Time Flies!!!

Oh My Goodness, has time flown by.  Things have been super busy around the Johnson household.  Both good and bad.  Being a mother of 4 has shown me, how super busy life gets....I really wonder how families larger then us, get everything done in a day. So Anywho- I'll do a brief summary of what we've been doing since Thanksgiving. LOL!!! Starting with youngest to oldest. :)

Gordon - is almost 9 months old already.  He's been crawling since November, and boy is he a fast!  You have to watch all the danger zones around him.  We have to make sure the gate to downstairs is gated at ALL times, or he makes a b-line for those stairs. We've had to make a temporary gate to the upstairs, otherwise he watches his siblings go up the stairs and before you know he's up there too.  With how steep these stairs are he'd either kill himself, or we'd end up with another child with a TBI.  Don't want either one of those. Hopefully this spring we'll put more of a permanent gate going upstairs like we have to the downstairs ones.  He's currently cruising along the furniture, and twice has taken a couple of steps.  He's getting closer everyday to walking and if the older 3 have a say, he'll be walking by April. Heaven help us all if that happens. lol. I DO NOT want a 9 month old walking...not ready for that. He now has his bottom 2 teeth, and is currently working on his top 2, which makes nursing a fun occasion...mmm...not so much.  But we'll make it thru, just like I did with Cyril...well I hope we do.  We are currently still Gluten and Dairy free, due to Gordon and my allergies.  Gordon doesn't look like he's going to be growing out of the dairy allergy anytime soon. :(

Cyril-Is 4.5yrs old already, and he's a little pistol. As I have said before God did not make him a red head for nothing. He sure at times lives up to that stereo type, but his parents are showing him, quickly how using that temper, in a negative way gets him into trouble. lol. He is still pretty shy, I can't remember if I've shared about his love/hate relationship with preschool?  Well that's still going on. He HATES the actually leaving to go to preschool, but seems to love being there.  He'd much rather be at home with me, and me teaching him.  But we'll see. He's so smart!!  He problem solves so quickly it's really neat to watch him do that. He's still my little cuddle bug, but for how much longer, I'm not sure.

Spencer - Is doing okay. 5th grade has been really tough for him on all levels. And we are now starting to get school involved in ways that, I don't appreciate. Spencer is late to school on a weekly basis, due to his tantrums that he has about various things. The school is threatening to involve social services, which little do they know, is already involved.  We (meaning Jessie and I) have gotten them involved, to see if we can get more targeted services for him, because school honestly isn't really doing it for him, nor can they thanks to budget cuts by the federal government.  They can only do so much, which is fine. I'm just getting tired of all the promises and not the follow thru.  The window to help him, is slowly closing.  Plus with insurance the way it is, we have limited resources in the area, that he can go to, all of whom have HUGE waiting lists, so I've been fighting with insurance to get a referral to people outside the area if need be. We all know how insurance people are. sigh.  We have a meeting this month to update his IEP, and everyone will be there, wonder how THAT is going to go. We'll see.

Dawn - Is also doing okay. Somethings have come in her life that are proving very difficult for her. This year and the coming years are going to be a huge transition for her and us as a family.  7th grade has been very difficult for her, much more then what I thought. Not to mention how tough it was for me, dealing with her transitioning officially into the teen years. It's really hard thinking of my baby girl as a teenager - where has all the time gone?  No more tea parties, no more frilly dresses, or playing dress up in my clothes.  Now it's friends, and boyfriends (well 1 boyfriend).  We are still looking at different school options since she is still really struggling in school. How on earth do we (Jessie and I) her parents pick the right choice for her?  Public school (stay in the same one or a different one)? Private Christian school(there are 2 which we are looking at - 1 is SUPER strict and the other one isn't.)? OR do we homeschool her? We are getting closer to that final decision.  Hopefully God will answer my prayers and show us the right decision.

So as far as the Johnson children, that's what's been going on in their lives since Thanksgiving.  I won't bore you the details of the comings/goings of Jessie and I.

God Bless~