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So a year later- I think I will make a go at the blogging thing again.

Today is just personal thoughts. I just started my second year at LCCC and things are off to a hectic start. I am happy to say that in spite of the craziness, I do love my job, and since so many are out of a job currently, I will try to keep my complaining in check.

Noah starts school in a couple of weeks- It is such a strange feeling to think that the "baby" years are coming to an end- now the majority of his time will be filled with school and other various activities. Some days it seems like a lifetime since Noah was born, so much has happened. But on the other hand, I still have vivid memories of painting his nursery while I was pregnant. Do all mom's feel this way?

Today I spent about 20 minutes trying to get Ava's snow boots on. Noah had on his, so of course, little sister wanted to stomp around too. The reason this actually sticks with me is it is the first time that we have really had an actual struggle with her bad leg/foot.

We went to see a neurologist at Children's hospital a couple of weeks back, and they think that Ava had a stroke in utero, and that the stroke is the cause of the reduced use and motion on her left side, including the impact on her speech. It is such a bittersweet diagnosis - positive in that she has minimal damage that she hasn't already overcome, but startling to think that something that severe could have happened to her without me even knowing. She is going to have a MRI done next, basically to have a baseline if anything happens down the road.

It has been an interesting summer.