So much

has been going on since I last wrote.  Since my last post I have started making Cody get on the bus.  The first day was HORRIBLE.  And I really mean horrible.  I literally had to carry/drag him to the bus stop and then drag him onto the bus.  I left him laying on the floor and then sat on our porch and cried my eyes out.  I cried off and on the whole day and ended up having the worst migraine in a long time.  It was nothing I wanted to experience again.  But just like it is when I drop him off at school, he was fine not 5 minutes later and was in great spririts by the time he arrived at school.Cody still visits with the counselor in the mornings to read comic books.  I told him he doesn't have to and when he felt ready he can either go play with his friends or go have breakfast at school.  I ask him about school when he gets home but he of course doesn't remember much.After that first fight to get on the bus he has been very good.  He still doesn't want to go to school but he does.  I hope that someday we will get to the point where we can race to the bus stop or he will go by himself but for now I am happy having him hug on me and drag his feet to the bus stop.  He goes and he is doing great.  Now, if I can work on him getting is math back to where it was before we left.  Man, have you seen the ways they teach math now, it confuses me and I hope to someday teach Algebra to middle school kids.  Not sure if I am going to back track my math classes to catch up to the times. 

 When we were leaving California I asked both Garrett's physical therapist and his pediatrician about continuing physical therapy, they both felt that we should mention it to his doctor and at least get another evaluation.  We did that and had the evaluation yesterday.  Garrett's physical therapist now is a younger (I say younger but she may be close to my age, who knows, she just looks young, mid 20s at least) lady named Jessica.  She is great with him and is absolutely spitten with him, as everyone seems to be.After watching him play and crawl around the awesome room they have (it is full of kids toys and mats) she wasn't too concerned with him.  She said she was kinda torn as to whether or not he actually needed therapy.  He favors his right leg over his left, which I noticed as well.  That is part of the reason I wanted to see about doing another eval.  Since his therapist said she could go either way with therapy and we had the referrel I decided to go with therapy for him.  We are now going to be going once a week at least through May.  Hopefully by then he will be walking.  When it comes to walking Garrett is just stubborn.  He can stand on his own for long periods of time and he has taken one step here and there (even took one while with the therapist).  Although he will be 14 months is just over a week, I am not concerned that he isn't walking just yet.  Wyatt was 15 months old when he decided it was time to start walking.  Besides, Garrett has 2 older brothers and 2 parents to get everything for him and he can crawl so much faster than he could walk.  Who would want to walk if it was easier to crawl? 

 Wyatt is doing so well.  He gets has his jealous fits and rude and ornery but for the most part he does his best to help out whenever he can.  We have an appointment the first week in May to get him enrolled in kindergarten.  I just can't believe he will be in kindergarten come this fall.  Plus, kindergarten is the same hours as first, second and third grades.  It will just be Garrett and I at home from 730-8 until 3.  It is going to be strange being back down to just one child again.  But so much fun to get to know Garrett that much better.  Plus, Wyatt is so excited to go.  He keeps asking me when he gets to go to school and talks about going on the bus and playing with his "friends" all the time.  I am so proud of him too.  Wyatt has been going to his primary class without any troubles.  It was amazing last Sunday, Cody was in his class before I even knew it and Wyatt walked right into the Primary room and sat down with his class before I could even say anything to him.  Here Cody (as a 7 almost 8 yo) is in Senior Primary and Wyatt is in Jr. Primary so they aren't even together after Sacrament meeting.  I think it is actually good for them so they get used to not being together all the time. 

 As far as Jason and work goes, it has been crazy.  He had to work 2 Saturdays in a row.  That first weekend we thought he was going to have to work Sunday as well.  Then he was on 12s for about 3 or 4 days after that.  There is a threat that he will have to work again this Saturday.  I hope they are abel to get things done that need to be done by tomorrow so he can be home again.  There is going to be quite a few more adjustments that are going to happen before things calm down at work for him.He is still anxiously anticipating hunting season and working on getting ready for the upcoming riding season.  He is excited because he can get his 4-wheeler registered and ride it back and forth to work as well as on the streets in town (I think).  He has made contacts with people for hunting as well as riding.  Some of those contacts are people he has known from other bases we were at. 

 

As for me, I haven't been doing much.  Trying to keep up with housework and appointments.  I have actually been cooking dinners more and more.  Jason doesn't get off work until 4pm and sometimes gets home closer to 5 so to prevent having late dinners I go ahead and make it.  It has been fun.  I have been making a point to try all kinds of new meals and it has been good, the hard part I have been dealing with is trying to come up with meals that don't have meat in them.  It seems that almost every meal with have has chicken.  I have also been going to the gym.  At the fitness center they have a "kid zone", it isn't huge but still something for the younger 2 boys to do while I get to have some exercise.  I missed Tuesday and Wednesday.  After some eradic trips to the gym I figured it would be good to go Monday, Wednesday and Friday and then Tuesday and Thursday I can do my EA Sports on the Wii.  Tuesday I didn't do it for some reason and Wednesday (yesterday) I forgot about having Garrett's eval.  By mid afternoon yesterday I was just so exhausted and didn't want to do anything.  I believe it is because I hadn't been to the gym.  I went today and got to use the treadmill and felt so much better. 

 So that is what has been happening here in South Dakota.  I hope all is well with all of you.  Until we meet again, take care.P.S. Happy Birthday to my wonderful, beautiful and talented niece, JoAnna!!!  We all miss and love you!!!