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Right before Break, Donovyn came home with a special announcement. He received "Student of the Month" for showing respect. There was a little awards ceremony and it was really sweet. I was able to go, but hubby couldn't find coverage and felt bad. The last name on his certificate was spelled wrong, but it's getting fixed, and a new one should be coming his way at some point. We also got a note from his teacher that read he no longer needs to go to outside reading group. Wonderful! The kids had a blast opening up their presents. Tristyn understands about the whole gift thing now and it was really neat to see him tear into stuff! He is doing so much more imaginative play and that's a good sign. My parents came up on Christmas Eve to do their exchange. We had planned on driving to them, but we had a change of plans. Hubby cooked a turkey and we actually made all the leftovers disappear in a few days. Lots going on at the start of a new year. We have four appointments with a private pay psychologist for futher testing and most of those are happening within the next two weeks. We are looking forward to more information, maybe a diagnosis if possible, and more tools to help Tristyn along. No way can we afford to keep paying out-of-pocket, so we are on a wait list as well with a doctor. At least he'll be an exisiting patient, so we can get in a bit sooner for follow-up. I'm a planner, but I am trying to take it one day at a time. Still so many overwhelming days, but trying, so trying to just focus on what needs to get done. Can't believe another year has gone by! What will 2012 bring us? I hope that it will bring information that we can use to help our son, ourselves, and will give us more direction in a new year.