Has it really been two months since my last post? Jeesh. My computer was acting up horribly. It wouldn't even turn on for awhile. So, I started using Chloe's laptop, and then it started acting up. So we took it in, but left mine at home, and hers had a thousand viruses in it. Can you believe it? Wow. Then one day I turn mine on, and it works, so I use it for a few weeks, and then one day it doesn't work. So I beg my husband to please take it in to work and give to the computer guy that they keep on retainer. So, he goes to unhook it, and he tells me it was not plugged in. (this is after he completely unhooks it) I know darn well it was plugged in, because when you turn it on, it would whiz and make noise, but it would never completely come up, plus the light was on, and I had to hold down the power button to get it to shut off. So of course it was plugged in. But, he swears it isn't. So he plugs it in, and turns it on, and sure enough, it comes up. So, of course he gloats, because that is what some men do. However, the next morning, I go to turn it on......Nothing. HA!!!! It was too plugged in! Finally, he had to concede that I was correct, and there was something wrong with it. Aaahhh, sweet victory. I love my man, but boy can he be stubborn, and when he is arguing a point, you might as well just walk away, because you aren't going to win, EVEN when you can prove him WRONG! I really just don't understand why he was not on the debate team! Oh yes, it is because he is horribly shy! But, finally I get my computer back, and although it is deciding to run a little slower, I will take it. =)

Not too much has happened in the last couple months. We finally got the diagnosis back on Koben. Alas, yes it is Autism, as we all had suspected. They took him out of his morning preschool class, with 14 kids, and put him into the afternoon class with just 5. Hopefully it will be better for him, and he will get some more one on one attention. He has been a struggle the last few weeks. Everything has been such a struggle for him, and I am emotionally exhausted. Transitions are soooo difficult for him. It could be as small as him washing his hands, and when you want him to turn off the water and dry his hands.....complete meltdown. Meal times evoke a meltdown. He wants to eat what he wants, when he wants it. Everything seems to strike up a tantrum right now. Something we have not dealt too heavily with in the last five years. Sure, he would protest a little with some things, but not high pitched screaming. Ugh.....it makes me so tired. Koben has gone thru stage after stage after stage in the last five years, and I am hoping and praying that this is a form of a stage, and it will get a little easier, the transitioning, at least. We will see. Some days are really good, and some are really bad. It is very hard on me, just emotionally, from a mommy point of view. I see this handsome, sweet, smart kid, who really just can't concentrate on anything around him, because he is constantly feeling overstimulated with his surroundings. I am hoping the new preschool time will help him. He has a fabulous preschool teacher who is trained to work with kids like Koben, and she adores him, so I am confident something good will come with it. We all just want our kids to be healthy, and happy, and to succeed, and be well rounded, functioning members of society. Really, all I ask is that he succeeds in school, and it doesn't drown him, and that he is not drowned by the system. I've got my fingers crossed.

Chloe is doing well, school is good. She is enjoying her afterschool program, SOAR. She had her braces put on last week, and is adjusting. They had to pull 7 teeth out of her mouth, so really, her biggest challenge right now is chewing, not the braces. She has her four front teeth on top and bottom, and her very back molar on top and bottom. That is it. 12 lousy teeth. Hopefully they grow in fast. However, the whole reason they needed to be pulled is that her teeth grow so slowly, and her baby teeth refuse to come out. In the end, she will be rewarded with a beautiful smile to go with her beautiful face. I'm excited for her.

More later!