I'm really excited to be able to review Box4Blox because it's serves such a practical purpose. If your kids are like mine, they love Lego's. Lego's are a very common pass time for many kids on the Autism Spectrum. All three of my boys are on the Autism Spectrum and they all enjoy building with their Lego's. I've actually written about Lego's many times over the past year because they play such a dominate role in my boys lives. We have had the pleasure of using Box4Blox for a few weeks now and I have to say that this is by far, one of the most ingenious things I have ever used. The concept is so incredibly simple but it works very well. Basically you have 4 trays that stack together. This works…

Emmett did some very cool things this week in OT.  He climbed the rock wall and superman jumped off the platform and crashed into the giant pillows. He also did the washing machine as well. The rock wall was for strengthening and the superman jump provided the impact type input that he needs.  However,  the coolest thing was the washing machine.  They filled a giant cloth bag with balls from a ball pit.  Then,  Emmett climbed inside and they sorta shook the bag so that he was kinda tumbling in the balls.  It basically,  works to help desensitize him.  He loved it. He did really well once again and I'm very proud of him.  B-) - Lost and Tired Posted by Wordpress for Android via Samsungs Epic Touch 4G (provided…

I thought I would post this in honor of the 3 year anniversary of the day I adopted Gavin.   This is the actual letter I wrote to the judge about why I wanted to adopt Gavin.   I often return to this letter to help me put things into perspective......... I was finally able to adopt Gavin on October 22, 2008 after fighting for 10 years to protect him from his abusive biological father and paternal grandmother.  I love you Gavin :-) Why do I want to adopt Gavin? I have been asked the question, Why do I want to adopt Gavin? This should be very simple to answer but it’s not.  There is so much going on in our lives that I don’t really know how to answer this question…

Yesterday was beyond exhausting.  Gavin was in very,  very,  rare form.  I haven't seen him this bad in a very long time.  Between all the screaming and having to restrain him while they took blood,  it's all I can do to keep my eyes open. Gavin and Elliott spent the night at my parents house,  which was awesome.  However,  Emmett came home last night so we never actually got a break.  He's been up since 5am this morning.  Lizze most likely won't be out of bed for many hours,  if at all.  She's in really bad shape. I just want everything so slow down a bit today because I'm moving in slow motion today. - Lost and Tired Posted by Wordpress for Android via Samsungs Epic Touch 4G (provided to…

Long story short, because it's 2am.  The hospital ruled out any life threats but have no idea what is going on with him. Gavin's doing better now and actually spending the night at my parents,  along with Elliott.  I'll have more details later on?  For now I need to get to sleep. Thank you all so much for your thoughts and prayers.  I truly appreciate it.  :-) Good night..... - Lost and Tired Posted by Wordpress for Android via Samsungs Epic Touch 4G (provided to me at no charge by Sprint) without the use of proper editing tools and disadvantages of a bastardized version of auto-correct. So please forgive the spelling ;-) Please Vote for Lost and Tired (just click the link) and help me spread Autism Awareness. Everyone can…

Lizze and I haven't eaten today.  The morning was just to crazy.  We are in the room with Gavin right now and I think this is going to be a very long day. On the plus side,  I did find 3 cough drops in my jacket pocket.  They are from last winter but weren't even sticky :-) Lizze didn't want any so more for me :-P Honestly,  they don't really make a difference.  I'm so freaking hungry right now.  I'm only typing this because I'm trying to kill time and block out the obnoxious cartoon on the TV right now.  For the record, it's not working.  - Lost and Tired Posted by Wordpress for Android via Samsungs Epic Touch 4G (provided to me at no charge by Sprint) without the…

They needed to draw blood.  They offered to do it via finger pricking instead of the usual blood draw.  WOW.  Absolute nightmare and for Gavin,  that's saying something.  That's all I can say.  Complete disaster.  Gavin screamed and screamed.  He had to be poked a second time because he was fighting so hard the first of clotted.  Something is very clearly wrong.  Gavin was completely disconnected and using made up words. I once again had to look like a monster because I was very abrupt with him as that's the only way to de-escalate him.  It's not easy to do, but after a while I have just learned it's one of those things that I just have to do. I haven't gotten to the point that I don't care how…

Saw the doctor and he did a quick evaluation.  I'm not sure what they are going to do but I hope they at least check his blood sugar.  They should also run a full blood panel. Then they wanted a urine sample.  That was loads of fun.  He was struggling to stand up without being really wobbly.  I never got to eat this morning before this all went down.  So I'll take a nice lunch and a huge side of freakin' answers.  - Lost and Tired Posted by Wordpress for Android via Samsungs Epic Touch 4G (provided to me at no charge by Sprint) without the use of proper editing tools and disadvantages of a bastardized version of auto-correct. So please forgive the spelling ;-) Please Vote for Lost and…