she gets frustrated with not being able to keep up, so she gets in the chair so she does not have to try to walk as fast as everyone else.
I think I might have mentioned I think it is just the beginning but as no one can predict what will happen, we can always hope for the best. She has so exceeded everything the doctors have said she would ever be able to do, I just think we are happy she is so happy. Hard to write, I will have to take a break from this.
William has started pre-pre-school. It is the ready, set, go program. The same one Maeghan went to before she started school. Basically, they go once a week to get them used to the kids they will be going to school with, instead of the kids in day care. They do some crafts and things and it is held at the real school he will be going to next year.
William thinks it is great. He gets to go to big school with Maeghan now. He doesn't understand that it is only one day a week for now. After we took him the first day, he had to go back to day care a couple of days later. He cried and protested the whole way saying he goes to big school now and does not go to the day care. It was hard to get him out of the car and take him in, but he finally went.
Both the kids like school, for now. Maeghan spent a couple of weeks at home while we waited to get into the doctor for a checkup. She thinks she was being home schooled but she really did not do a whole lot while she was at home. She went back after the winter break and does not seem to mind taking her chair anymore. She did have some issues with bringing it for a while, but I think she is ok now.
Maeghan has also started reading better. Not that she ever had any problems, but she has gotten to the top of her class now, along with a few others. She reads everything now and seems to like doing it. She is ok with math, but missing school, I think, has made her a bit behind there. Not that the teacher has said anything, but she seems to not have a grasp of some of the homework she brings home. Not sure if that is because she has missed the lessons in class or maybe they just never explained it in class. I have found that some of her homework has nothing to do with what they are doing in class. It is just sent home with the kids to give them something to do.
We think we are going to get William into soccer or something next year. Something to help him burn off some of that endless energy he has. We have noticed lately, that he will go and go and go, and then just crash. Goes from talking a mile a minute to being asleep in about 30 seconds. And he does talk all the time now. He is always telling stories and trying to get your attention. And, he still gets in trouble a lot. He has this thing about always telling you he wants to be the good boy, mostly immediately after he has done something bad. Juanita thinks this might be a problem in school next year but I think he is fine. He gets in trouble in day care for not listening a lot, but I think he knows it and he knows what he is supposed to do, so once he is in a more structured environment, he will do what he needs to do.
He did finally get the gold star at day care. For a while, he would tell us everyday that he was good all day but he did not get the gold star. He got stickers but no gold star. Apparently, they give that to the best kid for the day. He finally got one last Friday, so he is happy now.
I am having a lot of trouble typing for some reason, so I am going to leave this for now. It is 5 am here and I had a couple of minutes free on the computer, so I thought I would type a few notes. Now, I cannot type anymore, so I will leave it for later.
As always, it good to hear from you. Until next time.
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