5 in 5: Bring on the Blessings Blessings Round #2: Dreaming of Snow

As you may think from the title I've gone crazy. How could I dream of snow especially so early in the year. No, I have not been dreaming of snow but Landon has. He informed me a couple of days ago that he had a dream and in this dream the first snowfall happened on my birthday. It was 70 degrees out when he informed of this and I thought it was cute. He mentioned it again last night. He said "Tomorrow is your birthday, it's going to snow!" Well guess what today we wake up on my birthday and the ground is white with snow.

Landon came bounding down the stair sure of himself. He pulled the curtain open and proclaimed "I told you it was going to snow today". Maybe I should rent him out to the weather channel?

I know it has been awhile since my last post at least compared to the past frequency of my posts. Life has been busy but good. Here's the Fullmer kid update.

I have received many requests for Ronan updates so we'll start with him and I'll go as quick as possible. He had another endoscopy and dilation yesterday. This is is his fourth one in six weeks. Isaac and I are about to insist something more be done or we are going to get a second opinion. His GI doctor agrees with us (he is the one doing the dilations). He thinks we are putting Ronan under way too much and it's getting too risky. Not only that but after only ten days his esophagus was closed again and very hard to dilate this time.

His GI doctor said he is about to put his foot down and tell his surgeon he's not going to dilate Ronan anymore unless it is an emergency. He thinks this may be the only way to get the surgeon to go back in and fix it. Ronan is scheduled for one more dilation in two weeks. After that another plan needs to be made. Things are getting too much for him. After the last two dilations he's been very lethargic for two to three days and acted almost depressed. Also he is now having chronic stomach issues something that they think is a result of the food poisoning he got during his long hospital stay.

Xander. What is there to say about Xander? He is really speeding along in Math. He seems to grasp math concepts really quickly now. I asked him what 15 minus 7 was and he instantly replied 8. He has already buzzed through his kindergarten math book so I am debating moving him onto the first grade one. I hope he continues to excel at math. Math is not my strong point and if he can be great at mathematics he can do whatever he chooses.

He is still my clown and makes me laugh daily. He is also a huge charmer. I'm going have to watch him when he's a teenager. Not a day goes by he doesn't tell me how beautiful I am. He was a soldier this year and he took it upon himself to protect his sisters from all rogue gorillas. You have to know Xander to completely grasp that one.

Jadzia has bumped herself up from princess to queen. I am not sure how long this will last since she views the honor of princesshood far above that of being a queen. The main reason for this step down is she has found it as an excuse to wear a skirt under her crown. How this change bumps you from princess to queen is beyond me but whatever works I guess.

This leaves us with Inara bug. She is talking up a storm and her sentence structure is improving. She talks more and more for Ronan and she signs to him as she is picking up sign language faster than the rest of us. I think it will be cute to see them carry on a conversation in sign language.

She has started calling Ronan "Elmo." This stems from Xander's nickname for Ronan which is "Mo Mo". Inara called Ronan "Mo Mo" for quite some time but then one day she decided Elmo suits him better." I think in reality she just likes saying Elmo because when she has her play phone Elmo is always the one calling. She'll go "Ring Ring." Pick up the toy phone and say "Yes." Then she hands me the phone and says "Mama, it's Elmo."