It appears that Gavin is sick.  He's not supposed to be but when has his body ever followed the rules? He's says that he feels fine but he has rather explosive tummy issues. It's possible that he ate something in Cleveland yesterday that isn't agreeing with him.  It's also possible that he simply ate too much junk.  If Gavin is not closely watched, he will literally inhale anything he can get his hands on.  He has absolutely no natural ability to regulate his own intake and never feels full. This is why we have to run such a tight ship when it comes to his diet. Either way, he's clearly struggling today and that's concerning for two reasons.  First off, with a severely compromised immune system, anytime he's sick it's…

Dear Monday, I'm writing you today to request that you please be kind to me, my family and my family of readers. Life isn't easy for many of us and you're in a unique position to help us all to begin the new week on the right foot.  I know that you'll do the right thing.  :-) Thank you....... This site is managed almost exclusively via WordPress for Android. Please forgive any typos as autocorrect HATES me. ;-) Follow @Lost_and_Tired Visit the My Autism Help Forums To reach me via email, please Contact Me

Gavin got home before his brothers this evening because he rode with my sister.  He was probably home for a good 2 hours before Elliott and Emmett got back.  In that time, he and I got some cleaning done.  Gavin was a big help and he did an absolutely awesome job. He was also really tired from playing all day with his cousins that he even went to bed early.  He was totally pooped and was out before his head hit his pillow.  I also wanted to sneak in this picture of his latest Lego creation.  It's some kind of robot but nothing in particular. He was just being creative.  :-) This site is managed almost exclusively via WordPress for Android. Please forgive any typos as autocorrect HATES me. ;-) Follow…

Lizze and I had some time to ourselves this afternoon while the boys were with my parents.  We had a really long night last night with Emmett and we were exhausted. The title of this post is sort of play on words.  Lizze hasn't been feeling well the past couple of days and today she was pretty sick.  I was really tired from being up so late with Emmett last night.  Put us together and we're Sick and Tired. Pretty lame, right? I know, it's just that kind of day. :-P On of the things I wanted to do today, besides watching another Stephen King movie, was get Lizze out of the house. Since we're broke as a joke, whatever we did would have to be free.  I know that…

Gavin has been talking incessantly all day.  To be more accurate, he's been talking incessantly for weeks but he's kicked it up a knotch today.  This is all just an upward swing of the bipolar disorder.  An upward swing is one in the manic direction.  A downward swing would be one in the depressive direction. When his moods are balanced, they sorta equalize, somewhere in the middle. What tends to happen with Gavin is that he becomes manic when he's unstable.  When he's manic, he's very hyper and scattered.  He will talk incessantly and his thoughts are a jumbled mess. If you can even understand what he's physically saying, his words don't make any sense. Typically, his manic phase will bring it's friend psychosis along with it. This just means…

If you follow my Facebook page, you know that Lizze and I were watching classic Steven King movies last night.  As we were finishing the last 20 minutes of "IT", Emmett came racing down the steps in a complete panic. Apparently he had another nightmare and was scared. He fell asleep on Lizze, on the couch. When Lizze and I were going to bed, I decided that Emmett and I would sleep on the couch because he wasn't likely to sleep well and I wanted Lizze to get some rest. Needless to say, it was a very long and restless night.  This site is managed almost exclusively via WordPress for Android. Please forgive any typos as autocorrect HATES me. ;-) Follow @Lost_and_Tired Visit the My Autism Help Forums To reach me…

While today was far from perfect, we did have our share of victories as well.  I wanted to share two of them with you all.  Personally, I feel that it's really, really important to try and find some positive in every single day.  I totally understand that it's not always possible and it's certainly not easy to focus on something positive, especially when things are at their worst.  This is just something that I have taken on as a personal challenge. Today's victory is the fact that there were moments in the day where I watched my kids getting along really well.  Gavin and Emmett were working on a Lego thing and then Elliott and Emmett were sharing the iPad together. It's moments like this that really help me through…

For whatever reason, the boys have been into Pokemon the past few days.  They have a renewed interest in the collecting cards and the characters.  They've dug out the Pokemon books and have been having Pokemon battling as well. Gavin decided that he needed to make a Pokedex.  He made this out of Legos and he's been using it to help identify all the Pokemon he encounters along his journey.  He gets points for creativity on this one.  Great job Gavin.  :-) This site is managed almost exclusively via WordPress for Android. Please forgive any typos as autocorrect HATES me. ;-) Follow @Lost_and_Tired Visit the My Autism Help Forums To reach me via email, please Contact Me