- Andrew's stitches are out and the scar is a doosie--thank God it's on his foot and not his hansome little face!
- Trip to Wisconsin was a blast in July--found out I will be an aunt again as Katrina is expecting in March (Aunt Christa is so much hoping for a girl)
- Lots of trips to the pool over the summer have allowed Andrew to really blossom as a legitimate swimmer!!! He amazes me at his progress since April and can now swim the width of the pool, come up for a breath or two, and can dive down 4 ft. 9 in. to get a dive stick! Sam's still quite clingy and would rather be held or just play on the steps for now.
- Went to the beach a couple times too...I think the boys would be more than happy if we just lived there!!!
- School's back in session and both boys are excited about this. Andrew has the same wonderful teacher as last year and has adjusted back to the routine beautifully...he was the star student on the third day back ;) Sam has started preschool at our church two days a week and seems to be doing very well...no crying!!! In fact, when I dropped him off this morning he wasn't phased by the other two boys in his class that were crying, he simply turned to me after putting his back pack in his basket, waved and said matter-of-factly "bye-bye mommy," as if to say you can leave now, I'm fine.
- Andrew is starting potty training- an arduous task for an autistic child, but is making steady progress. He almost always will go tinkle (or make yellow as he calls it), but brown has not happened yet. He did have an confusing potty experience at a friends house the other week. After "making yellow" in a toilet that has blue water he looked in the bowl, then at me and quite proudly announced that he had "made green!!"
- Poor little Sammy has to go under the knife soon to have a cyst on his neck removed. Doctor's are fairly confident that it is a common cyst and nothing malignant, but nevertheless, it has to come out. Surgery is scheduled for the 29th of this month, however it might be postponed until after he has fininshed an antibiotic for a pretty nasty infection on his big toe that has actually moved into a small bloodstream infection in his foot!!! What's up with these Gonzalez feet??? Demel' s feet are okay, but he does have funky looking toes.
Well, I hope this satisfied you all for a while and I really will try to get some photos up soon. It's 2:00pm so I 've got to go pick up Andrew and then it's off to speech therapy before going home. My life and my hectic schedule sure do revolve around my kiddos...but as hectic and monotonous as is sometimes seems, I know that doing what we do day in and day out and just plain being here is the most important contribution I could be making to their lives....and that makes it Soooo worth it!
