Well...

The "new plan" isn't going so well. And you know what's sad? When I check the blog of my personal training company and think to myself "what the hell, they haven't updated since March 17?!" and then I realize, hmmm...I haven't updated mine in a while either, log in, and see that it's been one day longer than theirs in comparison.

I think I'm a pretty good FAIL when it comes to my existence in the blogosphere, but I'm okay with that. I can't be good at everything, now can I? I mean, there has to be one thing that I'm not good at, and this is it!

Okay, maybe that's not it. I'm also crappy at keeping up with laundry, keeping a clean house in general, staying organized, remembering things (I think this is mommyhood related though, I was good at it pre-kids). This list in neither cumulative nor exhaustive - I have many more FAILS to my life story and I'm sure you would love to hear about them ALL someday, right? ;) Right, probably not.


I took the boys back in to see the pediatrician this past Monday for coughs that weren't going away and general yuckiness. They still had ear infections, so we bumped them up to a stronger antibiotic. They seem to be doing tons better on this new prescription and are a lot happier this week. They have now exceeded their quota on ear infections though, so we have appointments on April 19th with an ENT (ear, nose, and throat) specialist to see if they have a future with tubes or not. Hopefully not, since spring has started coming around the doctor is thinking this might be the end of their crappy ear infection "season".

The babies had evaluations with our teacher from the school district's Parents as Teachers program. Usually we just kind of do playtime lessons and she gives us some handouts on things they should be doing at their age and suggestions on what to work on with them. Ms. Jenny has always said Evan was the smartest kid she had ever worked with, but she was also really impressed with both of the babies too, it turns out they are both "above average" for their age. Brennan was a tad more advanced than Carter, but we already suspected/knew that since he is the one that seems to hit and master developmental milestones sooner than the C man.

It was kind of funny, Ms. Jenny suggested we start doing 3 to 6 piece puzzles with Evan. I just kind of gave her that look and she said "you're kidding me right? How big are the puzzles he's putting together right now?" I told her 25 pieces...but he does need a little bit of help sometimes with some of the trickier areas. She's always amazed with that kid, and so are we. Mom and dad are super proud of their little guy!

Evan was sick and stayed home yesterday. He threw up several times that morning while on the way to school, so Kevin drove him back home and he got to spend the day with Mommy. He seemed better towards the later part of the morning and was running around the house causing the usual raucous.

It was back to school today for him and Kevin called a little later giving me the usual update on how he had a hard time with getting him into school, etc. We got some really sad news this morning: Evan's best friend at school had his last day yesterday and he missed it. :( I have to admit, I cried when Kevin told me. It's just so sad to think about.

I was about to ask Kevin to see if he could stop by the office and get the family's address or phone number, or some other form of contact information when he told me that they are leaving the country. Furcon's mom is from Turkey and the whole family is packing up and moving to her home country. Evan didn't even get to say 'goodbye' to him (and just so you know, I'm crying again typing this out).

Furcon was one of the very few things that Evan looked forward to when it came to school, which leaves us in a whole new pickle now. It makes me realize that Evan really is growing up, and that this will happen to him many more times in his childhood and even in his adulthood. It's a fact of life that friends come into our lives and they also leave them.

Some of my mom friends have suggested that maybe this is a good thing, that he won't be traumatized by any 'final moments' with his best friend or that he won't associate any bad feelings with school for taking his friend away, but it doesn't really make me any less sad for my growing boy. I know he won't remember this when he turns 21 or 10 or probably even next week, but I think that makes all of this even more sad - that it will be like his friend Furcon didn't even exist. And this stage of his life didn't even exist. His two year old mind is pretty likely to not remember his first best friend, Furcon, once he has forgotten about him and moved on - and he was such an important part of his life!

We all loved you Furcon, for helping shape who our little boy is now today. We'll all miss you, but I know deep down somewhere, Evan holds a special place in his heart for you. I'd like to think that tiny little spot will always be yours.