Saturday Feb 10

Looks like I have a little catching up to do!  Where to begin?

1.  Sarah's class had a sub a few times this year that they really loved.  When the news came that her teacher was leaving, I mentioned to Larry that it would be really nice if Mrs. S became their teacher since the class loved her so much.  Well, Praise the Lord...that's who they've hired!  Yahoo!  Mrs. S will start on Monday.  We will miss Mrs. Page, but I know that she's going where she feels called by God to be.  She will do a great job at her new place.  (Mrs. Page---please keep in touch.  You have my email!)

2.  We saw the psychiatrist this week with Andrew.  He said that while Andrew certainly has the history & behavior patterns to diagnose RAD, he's going to hold off on that diagnosis until we rule out a child with out of control, severe ADHD.  Since our initial reason for seeing him was to re-evaluate the ADHD meds, we're trying that route first.  He mentioned that there are 5-6 different meds we may have to work through to find the right one, so this may be a long therapeutic relationship, but that's alright.  Dr. S said we may very well come back to the RAD diagnosis, but he hates to give that diagnosis because it carries such a grim prognosis & paints such a bleak picture for the future.  Of course there are varying degrees of RAD but they're very conservative with labeling a child as such.  He said that while he's going to be conservative in labeling Andrew as RAD, he's going to be aggressive in treating him since so much is as stake & he is having so much trouble now.

3.  Kourtney's higher dose of Concerta is working really well!  We're so happy!

4.  Andrew has continued to ask all sorts of really 'smart' questions about God ever since last Sunday.  If he didn't actually get saved, he definately had a big ol' seed planted.  I think we are going to go ahead & assume he did ask Jesus into his heart.  It's hard to tell with "church kids" sometimes because they grow up believing the gospel & knowing it is truth, so they don't always have a "point in time" when it suddenly hits them that they need a savior....but more of a gradual thing over time where they just learn it & believe it & decide it's time to make it 'official'.  We figure, if this wasn't the "real thing", it's not like God won't give him a secondchance later.  :)

5.  Today's memorial time for Kelly was very nice.  I have pictures if you want to see!  We got 7 balloons & released them at the grave, then went over to the scene of the wreck & put up a white cross.  It was a nice day for it, too.