Saturday, July 22, 2006

One of those days.....

Today has been a hard day. I had to take both boys to work with me this morning and help prepare our shop for an upcoming inspection. Can you say "ONE More WEEK until I go on LEAVE!!" I am so frustrated with work right now I could just scream. Anyway, we were told yesterday to show up at 8am today. Mike has his Guard weekend this weekend, so I ended up taking both boys with me. Michael got up with no problem. He was very excited to get to work with Mommy. He got dressed, and ate some cereal for breakfast, and was ready in a flash. Nick, started out fine and good, but as the minutes ticked by and his daily routine gone to the wayside, he lost it. He refused to eat breakfast, and cried the entire time until we left. Once we got to my shop, it was no better. He cried for about the first 30min, then laid in the play-pen shaking his head for about another half hour or so. Kristine offered him a pencil to twirl, but that only lasted for about 5 min before he went back to wailing. After about an hour, he was ok, and I let him walk around the shop. There was another toddler there who would come up to Nick, but Nick either pushed him away, or maneuvered himself right past him. Nick spent the time staring out the windows, opening and closing doors, and peeling stickers off the cabinets. Michael actually helped us quite a bit by helping stencil a dolly(with full protective gear on.....it was funny!) and vacuuming out the drawers in one of our tool kits. He was a bit disappointed that we were not working on parachutes...he really wanted to help with those.

We came home, and I put Nick down for a nap. He woke up and is still out of sorts. He has wandered around the house crying and I have tried everything. I just wish he could tell me whats wrong. I saw a "normal" 1 1/2 yr old today, and it just made me sad. This little boy was interacting with people around him; even though he could not talk, he interacted. Nick was not interested in the slightest. He was completely oblivious to anyone around him. He completely lost it again when we went to vacuum before we left. He was literally petrified by it and ran to the nearest person who picked him up. He did not run to me, he did not seek me out for comfort..he was calmed down by a complete stranger(I knew him, but the kids do not). Try to think if any two year old you know would let a complete stranger hold them?? That is all for today, Mike just called and is on his way home. I might take little Michael out to a movie for being such a big boy today. Have a great weekend!

Tuesday, July 18, 2006

Michael

Michael went yesterday to another growth check with his doctor. All is extremely well!! He is 43.5" (he has grown 4" since we started 6mos ago!!) and is around 43lbs! He has not had any side effects from the shots (other than GROWING), and we hope to keep it that way. His Dr. was very pleased and did not change anything. He also said that we might be able to stop the shots when Michael enters puberty (as opposed to when he stops growing all together). So, he might be looking at only 8 years on the shots vs. 12 or more. It was a fantastic appointment. We are so excited to see him moving UP the growth chart instead of DOWN. He is very excited as well! He kept telling me all the stuff he is going to do once he gets to 48"--ride all the scary rides, go on ALL the water slides,etc. He was very happy to say the least.

We had to put the Jeep in the shop yesterday. Mike still could not get it to start, and we thought it could be the alternator. We took it to Firestone yesterday when I got home, and they did some testing on it. It turned out that the battery was bad. So, we bought a new battery and it is doing good for now! Nick missed two days of therapy so we kind of feel bad about that, but $h*t happens.

Mike is leaving this weekend for his annual tour with the Guard. I am on my own for two weeks. I have found daycare for both boys the first week, and for the second week I am on leave.

Nicholas is doing great! I have been getting hugs from him everyday and I absolutely love it. He will come up and give me a push when he wants my attention. Last night we had a tickle fest--I got to tickle and "wrestle" with both my little guys, and daddy got in on it too. There is nothing better than hearing their laughter and seeing them smile!

Sunday, July 16, 2006

New Updates

I have changed the settings a little bit and added some links which are to the right. One of the links is to our WALK NOW page. In September, we are doing the walk for autism research in Seattle with our long time friends from eastern Wa. We have known them since Michael and Nathan were 18mos old and they have become our best friends over the years. Michael and Nathan were born on the same day and we met by chance when I locked myself out of the car at the commissary! We have been good friends ever since. Please do what you can to help raise money and support our wonderful boys in their journey. There will be more links added in the future as I find out more sites. Have a great weekend!