Wow! I got in!

Long time no update!

For some reason, my password wasn't working to get in here. No telling!

So much has gone on since Easter!

Hunter and Dakota are off their meds and doing GREAT! I decided to wean them off all the psych meds just to see what would happen, and what happened is I got my children back! I'm past irritated that it was the medications that have been causing all the problems, but past relieved that it was indeed the medications and not mental illness in the boys themselves. It feels like a couple of years were stolen from us in the meantime, and God knows we were put through many unnecessary traumas. They have been off their meds since Easter, and they haven't had any problems though so I'm confident that they are going to be okay. I'm still keeping a close eye on them but so far, so good.

I finished Giovanna's dress and we had her pictures professionally done. She had a tremendous time (she LOVES to model!) and so did the photographer. The photos came out amazing.

Tristan, Dakota and I were in an accident a week ago, and the van is severely damaged if not totalled. I was hurt (lots of soft tissue damage) and subluxations. I was in bed for several days, of which I really have little memory. I'm starting to be able to get back into my life now, but still have pain to remember the incident by. It was one of the most assinine things EVER. This guy just threw his van into reverse and floored it, hitting me on the front of my car at about 35 mph. I was stopped about 2 car lengths behind him waiting on traffic and I had no time to get out of the way and really no where to go. It was in front of the highschool with kids all over. It's really lucky that no child was killed. The boys and I have been seeing a chiro here in town and it has really been helping.

Tristan's birthday was last Saturday and due to the accident we postponed it to this coming Saturday. It was a good decision because Friday morning he woke up with a 101 degree fever, and is only today feeling better.

I have really let myself down with working out. I resolved yesterday to get back into the daily habit of doing *something* and doing a thorough workout at least every 2-3 days. I got a good workout in yesterday and plan on another this morning. At least in the meantime I have cleaned up my diet, and I've lost a whole dress size. I've found that by loosely following the Arthritis Diet, I can control my pain and inflammation with diet. Slipping up inevitably means pain and misery, so I've been doing well with sticking with it. I think now that my diet is better, if I devote myself to working out properly I will see real results.

Aaron and I have not had the time together that we both would like, Papa was gone for over a month which meant no datenights until last week, which are really our lifeblood. I'm trying to get Giovanna to sleep in her own room so we can have some time and space to ourselves at least for a few hours at night. That really helps too. We have such a wonderful time together when we actually get time together! I'm really going to work on trying to get a couple of hours at night for us to reconnect. It really helps us both.

Tristan finally is headed back to school today so I'm hoping to be able to do a little girl "spa" time with Giovanna. I'm planning for a great day. :)