A Shimmering Glimmer of Hope!?!?

We finally moved to Missouri, lets add this to the blogs record books! A long time dream of Tom and I that finally came true. We've been here since the end of July and still love it just as much and are thankful that the grass was greener on the other side.

Hannah and Carter have started school. Hannie is doing really good, I love her teacher and how her school is run is just the best! Carter is having a harder time at school but that's his norm. He started the 2nd of this month and we've already had two reports of bad behavior. No doubt his teacher probably thinks he has no home training; I'm hopeful it gets better soon. Amelia is such a curious little girl, she's ready for school but is being ornery about the whole potty training as of late. Hopefully soon we can dedicate a weekend to potty.

I recently found a new pediatrician. At first I was questioning my decision when the obnoxious receptionist canceled my appt but we were re-scheduled for the next day and the doctor is WONDERFUL! He's an older, no non-sense gentleman. He saw right off the bat that Carter needs some help so we are getting ready to go through more pysch evals and therapy. I think in my own mind I've finally made peace with knowing there is nothing I could have done differently to change him and that's okay. So we'll be swimming in IEP's, evaluations and doctors appointments for the near future as we look to find a solution and restore some semblance of order in our household. 

As some of you know Carter has not been diagnosed officially with anything due to age, needing more input, etc. The new doctor is leaning towards possible depression and oppositional defiance disorder. The ODD was no surprise as I'm familiar with that behaviour from other kiddos in my life but the depression I had to google. Guys, he has nearly every "sign/symptom." Of course more will be evaluated to see if that's the case but I would say from what I've been reading that is the most fitting and unfortunately it runs in the family so it's not that far off. 

Tom has not found a new job as of yet so please keep us in your prayers with all the changes that are going on in our lives, we really appreciate it!