Wow! Has it been a month?

Wow! I just looked at when I last posted... has it really been a month? Xander is now *officially* three -- though his big party doesn't happen until the 11 of August. Hmmm... I shall have to see what I can remember of the recent past and record it.

Well, first off, Tom did go to Singapore for two weeks. He arrived home just this past Saturday and is still recovering from messed up sleep. For that matter, so am I! While he was gone, Mom, very graciously, came to stay with us. It was a blessing -- both having another adult about the place AND having someone to distract the boys from their father's absense. Of course, they missed him and Xander has been clinging to his father, not wanting to let daddy out of sight for more than a few minutes. But the boys did enjoy having their grandmother in residence and will be thrilled when she returns in a couple of weeks.

During this past month, some things have changed -- Xander is now peeing standing up (thanks to Gma) and is quite proud of that fact. Sigh. He is only JUST tall enough so it can be exciting when he does so. He continues his love affair with 'peeing in the bushes' and keeps holding it in hopes that he can arrange such an event. He succeeded the other night, as we were leaving the park and was quite thrilled to inform all and sundry that he had 'made the leaves wet.'

Another change in the recent past has been the dramatic improvement in Jason's reading. More on that later, though.

Updates

Okay, I have been remiss. I have not been keeping up with this blog. Apologies to any who read it. So much has been happening that there are times when it is very difficult to remember where I put my head (glasses, keys, boys) let alone find time to actually write something coherent!



There for a couple of weeks, both the boys and I were really sick. Fever etc. I finally went into the doc and was placed on a ridiculously expensive antibiotic for a sinus infection. 4 days after finishing the antibiotic I still had a blistering headache so I went back in. Saw a different doc who seemed to think that the previous antibiotic hadn't worked (well, duh!) so she put me on a super high, extra long dose of another antibiotic (which was also expensive). After taking 4000 mg of Augmentin for five days, I called it quits. I felt awful on it. Had a headache but a different one. But there, for a brief period, we all felt better. During that time, Tom's older brother, John, and his new wife, Emmy, brought John's two sons up for a very brief visit. It was lovely to see them all and Emmy is a sweetheart. Jason and Xander were delighted to have their cousins and Xander was especially delighted to have Emmy -- another person to admire him.



Meanwhile, the sun has come out and somehow the boys and I have managed to get too much sun and so are having hystamine backlash -- sore throats, coughs, and drippy noses. AND on top of this, Tom has just been informed that he has to go to Singapore for (probably) two weeks to hand hold Singapore Airlines' hand.