As loud and energetic as Emmett can be, I really appreciate these peaceful quiet moments. Yes, they are few and far between but I love watching him sleeping and not in any pain from the mouth sores associated with his fever disorder. This afternoon he fell asleep watching Penguins of Madagascar. Five minutes before I snapped this picture, he was screaming his head off. Now he's resting and hopefully preparing to wake up in a better mood. :-)

Lizze and I talked to the boys about Perry the tortoise.  Yes, they renamed her Perry, because she doesn't do anything.  However, the conversation didn't go well and ended with Elliott sobbing and hyperventilating.  Maybe I'm weak. Perhaps even a bad parent.  I simply couldn't do that to him. He has so much in his plate right now and I just can't be responsible for adding more to his plate. I can make this work its just going to be a bit more work for me but that's okay.  I'll have to rebuild at least part of the table to dog-proof the thing. This just was on my ever growing list of things I have to accomplish. As far as the potential health risks go, they are minimal, we didn't…

Elliott gifted me with this picture he drew of the Magic School Bus. He drew it earlier this week but gave it to me today. I'm so proud of him and feel totally blessed to be his father.  Elliott is easily the most compassionate soul I have ever known.  Anyone that ever meets him knows just how amazing he is.  Right now, he's using the picture as a book mark in his New Super Mario Bros 2 guide book.  I hope to get my office put back together and when I do, this will be hanging in there, along with the rest of the creative things my kids have made for me.  :-)

This evening Elliott had an anxiety attack. I'm not really sure what brought this on.  Elliott was trying to tell us that he owes us money for something that happened to the wall in his bedroom. We were explaining the difference between what happened in his room and what Gavin has done. We tried explaining that Gavin purposefully destroyed his room and various other items around the house. Elliott just freaked out. Lizze and I spent a great deal of time trying to calm him down. He was hyperventilating and shaking.  I think it's safe to say that his anxiety is out of control. We began his new anti anxiety, tenex. We're starting off with a really small dose and building up over the next few weeks. We did manage…

Sorry I haven't been around today.  It's been a really long day and my attention has been elsewhere.  If you find that this blog hasn't been updated, chances are life is really rough at the moment. That's definitely been the case today. I'll update everyone in a little bit.  I just wanted you all to know that I'm still alive. It's just been really rough week. Talk to you in a little bit, right now I'm going to be hanging out with Elliott, his 3DS, The New Super Mario Bros 2 and the official strategy guide. I'll explain later. 

We had to run out to Sprint last night and made it a family affair.  Emmett came into the store with me and was really, deliriously tired.  We wanted to sit down but there were no empty chairs.  I picked him up and say him down on the counter, right in front of me.  We were chatting with an awesome associate, who actually made the trip lots of fun.  Anyway, a few minutes later,  Emmett began to giggle uncontrollably.  Next thing I know, he rips this extremely loud fart. We're talking,  the noise reverberated off the glass counter.  Emmett,  through his hysterical laughter, says,  excuse me I farted. The associate behind the counter, was simply dying. This was partly because it smelled unbelievably awful but also because it was the…