I'm a huge believer in using technology to help make our lives more manageable. When we got our tax return this year one of the things that we did was try to build a crash room. That didn't go very well. When our bouncey house died we were unable to replace it due to being discontinued. The rest of the crash room pretty much fell apart after that.  We wanted something to capture the kids attention but at the same time keep them physically active.   Our kids LOVE video games. However, just because they LOVE them doesn't mean they are able to play them. In Gavin's case he is really good but gets REALLY frustrated and meltsdown. Elliott's current obsession is video games. We do our best to limit…

Gavin has been doing pretty well especially for the past month or so. He was finally able to be put back on the anti-psychotics after his LP at the Cleveland Clinic. However, the past few days Gavin has begun to struggle again. We are seeing multiple meltdowns per day again. He has also become very disorganized both mentally and physically. He no longer keeps his room clean and organized like he has obsessively been doing for the past few months. He also can't seem to remember things. Gavin's back to hitting himself in the head as well. Today when I told him he had a fever he melted down....like he had done something wrong. He has started lieing to us but he can't keep things straight in his head so he…

It's confirmed..... Elliott is the 3rd Autistic child in our family to be stricken with a fever.... Now, if you'll excuse me, God and I are going to have little talk.....wish him luck.... -lost and tired Posted via midNIGHT powered Epic 4G by lost and tired

We sent two healthy kids out, one to each set of grandparents. However, we get 2 sicks ones back in return. That doesn't seem like a fair trade to me ;) Emmett and Gavin both have fevers...This is going to be a long night. When I told Gavin he had a fever he started freaking out. I'm working on an update for Gavin cause he's not doing good...... I thought God and I had an understanding.... Only one sick Autistic child at a time... Clearly, one of us has forgotten our little arrangement... Really though, this is a really bad time for these guys to be sick (not that anytime is a good time, really) because we have appointments ou the ying yang this week, including Case western...... Posted via…

I managed to get the tire fixed. My dad came and we pulled it off and got it repaired. When we got mack to my house I went to pull the tire out of the back of his van and we heard this "hissing" sound. Guess what.....that's right my dad's back drivers side tire was flat. Unbelievable..... You are all probably better off just staying away form us cause we are just bad luck... I just don't know what else to say but our luck appears to be contagious......  Oh well.... Sorry Dad...but thanks for the help...

After a really long and really crappy day we finally got a small break. Emmett went to Lizze's parents for the night which means we will gets some MUCH NEEDED sleep. We sent Gavin to my parents because he isn't doing very well (I'll post about that later) and spent some quality time with Elliott. Elliott just breaks my heart because he is just the sweetest kid in the world but he is stuck in a really bad situation. He is our VERY high functioning Aspie. Most people would never know anything was wrong. Elliott is stuck between to siblings that are always struggling. He sometimes gets lost in the shuffle. I do my best to prevent that from happening but at times it happens and it breaks my heart…

So after the day I've had I didn't think it would get any worse... I opened the mail and found a letter from Canton City Police Department. I instantly felt sick to my stomach. I opened it to find out that my car has been impounded and is being "held for court"... They have charging me $15/day since for the last 10 days. It won't be released until I go t court. Here's the kicker. I haven't owned that car for like 8 months. I actually took it to a scrap yard early last summer and signed it over. Not sure how this happened but I have to clear this up on Monday. Welcome to my life...... Posted via midNIGHT powered Epic 4G by lost and tired

So last night I left to go pick up Gavin and Lizze's meds. Driving down the road I noticed the van pulling sharply to the right. I figured it must be the snow on the road and didn't think much of it. However, it was still pulling when I hit the main roads. I pulled over and got out to look and sure enough I was driving on the rim. I slowly made my way back home as I was only 1 block from my house. I went in the house to grab the compressor and broke the attachment I needed to fill the tire. I searched for 20 min and fund the old one and went out to fill the tire. My guess is that the tire is of…