I don't know why but it's funny to me to see how different
my kids are. Matthew is growing it seems. He was a little chunky but seems to be thinning out. He's catching
up to me in height. Now I'm not tall at all but it's strange to have a child almost as tall as you. He was always
on the shorter to middle in height in his class. I wonder how he "measures up" now. He has dark hair and eyes
and gets so tan in the summer. Now Michael. He's a chunk. Just a solid boy. He had his Kindergarten
check up yesterday. The Ped. wanted to see where he was on the charts because he does look chubby. Well his height
was at the top of the chart too so he was all in proportion. I guess he already looks like a football player at 5.
As the doctor said, we need to watch it so that we keep it all in proportion. He has light colored hair although it's
getting darker. His eyes aren't the deep dark brown that Matthew has. These boys looked so much alike when they
were babies and now they don't. Then you throw in Melanie. She has this long and lean look. She was never
chunky like the boys. Her hair, what little there is of it, is light like Michael's. She's just different from
them.
It's fun watching them grow and change. It's neat to see all the similiarities
and differences in them. I can see characteristics from both sides of the families in them. Two families coming
together to make these incredible kids. What an awesome thing to get to see. I am very priviledged.
Whew. I've had a tough week. I didn't
think it would be that way. Todd was going to be gone for the week. He had District Executive training in Daytona.
I knew that it would be a long, tiring week but no big deal. I figured wrong. It turns out Melanie got croup really
bad Sunday night. I took her to the ER and they said Bronchitis. Nope. She didn't get any better.
Take her to the Dr. on Monday. Todd has left by now. After treatment the dr thinks we need to admit her to the
hospital because the treatments aren't working and her stridor (breathing) is really bad. Todd comes back for the night
and then has to leave to finish training. Then Michael comes down with it. Have to take HIM to the doctor.
Luckily he didn't need the hospital but there were some scary times. The kids seem on the mend and I survived.
I guess I'm stronger than I realized. Ever since Matthew got sick many years ago I tend to panic and not handle emergency
situations very well. I'm proud that I did ok. Sure, when Michael was wheezing and the nurse said to bring him
to urgent care/er I was starting to panic but I managed. He improved and we made it through the night. Through
this experience I found out that we do have some friends here. People called to check on us. Even online friends
were worried about us. I don't feel so alone after all. It's nice to know that people care about my family.
I hope that I can share the kindness and the love to others too. I hope that I can develop some of these friendships
and we can really start making some lasting relationships while we're here in Florida. Todd may have had the training
this week but I also learned a few things.
