Gabe is FINALLY all better. He was diagnosed with RSV on the 4th of Feb. and he is now at 100%. It was really hard to see my normally happy, content baby, crying all the time. It was also really upsetting and frustrating to work with our insurance company to fight for what our baby needed. It is really hard for both Juan and I to see services given so easily to people with medicaid. We pay over $300 a month for insurance and we have to struggle to get what we need from the system!But we are just happy that our baby is finally happy and healthy. It definitely puts things in to perspective!
Our other babies are all doing very well. I have a feeling that Kian will have to redo kindergarten as well. His teachers feel he is a bit immature right now. He is already understanding letters and numbers and he will be reading in no time. But, he cannot handle having to be quite or following directions. It is a rare day that he comes home WITHOUT some discipline form! Sophie is an angel and she has no problems in school. She is having problems with math and understanding time and money. (Welcome to my world!) Jacob is Jacob. He excels in school when he chooses to. Or right before the end of the semester. He is so handsome and he is a really FUN kid. I am so happy that he is such an easy teenager so far. Maybe we paid our dues early with him. Juan is doing well. His iritis has flared up again and it has hindered his vision. But he is dealing pretty well with it. He loves his job and his job loves him!
Our lease is up at the ed of May here and we are very nrevous. We want to go back to Utah to be close to all the people we love. The job market out there is not the greatest for what we do. It will be pretty painful to take a $10/hr hit in pay. We will see what happens. Our job search will start in earnest in April. We love you all!
Kian lost his first tooth the other day. One day behind Sophia's lost tooth. He was upset that he "lost" the competition with her. Gabe is doing well though he is not crawling yet.....no reason to as everyone holds him. I found out today that all the aches and pains I have been having is actually Rheumatic Fever from a Strep Infection I did not even know I had. Nice to know though so I can treat it. Kian took off in school this month and he is beginning to read. It is amazing to see. He will be able to move on to 1st Grade! YEAH! Sophie has straight "A's" and at her Parent Teacher Conference her Teacher raved about what a lovely girl Sophie is. We already knew that but we are glad other people do too. Jake is doing well. He is actually a really good teenager. He is a better teenager than he was a kid! He is funny and charming and smart and sometimes we forget that he s only 14. Not for long...but sometimes. He MAY be going to Utah at the end of this week. We will see how things go. Bye!
