I was getting ready for bed and was double checking that I had accomplished all the things on my "to do" list, when I realized that it was my day to post! It's been a busy week, celebrating birthdays and preparing gifts for teachers and friends.

Weston continues to be fabulously boring. :-) Health-wise, anyway. The child definately is trying to shatter every remaining nerve I have left. You may recall in my last post, that I refered to him as "The Destroyer" and "Goat". Well, mister wanted to shake things up a bit and be both at the same time. Putting the Christmas tree up with an overzealous 3 year old and a mischeivious 1 year old is exciting enough. But, lets kick things up a notch. As I was attempting to make our Christmas incident free by only selecting non-breakable ornaments, said 1 year old smashed an off-limits one and proceeded to chomp on the glass shards. LIKE LIGHTENING FAST. Luckily, it was just a small piece and I was able to pick it out of his mouth equally fast. Then, all the horror scenarios ran through my head...what if he swallowed a piece before I got to him...perforated bowel...more surgery. Should I call 911? Take him to the ER?? A frantic call to the pediatrician...she reassured me that he was probably fine, just to keep an eye on him. Good Lord! I am now appreciating the difference between boys and girls. My eldest NEVER did anything like this. Sure, she caused her fair share of mischief; but eating glass? No. I am happy to report that despite his attempts to eat glass, drink shampoo, eat baby wipes, swig contact solution, that he is doing just fine. I know my brother tried to eat staples when he was this age...is it something about boys?? Please tell me I am not alone in this?? You cannot blink around him!

He goes for his check-up in the beginning of January. No labs this month!! Woohoo! And still holding steady on the ProGraf twice a day.

Speaking of January...what a big month it will be! We have everything in order for Weston to start day care part-time. I can't believe I even typed that. I really never thought that this would be an available opportunity in his life. I say opportunity, because this program is amazing. My daughter has been in it since she was 3 months old. It is a program for the teachers and staff's children in my husband's school district. They have lesson plans for the 1 year olds. It is such a wonderful, loving environment and I am so excited that Weston will be able to benefit from it. He really has never had an opportunity to play with anyone else but his sister. So, 85% is happy and 15% is absolutely heart-broken that my baby will be spending this time away from me. But, I know it's what is best for him. **deep breath**

Also, January 28th will be his first transplantiversary!! I'm not going to lie, it's felt like 5 years. But, what an exciting event it is...like his "re-birthday". I am in the middle of trying to plan something special. This day also coincides with the end of our fundraiser benefiting the BA research program at Texas Children's Hospital. If you have a minute, check it out on facebook. There is also a link from the baaware events page (BAMF). So far, we have raised a little over $750 and are 50% of the way to our goal of $1500!! I am so blown away by the generosity out there. It makes doing stuff like this so amazingly rewarding.

Well, until next month...I hope you and yours have a beautiful holiday season.
Ashley