Last night, Elliott woke up just before I climbed into bed. He and Emmett had been camping out in his room.  Elliott had a bad dream and couldn't go back to sleep. I finally had Elliott just crash in Emmett's bed. About 45 minutes later, I woke up out of a dead sleep, choking. I literally couldn't breathe. I wasn't choking on anything, however, my airway was completely occluded.  The only reason Lizze woke up was because I was flailing around, half on the bed and half on the floor. I honestly thought I was going to die.  The entire incident lasted about 1 minute but that was the longest minute of my life.  Finally,  my airway began to open and I couldn't breathe once again. I happened to look…

I know I haven't had much in the way of updates on Operation Hope. Right now, it's moving at a snails pace.  In fact, I think the snail would beat us. The problem is that Wraparound is currently waiting for records to be transferred.  These records are necessary in preparation for going before the board and petitioning for funds. Unfortunately, Gavin has a lot of records.  It's going to take some time to get everything in order. At the moment, Wraparound is trying to help us with our mortgage.  We have fallen behind, not that it's a shock to anyone to hear that.  Anyways, they are helping us locate resources that might be able to help us get caught up, so we don't slip further behind. If we do manage…

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For the first time in quite some time,  Elliott snuggled with me and fell asleep on my chest.  This reminds me of when he was a baby.  I used to rock my little Elliott Richard and he'd fall asleep on my chest.  I really miss those days. As he gets older and older, these moment are few and farther between.  Thankfully, I got one of those moments today.  :-)

Do you ever find yourself without any energy? Lately, I don't have the energy to do much of anything. One of the downsides to Gavin moving out is that fact that Lizze's parents have their hands full with him and son the other boys never go anywhere and we no longer get a break. This past week has caught up with me and I'm running in fumes. Lizze has been pushing herself all day long, despite my many requests for her to rest. She has gone through most of the laundry and trust me, that was a chore. However, now she's obliterated and literally cannot move.  She's passed out on the couch from both pain and exhaustion. When she gets like this and does this much work, she's usually down…

Emmett's been into eating fruit for the last day or so. He goes through the phases where all he wants is fruit or all he wants is junk food. Today happens to be a fruit day.  As you can see, Emmett is quite happy with with his apple and orange this morning.  I'm not going to complain.  Does fruit make your kids in the #Autism spectrum smile?