my brain hurts

A few updates on Carter:

Tom and I finally heard back from the speech and development screening the school district performed in March. A couple of weeks ago we met with a group of folks who went over everything with us. Carter has an IEP in place for the coming school year. He will initially have an aide/therapist (what do you call this person?) working with him one day a week. We had him registered for two half days a week (Tuesdays and Thursdays) and are now looking to see if we can bump that up to five full days a week. The school district advised it best to keep him in private school but to increase his time there during the week. They seem very confident we will see improvements with his speech, etc. This all seems well and good so I'm excited this part of life seems to be under control.

The behavior clinics we've been attending are starting to feel like a joke. Recent advice has included letting Carter punch a pillow when he gets angry or to squeeze a squeeze toy when he is going to pinch. I don't see either of these suggestions happening in my future. The solution to him not going to bed is to increase his bed time to a later time!?!?!? Tom and I both left there feeling like these recommendations would just worsen the current issues. I think I'll just figure my own game plan out at this rate.

Other news:

Hannah's last week of preschool is this coming week and she'll be a kindergartner!!! I'm so excited for her!

Amelia is a crazy smart baby and a little sweetie. I can't believe she'll be two in November. I cradled her in my arms like a baby the other day and thought she was way to big already :(

My Granny has not been doing so well for about a month now. She was in the hospital for about a week and had moved today to a rehabilitation facility. She has Parkinson's/Dementia issues going on and had recently seemed like she was going absolutely crazy. The doctors said that it could be her Parkinson's medicine making her that way in combination with her thyroid levels being completely out of whack. To top it all off she developed a UTI so it was the perfect storm of things going on that her body couldn't quite handle. We are still not quite sure what may come in the long run but she is starting to seem more like her old self so we're hoping she'll recover and leave the rehabilitation center after some therapy...her weight has dropped to 88 pounds.

I was hired for a new job within my current company and will no longer be a supervisor and to tell the truth, I'm excited. My new venture will begin this coming Monday :)

Missouri Bound? Maybe, Eventually

This weekend Tom had off of work, hooray! I threw it out to him that I really hate living in Delaware and want to move to "The Promised Land" (as my Dad calls it). Tom said lets go for it.

So here we are again planning how we can escape this life in Delaware for a new one in Missouri. I plan on phasing out our stay here in DE.

• Phase 1 sell our house
• Phase 2 pay off debt and save money
• Phase three find jobs and a new house

Sounds crazy, but good Lord willing it will happen. So any of you Missouri folks have any tips on jobs that are in need or good places to live...let us know :)