I'm super stoked to announce that Lizze is back up and running once again.  Her new site is called My Life Beyond Labels.  Please mark the change in your bookmarks so you visit her.  This has been a big change and one that was beyond our control. I want to thank Stuart Duncan,  Katrina Moody, Nicole Leebeck and Vet for all their help with brainstorming new ideas etc.  Stuart Duncan deserves a huge amount of credit for get the server side of things taken care of in a very short amount of time.  If anyone is in need of great hosting service,  Stuart is your guy.  Let me know and I'll get you in contact with him. :-) What are you still here for?  Get on over to My Life…

I have to admit that I find myself a bit frustrated this evening. In the Lost and Tired household,  as with many others,  the end of the month brings with it fewer options of meals,  at least until the next trip to the grocery store. This can be a particularly challenging time for me because it's hard to feed these guys when I have a plethora of options. However,  when we reach this time during the month and I have fewer and fewer options to offer these guys,  it becomes really frustrating.  Gavin is by far,  the easiest to please.  He's open to trying new things and is happy with peanut butter and jelly. Emmett and Elliott are far more picky and very difficult to feed, especially when we are…

Emmett built this little airplane out of Lego's this morning,  all by himself.  He did a fantastic job and worked really hard.  I'm quite proud of him,  as he is of himself. This little airplane is a model of what he now claims he wants for Christmas.  He said that he wants a blue airplane that comes with a controller.  He said it will turn like this,  as he spread his arms wide and ran around the living room,  banking and turning. I love to see him come out of his shell,  a little more each day.  He's has come such a long way since his nonverbal days. Anyways,  this is his prized Lego creation.  He made me retake the picture until he was happy with it.  He's like a…

I'm very pleased to announce that Gavin is still making good choices.  We have gone almost 2 weeks without a single violent meltdown.  For that matter,  we haven't seen any meltdowns,  violent or otherwise. I'm constantly praising him for these choices and hopefully that will encourage him to continue. The biggest issue we are having with Gavin,  at least right now,  revolve around his health. That's certainly not his fault but that adds a great deal of stress and uncertainty to the Lost and Tired household. We still haven't received a refill of his blood pressure medication. Despite my repeated attempts,  we are still left in limbo.  I really think that at some point,  Gavin will be back in the hospital because of this.  He's experiencing more and more problems…

Emmett made his triumphant return to occupational and speech therapies today. To say he was excited would be the understatement of the century. He would only allow me to take him today. I don't know what that was all about but he was insistent. I would like to thank Buckeye Community Health Plan for causing Emmett to lose 4 months worth of progress. He has lost a significant amount of muscle tone while they sat on their thumbs for almost 120 days and simply didn't process the paperwork.  Idiots..... However,  I'm so excited that he's back now that I'm moving passed my anger and  frustration.  I'm looking to the future. It was funny because his therapists weren't sure who was more excited,  me or Emmett.  He did a fantastic job…