J: What's with the lack of blog posts?
Me: I don't know. I just realized the other day that I didn't blog once in all of 2015.
J: That's pathetic.
Me: haha you're so right.
I haven't forgotten that conversation but here we are half way through 2016 and I'm finally getting around to it. So much has happened/changed since I wrote last and I think as time passed I became overwhelmed at the thought of trying to sum it all up. I'm going to give it a go though.
Side note: I just took an hour long break as Landon was not doing well during his autism therapy. I'm currently laying beside him in his bed comforting him as he usually has a big cry after an epic meltdown. I'm reminded as to the real reason why I don't blog often. Ain't nobody got time for that.
Back to it.
The biggest change since I wrote last was probably our move from a townhouse into a bigger home. Still in the same town and only a couple minutes away from our old place but so happy with our move. We live on the street that we've always wanted to live on and really love the neighborhood. Our house has a great layout for Landon and I'm so grateful there is no wall from the second floor that he can jump off of! The best part is we don't share a wall with our neighbors so I don't feel so bad when it's loud in here. Which is all the time.
Another big change is that I started to work, out of the house, again. As we were house hunting we decided it would be helpful if I had an income but with Landon's needs and unpredictability I wondered how I would find a job that would understand if I was late because I couldn't get him to put his shoes on or because he just had to listen to the air conditioner for 5 more minutes. I also knew I wanted to be the one to drop the kids off and pick them up from school so who on earth was going to hire someone who could only work during school hours and could quite possibly be late on a regular basis?? Well my church did. I work a few days a week at the church, while the kids are at school, doing cleaning and other odd jobs and it is a perfect fit for my life right now. So grateful for it.
Another side note: Landon just fell asleep beside me. It's 5pm and the worst time for a nap. Do I wake an angry and tired boy or pay for it later when he's up until midnight? I'm going with paying for it later. It's so quiet right now and there's always melatonin. ;)
Landon really excelled in school this year. He blossomed socially and intellectually. He made friends and blew us all away with his spelling as well as starting to read Braille and type it out. He can type out full sentences on the brailler! I wasn't sure if he would ever learn Braille and here he is typing out a letter at school to mail home. So cool.
On the flip side we've had some struggles with his behavior and are working with a dr from Children's hospital to see if we can find something that will help with that. I won't get into it now but I will say that I sure hope the saying "It gets worse before it gets better" is true. It's definitely worse right now.
The main reason I finally decided to write again is to let you all know that because I'm not very good at finding the time to blog I am going to start a BlindAutism Instagram feed. I'm always taking pictures of him and the interesting things that he is up to. I figure that is the easiest way for me to let people see into his world. I started this blog to help people understand autism a little bit more and I'd still like to do that. I'll try and blog once in a while but let's be realistic, I probably won't write again for a while. Feel free to follow along on Instagram as I capture all the fun, interesting, destructive, and amazing things that he does.
