Allergies

Monday and Tuesday were relatively uneventful days, which was good. My dad brought the kids home after school on Monday. My mom has unfortunately caught a cold, which isn't great considering that she is in the middle of her chemo treatments.

On Tuesday, Jeff and I had home check-ups for our insurance qualifications. The nurse drew our blood into vials. Miss R watched, fascinated. After the nurse was done with us, Henry plopped on the couch where Jeff had been sitting and told the nurse, "I want by blood drawn," which cracked her up. She hadn't heard that request from a two year old before.

Jeff picked up the kids after school. After dinner this evening, Henry went with me on a "walk" with the dogs. He wanted to "hold you," which means he wanted me to carry him. He rarely makes the request these days, so I of course did it.

Last night, he crawled into bed with me in the middle of the night. Jeff was on baby duty. The night before, Henry had crawled into bed with Jeff while I was on baby duty. I don't know what's going on with him, but all of us in the house have been coughing a lot. His coughing has been bad at night. Probably allergies. Jeff turned on the swamp cooler a few days ago. We are wondering if that's triggered lung issues for everyone. The baby is the only one who appears unaffected.

I enjoyed snuggling with Henry. I feel like I should make the most of these tender moments because he is growing up so fast.

We suspect that Henry's last molars may be coming in. He's been a bit cranky lately and I've seen him sticking his fingers in his mouth, which isn't a normal behavior for him.

We heard from our agency that the court finally sent them a copy of the adoption certification. The agency suspects that the court lost the original b/c they usually send original certificates not copies. In any event, the copy should do for the purposes of getting the ball rolling with Miss R's paperwork. I'm hoping that she'll be ours legally in a couple months.

We are considering taking Henry and Miss R to Disneyland in a couple weeks, once my classes are done. There remains the question: What do we do with Baby A? We could take her and then take turns with the toddlers on the rides. The other possibility is to use "respite" care. We are allowed 8 hours of respite care per child per month. We've never used a single respite hour. I talked with our family specialist, and she said that there would be no problem letting another foster family take care of Baby A for a couple days. We think that we might do that.