Happy Birthday Choo-Choo and Chandler.  Mommy loves you and misses you.  I will be home soon.

I haven't put a real post on here for quite some time, so I thought it was time to update while I watch history being made on TV.  I don't know if I will get through all of this because Chandler likes to push the keys on my laptop which usually sends me to another page.  We made it through Christmas, something we were not sure sometimes would happen.  We started the season with some sick boys.  The babies got sick around the beginning of November, with one sickness and then another back to back and we are truly just getting over that.  Chandler got Croup, Pneumonia, RSV, and then croup again.  Matthew got a stomach virus on top of his little colds.  He lost about 3 lbs while he was sick, but I am happy to report that ,as of this mornings visit to the doctor for an ear infection, he has gained it all back :)  We decided right before Christmas that the best thing to do was to take them out of Child Care and have someone watch them at home.  unfortunately, the person that was going to watch them at home fell through and now I have twin one year olds at home with no childcare.  With illness and the weeks without child care, they have been home for about two months now.  It has been very challenging.  I am not sure what I am going to do if we can't get a spot for them by the time we come back from Officer's councils.  It is very hard to find a spot for two babies.  On the happy side the break has been good for them.  They are getting better and, other than the ear infection that Choo-Choo(Matthew) has, they have not been sick since we took them out.

Cameron is doing well.  We had him tested and he does have mild ADHD and he was also diagnosed with ODD (oppositional defiant disorder).  The doctor is very optimistic that he may grow out of it but we have chosen to put him on a low dose of Adderall because of the problems he is having at school.  We really want to get a handle on it before he starts school. It is so hard to shake a "bad kid" label once it is placed on you and we don't want that for him.  He is doing much better. He is so stinkin' smart though.  He just soaks everything up.

Xander is doing well.  He loves his new class in child care.  He is now in the oldest class at the child care that he goes to.  We had his tubes taken out of his ears this fall and I think it is making a difference in his speech.  He had so many ear infections all the time that I don't think he was hearing well.  He still has some ways to go.  He has a real hard time with some sounds like s, but I don't think it will be a long term problem.  We had him allergy tested and he has some really high allergies to mold.  That probably explains the problems he had in Cartersville.  When we moved from there, I took down the wall paper in the kitchen and found mold growing underneath.  He will be starting allergy shots and hopefully in a few years he will not have to deal with the eczema that now deals with. 

I can not believe that the babies will be a year old this Sunday.  It is crazy.  I can't believe that Cameron will be 5 in April and Xander will be 4 in May.  Time flies.

Hope all is well with everyone.  Love to all.