Today is the first of many appointments for this week.  In many ways, this is likely the most important one of the week as well. Shortly we will be heading to the Cleveland Clinic.  Lizze will be visiting a new OB/GYN to find out for sure if she's entering early menopause and if not, what's causing all the identical symptoms. The Cleveland Clinic has one of the top OB/GYN clinics in the country, so I'm confident that we can finally get a handle on what's going on. If she is indeed going through early menopause (which is something prominent in her family), that could explain much of what she's been suffering from.  I realize it's probably bad luck but to say this now but I think we may finally get…

I want to share this with my readers because this is really cool and a huge honor. I was contacted by The Stir at CafeMom.com  this afternoon and told that I had been awarded the Top 10 Autism Blog. This is such an honor and I'm totally humbled by this recognition for my work.  Thank you The Stir and thank you CafeMom. I really appreciate it and I hope I can live up to this.  :-) This site is managed via WordPress for Android, courtesy of the @SamsungMobileUS Galaxy Note 2 by @Tmobile. Please forgive any typos as autocorrect HATES me. ;-) Check out my #Autism Awareness Store to find really cool and unique #Autism Awareness Clothing and Accessories, designed by me. ;-) For more ways to help the Lost…

We are an outside the box kind of family. There is really nothing normal or typical about us. This also includes what we do for fun. Today is a perfect example. The boys have been begging me to clean out the couches.  They love to pull off the cushions and dig for treasure. Aside from all the trash and Cheerios, the boys find toys they've been missing and loose change they can claim for themselves.  It's literally like a treasure hunt for them. This is one of those weird kinda things that make us who we are.  I sometimes feel like I must be depriving them somehow if they find amusement in cleaning out the couches. You know, like how boring their life must be, if the highlight of their…

I wanted to share one of the things I find the most inspiring in my life.  It's probably obvious that my wife and kids are my source of inspiration.  However, I want to single someone out for a minute and celebrate what I find so inspirational. For those of you that have been reading this blog and following our story for a few years, you probably know Emmett’s story.  With that said, I wanted to share it for those who aren't aware.....  :-) My little (or rather, not so little) Emmett John  had a really rough start to life.  Emmett will be 5 years old this June.  For the most part, Emmett is doing really well.  That wasn't always the case.  Emmett was born  a few weeks premature after Lizze…

The best way to describe today, at least thus far is, so far so good. I'm working extra hard to make healthier meal choices and so for breakfast I had a bowl of oatmeal with blueberries sprinkled on top.  This is one of my favorite ways to start the day. Emmett loves oatmeal but Elliott wouldn't you have it with a 10 foot pole.  This site is managed via WordPress for Android, courtesy of the @SamsungMobileUS Galaxy Note 2 by @Tmobile. Please forgive any typos as autocorrect HATES me. ;-) Check out my #Autism Awareness Store to find really cool and unique #Autism Awareness Clothing and Accessories, designed by me. ;-) For more ways to help the Lost and Tired family, please visit Help the Lost and Tired Family.

Lizze and I were actually able to sleep in until a little after 7am. :-) That's pretty awesome considering the boys woke up earlier than that.  Normally they are fighting as soon as they get up and we have to intervene. Perhaps this is a good sign for how the day is going to go.  :-) This site is managed via WordPress for Android, courtesy of the @SamsungMobileUS Galaxy Note 2 by @Tmobile. Please forgive any typos as autocorrect HATES me. ;-) Check out my #Autism Awareness Store to find really cool and unique #Autism Awareness Clothing and Accessories, designed by me. ;-) For more ways to help the Lost and Tired family, please visit Help the Lost and Tired Family.

I'm really proud of the Lost and Tired family.  It might seem silly to say this but we survived another day.  Sometimes that in and of itself is a victory to be celebrated. The boys didn't kill each other and for the most part, actually got along quite well. Lizze managed to stay awake today, despite the amount of pain she's in and was a huge help to me. I was even able to sneak away and get almost 2 miles in today as well.  It's was friggin cold outside but the workout felt great.  I managed to get a ton of work done on the forums today. You can check out all the great new features I've been able to add by visiting the My Autism Help Forums.  On…

I wanted to let you know that I setup a super secret group on the My Autism Help forums for Dad's. I call it the Batcave. It's completely private and hidden from the rest of the forums. You can only see it if you are given a certain user type. Basically, no one even knows it there, unless they are given special permission. The Batcave is open to all Dad's of special needs kids as a place to let go and just be guys. Who knows, maybe we can even share our feelings?  :-P There is a great deal more freedom with the forums, plus a dedicated forum app (android only for now) that will push update and notify you of new posts and threads. As the Batcave grows, I…