Wow, it's certainly been awhile, hasn't it? I'll try and do a summarized update here.
We had Alex's daughter here for the summer. She has since gone "home" (to a hotel room-we wanted to keep her here, but her mom finds that whopping child support check more important than her child's actual welfare, so she took her back anyway). The girls were at each other a good deal of the time, too, which made things difficult. They're both hitting the pre-hormonal stage (EEK!), and Katie has the added bonus of learning the 'tricks of the trade', so-to-speak, of a child from a divorced home. The playing one off the other makes crap got old (tho I know it well, Alex isn't familiar with it so it was a cause of tension between he and I).
Kaitlynne is doing well, overall. She has been a TREMENDOUS help to me this summer around the house and with Brandon. She's wonderful with him, and has gotten good at picking up where my body has told me to leave off at. She now earns an allowance, which she enjoys. Her attitude leaves alot to be desired, but I'm keeping in mind it's her age (and the end of summer vacation-she's bored!). There's also so much going on with the babies coming and our impending move. She did have one VERY LARGE meltdown last weekend. We've hoped to move past it and that it won't be the step back that I thought it might be. She starts school this coming Monday. We've had a hard time with her being so upset that she won't have the same teacher as last year. I figured atleast she'd have the same ESE teacher (also a wonderful person), but I was told by the Guidance Counselor that she, too, has moved on :( I believe school starts in September up north, so hopefully she won't miss too much of the initial bonding that happens in the beginning of the year.
Now for the babies. We did get transferred to the highrisk clinic that we didn't want. My doc saw me on a Thursday, transferred me on a Friday...I was ok with it by then, however I wish he would have just done it face-to-face in the office so we could say our 'goodbyes'. I needed insulin treatments badly, and this was the only way to go. The new place told me I had to take the 3 hour glucose screening, which I refused. I have Gestational Diabetes-period. The testing makes me so incredibly ill, which I told them, and was pointless. Soooo, they let me record my sugars for a week and went from there. The babies gained 3lbs EACH in one months time, so I was getting incredibly worried about how this was going to go. Thankfully, I got on insulin and the sugars have been under control for weeks now. The babies growth has slowed down to a 'normal' pace. Two weeks ago they were measuring 6.5lbs (girl) and 5.15lbs (boy). By the doctors count, I just turned 36 wks on this past Tuesday, tho my count says I'll be 37 wks this coming Saturday. Either way, we're all doing well. I go weekly to my appointments, where they check them with ultrasound and NST's. We have an amnio scheduled for next Wednesday, and if that shows lung maturity, then we'll be delivering our little ones on Thursday. Hard to believe, in one week my child count will double!!
We also having our impending move stressing us out. Alex has been home from work for a few weeks now, but has had to pick up the 'wifely' duties of the house, as I'm barely able to get around these days. Not a whole lot of packing done yet. We're moving to Maine in October sometime, don't know much else yet. My SIL, who lives in Canada, has been diagnosed with leukemia. Obviously, the families concern is with her and her family right now, so we have no idea about details as far as job and housing yet.
My brother is also packing it up and heading back to Missouri. They just aren't making the money here that they were and can there, so they're selling their home before they go into bankruptcy with it. They have the 'champagne taste on a beer budget' attitude, tho, so it's partially their own fault. However, up there they can make up what they lose on their spending habits.
We also ran into Kaitlynne's brother, Matt. I won't get into all the nonsense surrounding my exhusband, but he took full advantage of Matt and than tossed him aside. The alcohol has completely consumed whatever might have been left of the man I knew. Sad, really, but I'm happy Matt has seen it for what it is and has stepped back. He's dating a girl who seems to think that walking on him is the answer, too, and I know he doesn't want to be alone...I'm hoping he can see her the same way, and end it. He's been keeping in touch with us, tho...even came to Kaitlynne's birthday dinner, which made her very happy. He's turned out to be quite a handsome young man, and actually fairly 'stable' for all he's been through. I hope he can continue on the path he's on now...taking him up from the crud he's been in so far.
Anywho, I guess that's about all. Congrats to Tina on having her baby girl, Megan, today (I haven't seen any stats yet, but so excited to see pics!!!). I'll try to come back and add pics of us later :) Take care, all.
