Quick check-in

Things are normal and good around here! We are counting down the days until our VA trip--just 6 days left! Nate has been talking about going on the airplane to Virginia for weeks and weeks.

I took Lucy this morning to get some blood drawn for a CBC. She is fine (hated the blood draw, of course), but the doctor at her last well check kindly agreed to run some tests, because Lucy's diapers have been atypical for a long time (more info if you really want to know: very mushy, not formed). I am almost sure it is diet related, though I did try completely removing dairy but saw no positive results after nearly two weeks. Anyway, the doc said we could do some blood work and analysis of a stool sample... we'll see if that gives any answers.

I went to Nate's school for a half-hour observation yesterday. It was fun to see him "in his element" in the afternoon portion of his day and doing so well. The teacher had many good things to say about Nate, and from looking at the other 8 or 9 kids in there, he seemed to be the highest or among the highest functioning. The teacher said that she wouldn't normally say something like this to a parent, especially a parent of one of the 3 year olds (as opposed to 4 year old), but she believed that, with how well Nate is doing, he would be mainstreamed for kindergarten (in a year and a half). (This means he wouldn't need special ed anymore--a great thing.) Cool!

Time to feed Levi and do school pick-up. ;)