A Post....Finally!

Blogging has gotten away from me the past few weeks. We have been staying plenty busy this December, but we are all doing well!

A few random updates......

-Charlie had his ear tubes redone on one side a week or so ago. He did really well and bounced back right away. I am relieved to be done with the runny nose and antibiotics for now. 

-Ruby's oral thrush infection finally cleared up and now we have our old Ruby back. She has been very content and happy lately. She even slept through the night last night! (I hardly dare post that because I am afraid I will jinx something :)  Since she feels better her sleep at night has been much better. We stopped giving her sleeping meds and now we are just giving her melatonin (a natural sleeping supplement) to help her sleep. So far is seems to be working well.

-We continue to work hard on ABR exercises with Ruby. Now that we aren't giving her sleeping meds, we can't do any exercises with her at night. This is nice because Mark and I actually have a little time together when the kids go to bed now, but we are finding it hard to get three hours of therapy in without doing any at night.  Right now we are averaging about 2 hours a day. We keep doing our best to give her the therapy she needs while enjoying the rest of life also. The balance is tricky sometimes.

-We are looking forward to a trip to MN over Christmas break. It will be a lot of fun to catch up with Mark's family and relax. We always eat a lot, play several games and laugh hard....should be a great time.

I will try to post pictures soon. Hope you all are having a blessed Christmas season!