Appointment at 11am this morning!

Please pray about this appointment. We would like to walk out of the DHS office with food stamps and Medicaid for the baby. This would greatly decrease my stress level. Also, that Jason would be able to handle the appointment well. The social worker asked if Jason could come and we are going to take him (hopefully the visual of this man struggling to make it into the office will make an impact on this social worker who didn't seem very sympathetic when I spoke with him last). The kids are staying with a sitter, so it will just be the two of us.

Jason is still having a hard time being off of paid meds and maintaining his level of activity. It seems to be either one or the other right now. We are praying that his pain will decrease to the level that he can start being more active without medication.

Yesterday, a friend washed some of my baby clothes/blankets which had been lying around waiting for me to get to them, and she cooked some of my meat for the freezer. Later, she came and cleaned my master bathroom and vacumned/dusted in the master bedroom. These were things I just wasn't finding time to get to in the midst of all of this.

I spent most of yesterday handling financial/business matters and making copies/sending faxes off for information we need on our various charity applications. It was very time consuming and frustrating, but quite a bit of it got done yesterday. Our church was kind enough to let me use their copier and fax machine, and my kids were able to play up there without me being worried about what they were doing ;-)

"Miney" goes back to the allergist next Monday to be rechecked for her food allergies. We are hoping that she is over them so that we can vary our diet somewhat and not be as concerned when other people bring us meals. She is excited to be going back (strange girl) and keeps asking me every day if she can have her "shot" (blood test) today.

ETA: We are also doing school 5 days a week, so that is keeping us busy too. "Meanie" is doing regular school now and he is doing quite well with the 3 R's. He likes Math the best (I think it helps that I bought him a Transformers Math workbook). "Eenie" is beginning AO Year 4 and is continuing to make progress with her reading. We are starting to add written narrations occasionally so that she can gain more confidence in her writing skills.