Today has not been a good day. The kids have been bouncing off the walls and Gavin has been incessantly talking all day long.  We went to my parents house for the afternoon and the boys had a great time. Unfortunately, that just sorta turbo charged their engines and has made for a really stressful evening.   Lizze had a pretty rough day to say the very least. I know she shared about how she's slipping backwards and that's largely my fault. There are still some bridges that need to be crossed with some of my siblings in regards to Lizze and I getting back together, before we can put this all behind us.  I'll be completely honest and say that it's an absolutely shitty situation to be in. I…

It's very quickly approaching 1:30 am and Elliott still isn't asleep. We've tried everything to help him but he's just too anxious. Melatonin hasn't helped and neither has endless back scratching. We had him take a relaxing bath and even tried essential oils in the diffuser. Lizze and I are so fucking tired. We obviously can't go to sleep until all the boys are asleep. It's our job to ensure that not a creature is stirring, not even an Elliott.  Perhaps some of you are going through the same thing...  This is for you... ☺ https://youtu.be/6-HjtRGIcog

I've got a larger Christmas entry coming soon, so I'll save most of the Christmas related stuff for that. 😀  For now I wanted to talk about how everyone seems to be doing as the holiday excited sort of envelops us in all its overstimulating glory. The short version of the story is that its been a very, very, very long day.  I picked the boys up from my parent's house around noon today. It was quite apparent that they were extremely anxious about Christmas. Frankly, any kid would have a higher level excitement as Christmas day approaches. With my kids however, regulation is something that doesn't come easy for them. They wear their excitement and anxiety on their sleeve for the whole world to experience with them.  😁  Gavin…