Transitions and Prayer Requests!

wow.

we have been so busy lately, i don't even know where to begin!!

i've always known that parents with school-aged children are swept up in a whirlwind of activity and chaos during the beginning of each school year, and yes, it is true... the chaos has hit the condit home!

with James' g-tube surgery, and then kindergarten starting, and transferring him back up to our own Paradise district, from Chico... well, let's just say it has been quite the TRANSITION... and a time of adjustment for everyone involved!!

James seems to really like Kindergarten so far. He made a new friend, who is a girl... and she did a "stitching" project with him today... but he doesn't remember her name.. hahaha

Cora went to school with him the first few days, but tomorrow he will be going without her. Tomorrow I am also going to his school to talk to all of the kindergarteners at Ponderosa Elementary about James, and about Spina Bifida. Pray for me, because I will definitely need The Lord's wisdom for this!!

The school hasn't been able to figure out the bus thing for James (it's a long story...) Please pray about this if you think of us, because it's going to get old really fast if I have to continue driving him and picking him up everyday with two other small children in tote! 

Yesterday we had a consultation with Dr. Neal in Oroville to discuss possibly switching Pediatricians for James. Dr. Neal is already Josiah's Pediatrician, and I really like him and his staff... I will also need great wisdom for this decision, because having the right doctors for James is extra important! Please pray!!

Seth is going backpacking this weekend. He's leaving tomorrow morning early, and not returning until Sunday. I'm hoping that this trip leaves him refreshed and full of God's kind of true rest. James will be at Playcare from Friday to Sunday, and I'm going to miss him, especially since I'm still getting used to him being at school every day of the week!! Pray for James, too, that he doesn't get too homesick, and that he has a great time with the nurses and staff there this weekend.

Josiah has been - um, let's just say, in need of some attention.... lately. I am extremely TIRED of the constant battle that I am always in with him over every little thing... Today my mom had him most of the day for me, and tomorrow he's going to spend the night at her house, so I can regroup and relax. I am hoping that I will feel ready after that to spend some good quality time with him on Friday night and Saturday, while James is at Playcare. I am praying for a little SELF-CONTROL for that boy, and boy does he need it!! Plus, I am hoping to get him potty trained by the end of next month or so.... so we will see how that goes!