You know something? When you're a special needs parent, it's really important to find joy in the little things.  It's been a pretty good day today and that's awesome.  The highlight of my day thus far was Gavin's new IVIG supplies arriving sorta on time. They should've been here last week but they're here now and that's what matters.  The really exciting part is that we received the shorter tubing so we can knock these infusions out in less than 30 minutes.  Even at the current time of 2 hours, it just seems to really be a lot for Gavin.  If we can get these done in 15 or 20 minutes, that would be awesome for Gavin. 😀 Sometimes it's the little things in life that make the biggest impact.…

After all the drama this morning with Emmett, his shoes and going to school, I really was hoping to walk. Unfortunately, it was raining and I'm not quite that hardcore yet.  I've been writing, folding laundry and even had a conference call about a new project I'm working on with my good friend Joel Manzer from Autisable. I've got two baskets of laundry that I would really like to get folded before the boys get home from school today. I'm feeling like that's a pretty reasonable request of myself and I fully intend on completing it.  That will be some more progress and a great way to start the week off on the right foot.    

I've made the decision to adopt a relatively major change to the way I've been doing things in our house.  Starting today, all screens (TV, tablets, laptops etc) will be turned off at 6pm. This rule applies to the boys because I need access to my phone and so have to work but the idea is to end the day without the use of screen time.. The only exception is that Elliott will use his tablet to listen to music at night and Emmett will watch an episode of something on Netflix before falling asleep.     The music is a positive thing but I'm hoping to slowly reduce the need of TV at bedtime for Emmett.  He really doesn't even watch it, it's essentially background noise and it lights up…

We had a pretty fun afternoon. The boys and I went to visit my parents for a little bit today. We were able to hang out and watch the Browns lose to the Raiders. 😕 It was just a nice little diversion for the day and a pleasant change of scenery for everyone.  I picked up pizza on the way home because that's all the boys will eat in their school lunches. Now we're just sorta chilling out and having a nice quiet evening at home. 😀 It's been a pretty awesome day...