The boys had therapy yesterday afternoon.  All was well until right before we arrived at Concorde Kids. However, I've gotten ahead of myself. Emmett and I went to pick up his brothers at school, around 2pm. They all had either speech, OT or both. When Elliott got into the van he was a little bit upset because he was missing get snack time.  He talked himself through it and was doing ok.  While on the way to Concorde Kids,  Elliott made the comment that 3pm would be here really soon and he could go home and have a snack.  I thought that was very mature of him and I was about to tell him how proud of him I was for handling that so well.  However, before I could open…

I've got this pet peeve as of late and it has to do with USPS.  I love the postal service and I think the country would come to screeching hault if they do actually go under. That said,  I have a PO Box set up for this blog so that people can correspond via mail, for whatever reason. A few months ago I set up text messaging alerts so that when mail arrives,  I'm notified right away.  Until this point, I was just driving out their at random times to check.  It was a waste of time and gas. You would think that being the United States government we could make something as simple as a text message alert letting me know I have mail, work.  I mean we put…

Emmett and I have been spending a lot of time together, especially since he's in his Daddy phase. I often times, literally can't get away. As overwhelming as that can get at times,  it's also very rewarding as well.  Recently,  we were sitting on the couch and he sat there with his little arm around me.  I was able to sneak away pictures of us, but caught him in mid chew.  :-) I treasure these moments because I am fully aware that he's already growing up way to fast.  This was posted via WordPress for Android, courtesy of Samsung’s Galaxy S III. Please forgive any typos. I do know how to spell but auto-correct hate me. Please join our Autism Help Forums Look for "Autism Help" app at the Google…

I want to talk about stress.  I would be really surprised if anyone doesn't know what the heck stress is.  In fact,  I'd bet a dollar that most, if not all of you are way too familiar with stress. As a special needs parent, stress has become my worst enemy, and I long for a way to banish it from my life forever. Not all stress is bad because sometimes it can motivate us to keep going. However, the kind of stress that I constantly feel as a special needs parent is indescribable and not at all good.  If you want proof,  just ask my hair, rather what's left of it. Stress can and will destroy your body from the inside out if chronic and left unchecked. I thought we…

Emmett had a rough morning and spent much of it screaming.  He was used to Elliott being home and now all of a sudden, he wasn't.  This is a good example of not handling transitions very well.  This is really common for Emmett because he's autistic.  That's why we typically try to ease into change. Unfortunately, that can't always happen. :-( In order to go for nap,  I had to physically lay down with him,  in his twin bed.  Not very comfortable but at least he slept. When we got up a few hours later, he was in a much better mood.  He got himself dressed and we took the dogs out.  He broke out his trusty sidewalk chalk and laid down on the porch and drew some pictures on…