Thalassemia, urinary reflux, changing names ... and other ramblings.

I thought I would change the names of my kids yet once again and go by their first initial of their first name. The princess theme really was not working out for me (though I am sure my girls loved it). I think this will work out and be easier for me.

H started preschool on Tuesday and absolutely loved it. She is so excited to meet new friends and to do homework. She wanted to do it the first day she got home. How funny.

I and R started school on Thursday. R is in second grade and I is in 3rd grade. They are both having a blast. R has already been over to one of her friend's houses that she missed over the summer.

I is going to go into coach pitch at the YMCA and R is going to go into soccer at the YMCA. Busy times are coming. J is starting school up again. He only as 2 more semesters and then should graduate in May. I am so proud and excited for him. Hopefully the economy will be a little bit better this time next year when he is going job hunting. I and R are going to Atrium classes starting up soon. I will be having his first communion and confirmation and R will be having her first reconciliation. I am so excited to see how far they have come along in their faith.

C is doing well. She is sitting for about 30 seconds before toppling. She is making a lot of different noises. She really likes to pant. She rolls over and smiles a ton. She likes to scoot herself backwards when she is on her tummy. She has not gotten the forward motion going yet, but when she does there will be more baby-proofing to do. She is having her blood test this week to see if she still has the small red blood cells and if she does then we know that she probably has some form of thalassemia and we will go from there. The next thing would be to test her at 1 year to see what form she has and then we will know if she needs blood transfusions or not. She will get her urinary reflux test at 1 year as well to see what stage she has. So a lot of happenings at here 1 year mark.

I am still fitting in work amongst our busy schedules. Luckily it seems to be slowing down a little bit, though we will not have as much money now. Well that is about it for now. Just a quick note to catch up. It has been a while since I have posted.

P.S. Sorry no new pics. I have some really great ones I will post later on.