This and That....

It seems that I will survive. The jury was out for quite some time, but its looking good in my favour. The bronchitis is gone and the pneumonia seems to be for the most part as well. I still get a bit winded when I over-exert, but overall I'm on the mend. Today was my first day back at church, and I'm very tired now. When you haven't worked for a few weeks, it's hard to get back into the swing of things.
Justus has been quite ill with the flu this week. :( He's lost some weight, and we had to keep an eye on him to make sure he wasn't becoming dehydrated. He's almost back to his regular self, I think he enjoyed the "spoiling" a bit much as he is enjoying his cuddle times more and more. He sure is a cutie pie though :) Today he's returned to his chatty self.
Logan and Abby are just great. School life seems to be a joy for them. Logan's behaviour has decreased at school and Abby's has increased. It's good to see they are settling in, it shows they are both much more comfortable in the classroom. I'm so proud of them. Logan has a special computer at school, it's on a trial basis just for him. It has a touch screen. Right now Logan is working on verbs, and it's amazing because his first run on the computer he got NOTHING wrong. Just goes to show you that he knows much more than he is able to communicate. Just neat. :)
Well, the adoption file is officially open. I just cannot wait to have this all behind us. I am sorry that it's had to come to this (deeply sorry), but I'm very thankful for the opportunity to have Justus in our life. He's such a treasure, and I feel very blessed and honoured to be able to raise him. We do plan on telling him from the very beginning that he is adopted. We believe it will be best for everyone involved for there to be no secrets. I want to find some childrens books that talk about adoption. If anyone has suggestions, please feel free to drop a line. :)
That's it for now. Hopefully life will be calm this week and I can post more often.

still alive

Well, I'm still alive, but still sick. I called the doc this morning and they are sending me for an x-ray. The cough is still quite bothersome and the pain in my chest is crazy. I feel very winded and zapped of all my energy. I feel so bad for missing work(almost 2 weeks now), and not being able to do as much around the house.
My parents, brother and Steve's mom were up for the Thanksgiving weekend. Audrey cleaned up around the house for me, tidied up my garage, and did the things that I don't seem to have time to do. My mom was great at helping me with making meals and doing some of the laundry. Josh and Dad were busy most of the weekend building the railings and moving the stairs to the other side of our deck. Now the kids will be safe, no more going up onto the garage. YAY!
Abby had a rough weekend, but is back to her old self now :) Logan seemed pretty stressed out most of the weekend, but with all the hammering and sawing going on, I'm not overly surprised. Plus all the people here, just doesn't make for a content Logan. Justus is growing like crazy, and seems to be cutting a tooth...he's been up in the night, drooling a lot and he's all congested, I have a feeling the tooth won't be here before too long.
Just wanted to give the update.

UGH

Well, I ended up at the docs yesterday...pneumonia AND bronchitis :( No wonder I've been feeling so rotten! Monday night my right lung really started to hurt, so I bit the bullet and called for an appt...I hate going to the doc. I hope this prescription works it's wonders soon...I am still so winded and wheezy :(
The difficult part about being a mom is when you really should be in bed resting, everyone else is beckoning for you, wanting help with this or that. Steve has been good to lighten the load and come home and work from home when the kids are here. Thankfully today is a school day and it's just me and Justus. He's napping and I'm just resting.
I'll update in a few days.

Cute Pics

This has to be one of my favourite pics of the boys. Logan picked up the book and started looking through it. He noticed the big letters at the top of each page and then started singing the "ABC" song. Well, as you can see, Justus sure liked being read to. They sat like that for at least 10 minutes. Logan just kept going through the book and singing, and Justus sat there staring, just like he is now. Logan has been such a great help with Justus. It's cute to see the two of them together. I think they'll be pals til the end :)

Abby loves her chicken noodle soup. What I love about this picture is how she is slurping from the bowl. As she started I made the comment "monkey see, monkey do" and Steve looked puzzled. She was imitating HIM drinking his soup from the bowl, only he had no idea that he did it. It still amazes me to watch the kids eat. It's hard to believe that just a few months ago, they had such a limited diet, and I played short order cook to the family. Now we all have the same meals, doesn't matter what it is (almost anyways).