~Autism and the "little things"~ What may seem like nothing significant to most people is in fact a great accomplishment for Emmett. I was playing the game, "I got your nose" with Emmett the other day. It was kinda funny but I didn't think anything of it. Today however, I realized that it was a pretty big deal and here's why. Emmett climbed up on the couch with me and reached over and "took my nose". He then said "I got your nose". Most people would say big deal he said "I got your nose". It's a HUGE deal because this is the first time in his entire life that he has strung 4 words together. It may not have been "I love you Daddy" or "Mommy, I love you"…

We made some more progress today with potty training Emmett. He wanted to wear his little Finding Nemo underwear this afternoon. He didn't have any accidents. He almost has "number 1" down to a science. He will say potty and then strip down and run upstairs to the bathroom. He can do the whole thing by himself. He climbs up on the potty and does his thing and then hops off. He shuts the lid and flushes. Then he takes the hand sanitizer and washes his hands. "Number 2", however, is a much different story. That is an area we seem to be stuck at. As far as Emmett is concerned, "number 2" is done in his diaper and ONLY in his diaper. This is something we are going to have to really…

On a positive note, Lizze seems to be moving around a bit more easily. She is only using the cane on occasions for right now. As I said in my previous post her migraine is back  but at least she is gaining some mobility back. I really worry about her when she can't move because of her history of blood clots. Hopefully this is a sign of things to come. :)  

Unfortunately, the trip to the hospital didn't work. Lizze's migraine came back yesterday morning. It never actually broke but the pain killers worked to bring the pain level down a bit. However, that was short lived.  Lizze is scheduled for an occipital never block in 2 weeks and a headache infusion in 3 weeks. I'm really hoping the migraine just breaks before she needs to have these done. The occipital never block is a VERY painful procedure and is not always effective. The headache infusion will take 3 days.   Please say a prayer we get this under control before the procedures are scheduled.

I picked the boys up from school today. Today is Wednesday and that means Gavin has his blood work today. Normally I would drop Elliott off at home and then take Gavin but today was different. Lizze was not feeling well and Emmett was sick so they were sleeping. I had to take Elliott with us. We were talking about their day discussing what was going to happen at the doctors office. I reminded Gavin that if he's brave then I'll get him ice cream. I told Elliott that I would get him ice cream as well but he had to behave. They were both very excited at the thought of getting ice cream. On the way we saw a man standing on the corner holding a sign. I couldn't read…

~Houston we have occupational therapy~ Emmett FINALLY begins occupational therapy today. We have been on a waiting list FOREVER. He goes at 11:00am for speech therapy and then occupational therapy at 11:30am. Then he goes to school around noon. This will be a busy day for him so he is currently napping with Lizze. These days are pretty tough on Emmett and so he can be in a....less than pleasant mood. He really enjoys going but it just takes a lot out of him. Hopefully, we will start seeing some progress as far as sensory related issue are concerned now that occupational therapy has started. For right now he will be going once a week to OT and twice a week to speech. He does still get a little of both while…