So I took cupcakes in to Kellen’s class this afternoon, they were celebrating his summer birthday today.  I was baking them yesterday and they turned out a little small, but I figured it’s a bunch of six and seven year olds, they don’t need huge cupcakes.  Every kid devoured theirs except Kellen.  He ate all the icing, once that was gone, he was done.  He probably would have been happier with chocolate cupcakes, but yellow cupcakes with chocolate icing was what I had handy.

In other news, the hubby calls me on his lunch break yesterday to tell me that when he took the money out of our account to pay rent, thinking we would then have like 4 dollars left, we had over a 140.  We’d completely forgotten about our Oklahoma Tax Return coming in.  So we are breathing big sighs of relief as well as kicking ourselves, cause his dad was already sending us 50 dollars to help us through this week.  So the 50 dollars is going to pay for lunch the day we to to Monroeville for Kellen’s test.  I can already hear Golden Corral calling my name.  (  Gotta love an all you can eat buffet for like 10 bucks and OMG the honey butter stuff…. *dies*)

Once again, into the craziness.

Kellen’s therapist (he’s having some adjustment issues, mom started taking him to a therapist after Gram died, they’re helping with school and such) has recommended we have a sensory integration screening and a developmental screening.  Kellen has some signs of Asberger’s Syndrome, and he wants to make sure that it’s either that or just an emotional/maturity issue holding him back at school.  His sensory integration assesment is scheduled for June 10th, and it’s in Monroeville (near Pittsburgh, for those of you not from PA).  The developmental is set up for July 16th, in Pittsburgh. 

When my mom called his doctor to set this up, after the therapist recommended we go somewhere with a research facility attached, like University of Pittsburgh Medical Center or Hershey Medical Center, the doctor wanted to send us to a local place for the evaluation.  Mom said no, he needs to be tested at a major center, so she called my aunt’s office (my aunt’s a psychologist) for a recommendation of who to call.  My aunt’s office offered to schedule the appointments for us, which was awesome.  We were told by Kellen’s therapist that it may be a year or so on a waiting list, but my aunt managed to get us appointments for the summer.

We had a meeting with his school yesterday, to determine if he would be moving on to second grade or repeating first.  We met with his teacher, the reading specialist, the principal, the guidance counselor and the school psychologist.  After some discussion, including what we’d heard from his therapist, we all agreed that this issue he is struggling with may not be helped by holding him back.  He just seems to not do well with pencil and paper at all, he does fine orally, or on the computer, but the actual paperwork just seems to frustrate him.  He will be moving on to second grade, but we will be monitoring his work and progress.  It makes me glad that no matter how tight money may get in the near future, I will be a stay at home mom.  That way I can give him the extra help he needs at home, as well as take the rest time I need with the pregnancy and the new baby.

I will be watching to see if we need to move to a home schooling curriculum, though I’m hoping we don’t have to.  The principal himself mentioned that there may come a time when a regular school curriculum will not be effective for him.  If that happens, my mother and I will have to discuss the option of home schooling, which I would be the only one home enough to do.  That would enable his day to be broken into shorter periods, as once we get through this winter, I would have to balance his time with the baby.

On the baby front, doctors said all is well.  I’m due around December 28th, so I wouldn’t be surprised if I spend Christmas in the delivery room.  So far everything looks good, I’ve had two ultrasounds, both on the same day.  I go back to my OB/GYN on June 16th, and back to the Perinatologist on June 30th.  They are definitely planning to monitor me closely, with the clotting disorder and the past miscarriage.  I talked to them about my issues taking regular pre natal vitamins.  The over the counter ones I took with Kellen rarely stayed down and the chewables I was prescribed last time would not stay down this time.  The doctor told me that since I am taking the extra folic acid supplement, I can take two flintstone vitamins a day.  Yay, those taste hella better than the prenatals.

So it’s been ages since I updated, mainly because once we got through the summer, we moved back to PA and we got stuck at my dad’s.  We were stuck on dial-up. yuck.

But now we’re in our own apartment.  It’s just a little two bedroom, but it’s big enough for us and for Kellen.  We have joint legal custody now, and we are in a graduated transition to physical custody.  In a few more weeks we will have him 50% of the time.  Hoping to have him full time by the start of next school year, but that’s still up in the air.  Mom’s also been bringing him over on Saturdays since we got moved.  He doesn’t want to do what she’s got planned, so he comes to Mommy’s house.

Works for me.

On other news, we’ve just found out we’re expecting again.  This time feels different from the last time, I don’t feel quite as stressed out.  Probably because I know my Gram’s at peace now, and I’m a lot closer to Kellen and not working.  We’re a bit stressed about money, but I know we’ll be fine once we get through this summer. 

Hubby’s really working hard on quitting smoking.  He’s come a very long way.  He now only smokes if someone gives him cigarettes at work.  He doesn’t buy them himself anymore, and he doesn’t smoke more than one or two  day if he has them. 

Anyways, that’s about it for now.  Not really much else happening around here.