You know your the Mom of 4 boys when...

You know your the Mom of 4 boys when...
you climb into your bed at night and find matchbox cars under the sheets
you walk into the bathroom and the toilet seat is either up or has a potty seat on it
you can't walk through a room without a Hess truck crashing into your feet
even your rolling pin can be turned into a light sabor
the highlight of every one's day is Daddy tackle time
you don't even flinch when your youngest son (yes, Jonathan) jumps off the sofa and lands standing up

At the moment, all is quiet, although the last few days have been filled with what I like to call organized chaos. So much activity for one little house. We are completing school work each day it is just taking longer. We are beginning to find a new "normal". Our biggest problem at the moment that we are working on is Jonathan's fascination with turning things off. Light switches, the tv, the computer. This is most frustrating to the other kids as Jonathan tends to turn off the wii just as they are completing a level and all data is then lost. Yesterday, he turned off the computer and (my mistake) I had been working on something and never saved it needless to say it is gone. Lots of teachable moments happening in the Shafer home. Big kids learning patience, little guy learning not to touch buttons.

In the next few weeks we will be gaining more knowledge into what can be done pertaining to some of Jonathan's medical issues. We have an appointment on December 9th at CHOP's adoption clinic. A physical therapist will be included in the visit to evaluation Jonathan. It will be interesting to hear her assessment of him as nothing is holding him back. On December 15th, he has an appointment with our pediatrician for his first well visit. Yesterday, I was able to schedule his first evaluation appointment at Shriners for January 6th. At this appointment they will evaluate him for a prosthetic. We are very interested in learning what the prosthetic options are for him.

In midst of all of this we are trying to decorate for Christmas, shop for Christmas, send out Christmas cards (no annual letter this year), and just survive. Some days we accomplish more, some less, but I consider it a good day if everyone is alive when Jeremy comes home from work. Off to grade some math tests that 2 children just finished taking. And I better post this before Jonathan turns off the computer on me!