So here's the latest from the Crouse house:
Starting with Draven: he has now been sickness free for almost 4 months! I think that is definitely a milestone worth celebrating! He's gotten his first tooth, starting to crawl, and can down some jar food like nobody's business! He's come so far. I'm so proud of him! Dominic had to get his nose glued this week after tripping over his own two feet. He gashed his nose pretty good. Not even a week later, his brother pushed him and he fell with the pringles can he was holding going right into his mouth. Thankfully, he didn't end up seriously hurt and I was thankful we didn't have to take him to the ER for the second time in a week. That little boy is something else!! =) Bradren has been Bradren..wild and crazy and full of life! He's starting to talk a little more now in complete sentences which makes mommy really happy! His favorite lines are "Let me do it" and "What are you doing?". Bradren and Dominic constantly keep me on my toes!! If it's quiet, I better be go checking it out because they are into something! Jovie had her 5 year check up this past week...She's all ready to start Kindergarten =(. She checked out perfectly and the doctor said that if she stays on the same growth curve she will be 5' 4"...taller than her mama! She got shots and the same night she got a stomach bug...Fun fun. Aeris has been probably the most uneventful one. She did get pushed in the floor by her brother the other day and the blood started pouring from her nose. At first I was scared to death she broke it...but the worst she got was rug burn on the tip of her nose. She's a tough little girl though!!! Kylee has been having a horrible time with her feet. She has to see a podiatrist this next week on Wednesday to hopefully find out what's going on. It bothers her to walk or anything. I feel bad for her! She also has some pretty bad allergies and has to take medicine to control it everyday. Otherwise she's good though--the same really sweet Kylee girl! The only major thing that has been going on with Keyser is that we found out that he's still pretty highly allergic to peanuts. Dominic had covered himself in peanut butter and Keyser went to pick him up Keyser then started having respiratory issues. They were resolved with breathing treatments but they wanted to see him at the ER anyways. They did x-rays at the ER which showed that his lungs were larger than normal. That let them know it was indeed an allergic reaction. We now have an epee-pen with him at all times. We were told that the next reaction could be milder or it could be worse. We are taking him in for allergy testing on Monday to see if he is allergic to any other types of nuts as well. As for Chris and me...we're doing pretty good. I'm enjoying my new job and the biggest news that either of us have is that Chris is going back to school!!! He starts New River in a couple of weeks working towards his Associates degree in IT: Game design. I think this is pretty cool. I'm excited!
I'm dreading the kids going back to school now. It starts in less than 2 weeks and I'm not ready. Chris and I were contemplating homeschooling this year...but we started considering it too late to feel like we could even be prepared by this year. We're hoping that this is their last year in public schools and we can home school starting next year. We want to make sure that they the kids are all on-board for that decision though if we do it. We've asked their opinions on it and they all seem interested. It's going to take a lot of work for us..but we are really wanting to try it out. We shall see!!
