Things have been busy as school is in full swing along with the extracurricular activities that come with it.  The girls are loving school so far. Both have great teachers and are settling in quite well. They both have several after school activities which are keeping us moving.  Benjamin misses his sisters so much though, he spends a lot of his day talking about them and when they're coming home.  Its very sweet, I just feel bad that I can't entertain him enough for his liking.

We had a couple appointments in the past few weeks. The first was with his surgeon.  She was very happy to see Benjamin, as it had been a year since his last appointment.  She seemed happy with how his scars were looking and said we could pursue deep tissue massage to help loosen up the tissue.  She also gave us some recipes to try to help get Benjamin's bowels to function better in a more natural, unfortunately so far his hasn't liked what I made.  So he's still on the medication.  She was happy that we had started him on something though as chronic constipation can cause long term issues.  So we're still searching for a more natural way to solve the problem...but the medication is a good temporary fix.

Benjamin also had a dentist appointment.  It went as well as can be expected.  He hates having his teeth brushed let alone having a stranger in a mask pry his mouth open.  She didn't do much, she doesn't want to force him and make it a scary thing.  So I held his mouth open and she got a good look. She said everything looked great and she had no concerns.  Yay!

Other then that all is well.  Fall is definitely in the air which is a nice relief, but the impending winter still makes me very nervous.  We started Benjamin on his inhalers already as he had a few nights of coughing start...With the girls in school again they bring home all sorts of things.  Whooping cough is also going around like crazy so that is also worrisome.  With him still nursing and on his asthma meds I hope we can avoid any major issues this winter.

We have a family photo shoot coming up in a few weeks which I am really looking forward too.  We haven't had pictures done together since Benjamin came home from the hospital 2 years ago.  I hope he cooperates and we can get some fantastic pictures.

That's about all that's happening here.