A few updates!

Sorry it has been so long but there hasn't been really anything to write about. On November 3rd, we had another chemo appointment to have a check up and pick up the at home chemo medicine. Dr. Lemons says that she looks good and that things seem to be going really well. Caitlin has been continuing to do well on this at home treatment and her blood counts are not falling very low like with the other chemo. Which means that we still have to be careful with germs, but we usually don't make her wear a face mask when we run errands, which I think was making some people nervous. They thought that she had swine flu and her cute bald head doesn't always clue people into the fact that she has cancer. That the face mask was more for her protection than theirs. On November 10th, I had a meeting with up to 3 and the school district to decide if Caitlin qualifies for more help and preschool readiness when she turns three years old. Because of where that brain tumor was located she is a behind with some of her motors skills, unlike most toddlers Caitlin is still just learning to walk or stand up by herself. She now has braces and a walker to help her walk. Just recently she took her first steps on her own. She has gone through so much but she has made tons of improvement. We are getting excited for chemo treatments to end and then hopefully she will be accepted into the preschool program to continue to improve her social and motor skills. Anyway, for the rest of us, Allie seems to be doing pretty well in 1st grade, and is slowly becoming a good reader. She is totally a mini me, people say, except for her bad attitude which escapes sometimes. She always seems to relate more to boys in her class than girls, just like I did when I was little. Hopefully that won't cause us problems. Jake and I are doing good, but very tired of being woken up in the morning by the construction that they are doing on the road next to our house. Hopefully they will be done soon. Also a couple of Saturdays ago Jake and I were able to go out and get some Christmas shopping done. I hate leaving the shopping until the end! Surprisingly we found more stuff for Caitlin then we did for Allie, I hate buying things that the girls only play with once. But Allie loves craft stuff, so I guess our next Christmas shopping outing is to the craft store.