I feel like I’m too busy to think and really process what we’ve been through/are going through with Jude. Maybe I deal with it by not dealing with it. Maybe we just take it a day at a time. Maybe I have dealt with it and don’t know it. I’m just not sure how we’ve …
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Jude’s Quote of the Day
Levi took a fall off the couch today and Jude was trying to convince me to take Levi to the hospital. Jude expressed his concern that Levi has a brain tumor and that bringing Levi to the hospital for the fall could allow them to see Levi’s brain tumor “before it takes over his brain.” That’s the last thing I want to …
Jude’s Interest Inventory
For school, Jude had to complete an interest inventory. I quizzed him down and passed along his responses to the “teacher” at his online school who is very much behind the scenes. Overall, I found his responses to be entertaining. His favorite school subject is “Science” Likes to read books about “Scooby Doo, superheros, Ben …
1st Week of Kindergarten
Jude’s first week of his online public school kindergarten was pretty uneventful. His teacher has not gotten back to us with a plan for how to deal with Jude, whose reading and math skills are several years ahead of his handwriting skills.  Andy skipped the phonics and math lessons and mostly just did the history and …
Weekend Wrap-Up
We had another busy weekend. On Saturday, Mike and his girlfriend, Sara, brought Jude to a Gopher football game. Mike quickly learned that Jude is not a cheap date. Jude got him for a snow cone, a hamburger (that turned out to be a cheeseburger that Jude wouldn’t touch) and some popcorn. I guess Jude also …
Jude’s Quotes of the Day
You know if Daddy gets a job…you know where he should get one? At McDonald’s. So many people go there.” Jude’s response to my new shoes that he was excitedly clunking around in, “Everyone is going to be jealous. Mom, can you quick wear these before you get too big?” (He was pretty surprised to …
Jessica’s Response to “Beam Me Up”
Nice. Notice the basket of unfolded laundry in the background of the video. By the end of the week it was about 4 baskets of unfolded laundry (which I just finished folding and putting away). At least now I understand what Andy busy doing these past couple weeks while I was at work. So jealous …
More About Levi Talking, Asher Walking
I probaby don’t write enough about little Levi and Asher. Since I gave up writing a journal about my boys after I accidentally lost it while traveling around Germany during maternity leave with Levi, the blog is all I really have to record everything fun or significant in their lives. Levi is really talking now, but …
Flying High
Maybe it’s silly but I feel like I won the lottery. Learning that Jude will no longer have to feel anger, frustration and helplessness while being pinned down and stabbed with an IV is just such a relief to me. If you read this someday, little Jude, know that your Mama loves you so much …
Relief!
I’m thrilled. I had been preparing myself for a battle with Children’s Hospital to get its anesthesia policy changed so that Jude isn’t traumatized while being held down and stabbed with an IV every 4 months for MRIs, but it turns out that no battle will be necessary. I just have to schedule his appointments …