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It's been crazy with teaching, Donovyn's elementary school projects, Tristyn's preschool and developmental preschool, Thanksgiving, holiday planning, and li'l MOD fundraisers. And breathe . . . this I need to really do and more deeply. I was in the shower awhile back and almost fainted. No joke! I have a tendancy to breathe shallow and not enough oxygen is getting up there. Not good and need to slow it down. Come on Winter Break! Alright, so my 32 weeker turned 6 years old last week! Donovyn was born on a Monday and 6 years later, we were celebrating on Monday again. I didn't get to hold him on his birthday and didn't get a good look at him until the following day when I was well enough to get wheeled down to the NICU. Oh those days, I'll never forget them. Here we are, 6 years later. He's learning A LOT with his 1st grade teacher. He's in a whole year early by AZ standards. Some of my friends hate that I did that, but I can't imagine him in Kinder this year. He'd be bored for sure. He's sweet, smart, curious, gentle, funny, and just a happy kiddo. I am so AMAZED by him! We gave him the choice of party or a few more "bigger" gifts and he went with more gifts. We took Donovyn to Chuck E. Cheese's and he loved that. It's funny though . . . I get a ton of tokens, but after playing a few dollars worth, the kids are happy just chasing each other in the the play tube! Great! I think I can divide up the tokens and make 2-3 more trips out of them. He got his Autobot Arc and many Transformer Cyberverse people. We've graduated from Thomas the Train to Transformers now, oh, and Ben 10! Loves that show! We spent Thanksgiving in San Diego where our friends spoiled him a bit more. Even though our friends are in their 50's, they have all the current gadgets and electronics that we don't. The boys had a fun time playing with the XBOX and various other computer games. Geez, I couldn't rewind a video at their age and these kids navigate the Internet. It's weird! The drive out and back was easier. We stopped twice for pee breaks, but they are both doing so well at longer car rides. It was nice to get away and have a change of scenery. With Wednesday off, the week/end felt longer. For many years, we would buy a fresh cut tree, but after x-mas of 2008, we went plastic. We took the tree out of the box last weekend and it's ready for ornaments. It's getting cold and had to finally turn on the heater today. Yes, people decorate cactus here with lights:)