argh.

originally, i wanted to title this post, "about ready to lose my freakin' mind", but i decided not to.

still doesn't change how i feel today.

got a lot of things going on lately and all the health stuff going on with my kids has me a bit overloaded. i need things to level off a bit.

on the upside, my daughter is feeling loads better and recovering from the pneumonia. we don't know if she has asthma and we won't know that for awhile. what we DO know is that when she gets a cold, her respiratory gets nailed. for whatever reason, it's her achilles heel. so, what she doesn't seem to have in cold and allergies right now, she makes up with a bit of spunk and defiance. "no...i don't want to" and "no...YOU do it..." has me gritting my teeth with this new test of wills.
my latest and greatest news is how we have been practicing how to draw circles. and, while we haven't worked on it in a few days, apparently she has worked on it all by herself...by using a pen on the comforter cover in our guest room. so, i'm currently washing that, muttering sweet nothings under my breath.

some headway was made for "little boy". =)

his surgery has been scheduled for his eye and ears. BUT, i found out today that his iron levels just won't get to where they should be with normal iron supplements, so ferinsol three times a day is the next step. that and lean red meat {okay...we can do this} and leafy green vegetables {ha. say that to a 15 month old who is a carb and meat fanatic}. good times ahead. hemoglobin still low thanks to the beta thalassemia trait he got from me. i hate feeling like i gave my kid bad genes, so i've been beating myself up a bit this afternoon. at least, as my husband points out, he's a happy kid, and we're working on fixing the other stuff. and that, i am thankful for.

on the upside...it's a gorgeous day out. i think we're going to go outside and enjoy it a bit - and forget all these other things right now. tomorrow promises to be nice too, so maybe i'll get a chance to take some photos of new layouts and post them.