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Wednesday, March 6, 2013

Our trip and update

So we pulled it off and surprised our kids with a trip to Disney!  S had been gone for work for a week, so the Saturday he got back we told the kids to pack a change of clothes we were going on a road trip.  It worked.  We just said we were going to drive through the night to the beach and spend a day.  Totally bought it!  It was a long drive but totally worth it.  As we approached the big arching sign for Disney World S said to T, "I think we may have taken a wrong turn, T can you read that sign?"  She did and was so confused.  Not P though, he immediately started screaming, "thank you, thank you!  We are Disney World!" D and HM seemed fully perplexed but that was ok.
Next surprise was our close friends B&A met us there, and the kids grandparents later that day!!  It was so much excitement and they all did so well.  HM was so excited to see the HUGE "Nemo" pictures at the hotel and just pointed and screamed.  All day at Magic Kingdom and everyone did awesome.  I was so proud.  We took almost 800 pics total, so I won't overwhelm, but I will add a couple of my favorites.   We stayed until Friday and headed home around 1pm.  That made for a torturous drive home and HM has become increasingly cranky, feverish and coughing.  Poor guy!  We learned he had another ear infection and more wheezing.  So back on meds for him.
That is the very abbreviated trip story.

In other news, HM continues to receive speech services and has some of his own language, but nothing most people can understand.  I am meeting with the Speech people next week to talk about what else we should be doing.  Dr. also said that he may be developing asthma, so we are learning about all of that.

Today, winter made her true presence and dumped more than a foot of snow on us.  Everything came to a screeching halt around here.  HM did get to hold a little snowball and it seemed to be his first experience with snow.  It was fun to watch his fear turn to delight.

So those are all of the positive updates.  Some of the tougher stuff.  Behavior has been an issue with HM as of late.  We partly believe that recent illness may have something to do with it and of course being 2, but it is still challenging and can be very exhausting.  Being that his is not an only child, it is important that our other kids don't think HM is allowed to "get away" with things that are not acceptable for them.  At the same time, his story is different from theirs.  They understand that to some degree, but it is still hard.   We are trying different things, the language limitation of course adds to every one's frustration.  So that is where we are, several steps forward and an occasional step back.

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2 comments:

  1. So much FUN, sorry to have missed it. I will enjoy hearing the stories from the little ones.
    XO
    GG

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  2. I know that this was an awesome surprise for all of the kids - even Sarah!

    I sure hope that HM does not have to deal with Asthma - been there, done that, and its is not fun. Make sure he gets the best care.

    P-Pa

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