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ow, my last post was mid November. No wonder people are complaining. Sorry, we had a hard December, plus I am very pregnant at this point and just plain tired. Things have been pretty uneventful since my last post. Max has been doing really well, despite a 5 day stomach bug that started Christmas Eve. He managed to enjoy Christmas day despite feeling under the weather, though. His favorite gift - Spiderman Bandaids, though his R2D2 figure and a Lego set were close second. Max continues to love school and is learning tons. The bad news is that his teachers continue to express concern about his lack of focus and attention when things do not interest him. I have a bad feeling this may just be something that we deal with in school. He is obviously bright and creative, but if he isnt' interested in something (like coloring within the lines), he just doesn't do it. I am not sure if this is a result of us coddling him when he was ill or just part of his personality. It seems to worry me more than anyone else, though. But, that is how it works with mothers anyway, right? He and Lauren have been enjoying the snow storms we have been having, and helping their dad clear the driv
e with their new shovels. He got to go tubing with Dad at the end of the Christmas vacation, and gave it a big thumbs up. He is also very into Harry Potter, after spending many days at my teaching job during the week that school was closed here after the ice storm (they have a Harry Potter game on PS2 there and he has gotten pretty good at playing it). We are currently reading HP1 at night. It is the first time he has had any interest in a chapter book. When we are not reading HP1 to him, he is reading to us, as his reading skills are really taking off.
calendar to this years, and I just plain forgot about it until Wed. This is probably in a way a good thing, though, as it indicates that I am finally reaching a point where I am not totally stressed out about his counts. I rescheduled for today, and after forcing the kids to listen to inaugural broadcasts for the entire ride (much to Max's great dismay. Lauren just slept through it), we arrived to find that Max had grown two more cms, not gained anything (no big deal, he saves up his weight gain), and had fabulous results from the CBC. Dr. Ebb showed up with the Cord Blood Registry forms which he was supposed to fax when we were in 2 months ago, and faxed them to CBR. CBR has a program called the Designated Transplant Program in which they will store umbillican cord blood for a family member diagnosed with a life-threatning disease that could be treated with a stem cell transplant for free. We only have to pay for the currier's delivery fee. In order to be eligible, Max's doctor had to send in a form. That done, we headed home. Max's results were so good that we do not need to return for three months. I will try not to go three months without posting anything, though. :)