A good portion of you probably don't know this because I don't advertise it, but exactly 11 years ago today, my life changed forever. Shortly before lunch on October 22, 2008, I stood before Judge Dixie Park, sobbing like a baby, barely able to mutter a word, as I officially adopted Gavin. He didn't understand what was going on, but Lizze and I certainly did. For those who don't know, Gavin is Lizze's son from her first marriage. I've been raising him as my own since he was just over a year old. Every year I share the letter I wrote the judge, explaining who I was, who Gavin was, and why I wanted to adopt him. I'll let the letter speak for itself. Have a great night.. ☺ October…

This is not proving to be a good day and we have a tremendous amount that still needs done. I'll talk about that a bit later. Right now I want to focus on Mr. Gavin for a minute. First of all, he's having a really good morning and that's always a good thing. Second, he's putting on a bit of desperately needed weight. That's incredibly positive. ☺ Gavin has always struggled with situational awareness. He's always struggled with being aware of his surroundings. It's definitely a problem and it frequently leads to him hurting himself or breaking something. Since Gavin got his phone, he pretty much always had his headphones on, which is fine. The problem arises when he's walking from place to place, whether inside the house or away…

Gavin's getting a promotion of sorts, at least it feels that way to him. He had his blood work done on Monday as he usually does, but this time it's a bit different. Rather than requiring blood work every week and only receiving 7 days worth of Clozapine, he's moving to blood work every 2 weeks and a 14 day supply of Clozapine at a time. This means that his numbers have been stable for at least 6 months. This also assumes the powers that be will allow the change. Everything has been submitted and I don't foresee it being an issue. Gavin is very excited. It doesn't necessarily change a whole lot for him but he goes from blood work every week to only needing it every other week.…