It's Been Awhile....

...sorry about that! LOTS of stuff has happened in the last 6 weeks. Well, maybe not lots, but important stuff anyway!

Firstly, Alexander has a CLEAN BILL OF HEALTH!!!!! YAY!!! This happened on February 6th. His hemoglobin levels were a 12 (13 being the highest) and all of his other blood counts had risen well into the normal range - - so, since he has not only gotten better, but shown consistency in staying better the docs said they didn't need to see him anymore. I am proud to say that yesterday was his 11 month birthday.

I feel a bit sad sometimes when I think about Alex because I really only just now feel like I am getting to know him. Hunter had such a strong personality and was never sick like this so I knew him and bonded with his so well by this age. Alex was such a little lost soul for so long that all he did was sleep. He just had the personality of a sick baby, which is totally expected when you are going through something like this. I guess I just feel sad that he got SO sick when he was SO young. Kind of like I missed all of his babyhood. But anyway...I am SO over it now - I am just ecstatic that he is well.

We met a family in MN when this first started. Their adopted little boy had cancer and their biological little girl had cancer as well. The little girl got better, but the boy relapsed. Anyhow, the boy just finished his chemo and is trying this very rare proton therapy. We are really praying for him!!!! And, I just found out the little girl is complaining of back pain in her vertebrae...she goes for scans on Monday. EVERYONE please pray that it is nothing big!!! Please :o) We constantly have those whose fates were more difficult than ours in our thoughts and prayers.

Josh went to Florida about 2 weeks ago for his job. Lucky devil. I have been laid off by BOTH universities for the summer, so we are exploring our options on this. I also applied to the University of Missouri-St. Louis for their Criminology PhD program, but just got my rejection letter last week. After sobbing for a bit I contacted the program director to see what I could have done better. She said that due to the recession they only picked 2-3 people for the year. Seriously. 2-3 people and that is it. She also said they had about 80 applicants and that my GRE score was what kept me back. Soooooo....I am exploring other options (and studying for that GRE) in the coming months.

Hunter is doing well and is almost 100% potty trained. YAY! He has a little trouble going poop on the potty, but we are getting there. He is completely pee and night trained though. No more diapers for him!! Poor guy woke up with the stomach flu (AGAIN) this morning. What is up with that? He is currently napping with his Daddy and has been since about 12:30. I hope he wakes up all better!