What is happening....

I can't believe it has been over a month since I've updated. Time is just flying by in the Heyne household.

We took our trip to Louisville, KY for my insurance update. It was a great time. We visited the Louisville zoo with the kids which is an absolute wonderful zoo. If you ever get the chance, be sure to visit as it is one of the best. I took my 2 1/2 day class and while I hate taking these classes, it was one of the better ones I had taken. We took the kids to Chucky Cheese (how I hate that place) and to a place called Puzzles Fun Dome. The fun dome is filled with inflatable slides of all shapes and sizes. I think that Daniel ran off all the calories that we fed him that day. They were exhausted by the time we came home.

Daniel is doing well. We are still holding at 4 meals per day (every 3 hours) and I am working him back up to 10 oz meals. He has steadily improved and yesterday was the first day that he took 40.2 oz total for the day. Today he is going to beat that record. We will keep him at this for a while to make sure he's doing okay and then I'll try 5 meals a day. We need to let him adjust to this after being so sick. Daniel made his visit to Cincinnati to see the GI doc last week (his first visit since being home) and they are extremely impressed. He is doing so well that they don't need to see him for 6 months (yipeeeeeee)! The docs asked a lot of questions about what he is eating and they calculated everything and he is getting plenty of nutrition. We went the week before for labs and all his levels look really good so no worries there. We will just keep plugging along with the eating and try to come up with new things to feed him. I'm sure most of you know that everything we feed is pureed. I want to make sure you all understand that he is not eating typical 3-4 year old food. Once we get him acclimated to all this, we will work with someone to help him learn to chew. For now, he is doing wonderful.

Abi has started a preschool 2 days a week. She is still adjusting. This is all so new to her. Eric and I thought we needed to do this before she starts Kindergarten in August. We were having nightmares about just one day putting her on the bus and traumatizing her. She has never stayed with anyone other than her Grandparents so this is good for her. Eric thinks we need to up it to 3 days a week because she is having a hard time with goodbyes. The teacher says that while she cries when I drop her off and asks that I pick her up early (which I don't), she settles as soon as I leave and is good the rest of the day. We'll just wait and see. I don't really want to send her 3 days because I think she should be able to enjoy her last summer before school and to tell you the truth, I don't think an extra day is going to solve her crying when I leave. If you have a comment about this, leave me a message and let me know what you think (2 days or 3 will it matter?).

Eric and I are fine. I don't feel like I ever sit down. Between 4 feedings a day, getting Daniel's food ready, and all the other household duties, well it seems overwhelming sometimes. I just keep going like the energizer bunny I guess. I know that things are better than they used to be with Daniel's health and I should be grateful for that. However, sometimes I just feel the need to scream at all that needs to be done around here. But, I'm doing okay with everything and am just hoping that things continue on the right path and things even out. Eric is doing good too. He is working hard at work and is helping his parents out too. His dad has had some medical issues so Eric is helping with their mowing (5 acres - OMG) on top of our yard and is helping with whatever else they need. I guess you could say that we are both really busy. I think we speak to each other every couple of days (hahahaha)!

Well, I gotta go. I'll try to do better about updating all of this. Summer is here and we try to get outside as much as possible. Please know that we think of all of you often and hope that things are well in your household.

-Angela-