Easter madness!

So it's been a week or more since I last blogged. Easter preparation was crazy! We had a great time though, I got lots of pictures and everyone was HAPPY! We decided to take the kids off their medications after Hunter's appointment with the neurologist. He did no tests, basically dismissed him as a psych case and said what else could we expect with all the meds he was on. *sigh*

That led us to decide to try weaning them off their meds and seeing what might happen. We couldn't be more pleasantly surprised so far! Everyone is off their psych meds, and doing better than ever- I have my children back! Easter was their first day of no meds, we had weaned them down slowly for about a week before. I feel bad thinking that I wish I would have done this back when things started getting crazy. I really thought that their doctor had a clue though, and I didn't want to make them worse. Scary how all this started with them being hyper (ADHD) and ended up with trips to the psych hospital. What a ride. I'm praying that it is over now.

Hunter is back to school and is doing AMAZING. No more seizures, no more falling over asleep during the day, he is sleeping at night and he is thriving! Sweet, attentive, in control, and much faster functioning overall. We are working intently on catching up on schoolwork and trying to pass 7th grade now.

I just took little miss to get her pictures taken in the dress I made yesterday, I couldn't be happier about the pictures or the dress! She was a fabulous model, the photographer couldn't believe her. Her pictures were amazing. They are going to make a big copy of one of them for display in the store! We took pictures for over an hour, and people were wandering in commenting. It was an amazing experience. Today is her preschool interview. They won't know what hit them when they meet my Giovanna!

Dakota couldn't be doing better. I've missed that kid. He is also kicking butt in school, getting his homework done quicker, it's amazing.

Tristan is doing great too. With the brothers back to normal again, there is enough time for him to get some attention too- bless his heart! He is growing up SO fast! He is so unlike the other boys- he has developed a fascination with sports. He watches sports all.the.time. He can't go to sleep unless he is watching a ball game. He just cracks us up!

Aaron hasn't been doing so great in the health department. He has been having a lot of chest pain, followed with nausea and bathroom runs! He has been just miserable. I wish he would go get checked out! He applied for a new position at work, that's always exciting! He also shaved his head bald. :( I'm not too happy about that decision! Thank God hair grows is all I have to say. LOL He also let me shape his eyebrows, which everyone loves. The head shaving was kind of one of those things where he wanted to see what it looked like, and it was going to bug him until he did it! So now he finally did it and I don't think it will happen again. :p

I've kind of been dragging healthwise, but happy. I broke down and started going to a new chiropractor out of desperation over spring break and he has really helped me. I had gotten to the point where I wasn't functioning at all. Now I'm a little painful but moving right along. I've lost a little bit of weight by changing to a anti-inflammatory diet (or trying to) and that's exciting to me. Yesterday my pants were falling off! I haven't had much time for me lately, but hopefully that will change in the next week or so. I'm ready to start a new sewing project too!

Saturday Easter Egg Hunting.

So yesterday we went Easter Egg hunting at New Salem. We had a great time. Here is a slideshow!

TGIF!

What a week this has been. One word, pain. Pain is so draining, it steals all the joy out of life and leaves behind nothing but drudgery.

Luckily a wonderful friend of mine said enough is enough- call the pain doctor. Now, one would think that I would automatically do that, but when you can think because you hurt so bad, nothing comes automatically. So I did call the doctor, and they adjusted my pain medicine right away. Yesterday I picked it up, and I'm hoping and praying that today is a new day.

I've been dealing with Hunter being home. The doctor that was supposed to fax the orders to the school had a family emergency and the school is not happy since they can't set anything up without it. Not good. In the meantime, he has been hiding work, saying he was caught up all along not having done any of it, and the school let me in on the fact that he hasn't done anything. On top of that, his report card came, and he is failing science and english. So, if we don't get right on top of this he is going to fail 7th grade. GREAT. There is only one month of school left too. So today I have to get this crap sorted out.

This morning I take the boys in to have their blood tests done to see if their medication increases this week brought up the drug levels in their blood to a therapeutic level. Also, and most importantly to check Dakota's thyroid level which was totally messed up last week. If it's off again, off to the endocrinologist we go. Like we needed one.more.thing. So I'm praying it was just an off day for him last week and this week it's A-ok.

Today is supposed to be a beautiful day and I'm hoping to enjoy it and get some serious progress done on the Easter dress. It's coming right along and it's beautiful if I do say so myself. :) I'm looking forward to a fun and recharging family weekend. I feel like I haven't connected with the kids this week- I have just hurt too much to do much of anything.

Today is a new day though and a new slate.

Crawling.

Crawling. That's what it feels like this morning. My body is just not cooperating and my spirit is getting tired of dragging it around. I don't know what is going on. I'm tired of feeling like this though. Yesterday seemed just like a blur of pain and struggling to keep up with the basics- laundry, dishes, cleaning.. I really wanted to work on Gia's dress but I was just in too much pain when I sat down. I had to keep laying down on the bed to get my breath and then go for another round. I'm also getting pretty depressed over my weight. I feel so fat and uncomfortable in my body. I just don't know what to do about it. Everytime I try to sit down and make a plan I get overwhelmed. I've got to get a shower and drag onto Hunter's orthodontist appointment today. He didn't make it a full two hours at school yesterday so I'm going to have to decide what to do about that. I think we will just keep him home until after Easter break. I'm hoping to have some answers by then. I think that the loss of a night out the last couple of weeks while Aaron's Dad is in Colorado is starting to wear on me. I need a break. He's not going to be back anytime soon though and I'm feeling very depressed.