I'm pretty frustrated at the moment because I crashed about 10:00 am and slept much longer than I wanted to. I understand that my body clearly needed it but at the same time, life needs more attention than it's been getting. On the positive side, I feel much better and ready to tackle the day. How does one recover from chronic sleep deprivation? You can't make up sleep that was lost but is there a way to regain a healthy sleep wake cycle? Truth be told, my circumstances won't change much in the near future. The medications Lizze is on are very sedative, and while she's still adjusting to the changes, it's always going to make her sleepy to some extent. My goal is to get to bed by 10:00…

It was a long night but a pretty great morning. Mondays have traditionally kinda sucked in our house. This morning however, things have gone quite smoothly thus far. Elliott is dressed and ready to go by 7:30 am. The biggest chunk of awesome is thanks to Emmett tolerating his shoes and socks this morning. Props to Lizze for helping to facilitate that chunk of awesome.

As we begin the new week, I'm feeling hopeful that things will be getting better. There will be new doors opening for us and I'm very optimistic that we can make some forward progress. It's also going to be a rather busy week as well. At last count, we have roughly a dozen appointments before the end of the week but most of them are local. That's always a good thing.. ☺ Emmett and Gavin will have Speech and Occupational Therapy on Tuesday. Both of them are looking forward to that. On the topic of Occupational Therapy, there will be a big change in store for Emmett. He's going to begin working with a peer during therapy and that's really cool. It gives him a chance to practice his social…

The boys have been doing pretty great this morning. Gavin's struggling a little bit, but overall, a pretty smooth morning. Lizze had a rough time falling asleep because she's not yet adjusted to her new medication adjustments. She fell asleep really late and was up early with the boys. This meant I was able to sleep in for a change. I'm super grateful for that.. Unfortunately, I'm not feeling so well today. I don't know if I'm getting sick or what but I certainly feel as though I am. I may try to close my eyes in order to try and shake this but I'm not sure if that's gonna help.