It is hard to believe that on Wednesday the kids will have been in school for SIX weeks! Where does the time go?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?! I was really hoping that with both boys being in school all day that things would settle down and I'd be able to get some things done. Oh, no!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Things have been absolutely CRAZY busy!!!!!!!! Since I … [Read more...]
When You Feel Abandoned By Your Church
Being a special needs family, finding a church family is hard! When we moved to Wichita we were part of a church for a couple of years until Caleb's behaviors came to the point that he needed extra help during Sunday school time. We asked for help from the children's director and was basically told that either Tony or I would have to be in with … [Read more...]
Struggling with Contentment
This is a very real and candid post. Contentment is something that I have really been struggling with lately. As I was growing up I had a vision of what my family and life would look like. I figured I'd get married and have two kids (with no problems). No where on my radar was infertility or Autism or special needs. I know that God does … [Read more...]
22 Days!!!
Twenty-two days! Twenty-two days is all that's left in this school year for Caleb and Steven. It's hard to believe that we're in the home stretch for this year. Caleb is fixing to finish eighth grade and he will be having an eighth grade graduation. Steven will be finishing kindergarten. It's hard to believe that Caleb will be starting high … [Read more...]
Caleb and Meds – Sometimes Don’t Mix Very Well!!!!!!!
So as I stated in my last post, which you can read about here in case you missed it, I am going to try and update you on Caleb and what happened when he had to change to a generic form of a medication and added a new seizure medication earlier this year. January started as any other January until it came time to fill one of Caleb's long time … [Read more...]
Where Does the Time Go?
It's hard to believe that it's already March 27th. It seems like we just celebrated Christmas and I was getting ready to send out our Christmas letter which if you have not read previously, you can read it here. Since we have celebrated Steven's sixth birthday! We've celebrated Caleb's 14th birthday! (With his friend, … [Read more...]
2015 Christmas Letter
For those of you that I did not have addresses to send Christmas cards, here is our 2015 Christmas letter. For the rest of you, no peeking, your Christmas card is on it's way! (Although there are a few more pictures here than on the Christmas card!!!) November 30, 2015 Dear Friends and Family, Hey, it’s November and I’m already starting … [Read more...]
The Road is Paved with Good Intentions…
When I transferred this blog to a self-hosting blog, I really had every intention of keeping it updated on a more regular basis. I really wanted to do more with my blog than just update it every few months and then do a big update and then let it sit. But guess what, that has not happened! Once again, it has been three months since I've updated … [Read more...]
Surgery
One would think with the number of surgeries and sedated procedures that the kids have been through that it would get easier and the nerves would not be bad. But I think the nerves actually get worse with each procedure. I have lost count where we're at in the surgery/sedation procedure numbers! I'm sure if I went back through my records and took … [Read more...]
Last Day of School
Today was the boys' last day of school for the 2014-15 school year. It's hard to believe that I officially have an eighth grader and a kindergartener!!!!! It's also hard to believe that we are completely finished with the ECC (Early Childhood Center) program through Maize. We started with them 10 years ago and seen them evolve from 2 special … [Read more...]