Hey, where you been?

I bet y'all were saying, "Now why don't he write?" (fifty completely arbitrary and worthless cool points if you can tell me what movie that line came from). Sorry it's been so long since I last posted. I have scads of video uploaded to my computer but I'm finding that the more I play with the editing software, the less I like what I've put together previously. But I do have some raw footage of Emery taking trash to the dumpster that I'm pretty happy with (sorry, but I'm videotaping EVERYTHING these days).

Anyhoo, some updates:
I've finally managed to make it back to school, after my two week pink eye outbreak and the kids flu. I don't know how long it will last though, as Emma has...something...wrong with her. Last Thursday she had a seizure in the doctor's office due to high fever (we think). Now she's got an ear infection and, this is most troubling, the doctor wants her to see a specialist because she isn't talking (indeed or even making the most rudimentary of sounds) and she should be more vocal by now.

Emery is a typical two year old. He's fussy (A LOT), he's becoming more and more vocal (you can almost carry on a conversation using words of more than one syllable with him now), and he thinks there is nothing he can't do. He still comes and gets in bed with us at 4:30 in the morning. At this stage, it'd be almost impossible to get him to sleep in his own bed, at least until he's a bit older. I don't mind it as it is one of those things I'll get to reminisce about once he's my age.

Heather dropped her classes for this semester. It had nothing to do with her school work (which was fine) but DHS. One of their more interesting policies is that in a two parent household, if both parents are attending school during the day, they ARE NOT eligible for daycare assistance. Yes, you read that right, not eligible. What the state is saying is that they are willing to help parents improve their lot in life through education, but only one parent at a time. So, since I was close to graduating (at the time), it was decided that it would be better for me to get my degree and then she can finish school (she's about 2 1/2 years from her bachelors, plus I will be able to start pulling in money on day one).