What a wonderful day

Ya know it is sometimes difficult to judge how your day is going to go. Well pretty much all of the time, there are always uncertainties and life just likes to throw you curve balls and you have to see if you can make lemons into lemonade. Well today I made lemonade.

We have 3 puppies left that I woke up to whining in their crate. We have sold all but 3 of them. They are like the 3 stooges and always in some kind of trouble. So darn adorable though that you can not get upset you just have to giggle at them and when you can no longer take the sight of your shoes running past you with puppies attached to them that are smaller than the shoe, time to put them away for a while and let them rest. This is my broom thief!!My broom is always on the go! Then to wake up to my little bitty who is plainly upset that all the other kids are at school and she has no one to play with, top that off with some snow which has just decided to not stop falling this year, I was prepared for a sour day. Then cool things just started happening. My little one and I decided to brave the elements and ventured out for awhile. That just improves ones mood just getting out of the house for a bit. Just the 2 of us. Then the kids started rolling in from school. Boo had a field trip with his class today to a movie on planets, a restaurant and then a book store. He was so excited about his trip and could not wait to fill me in on all the cool details. He bought some star wars books with his extra money I sent him and he is so incredibly proud of his books. Of course nothing is cooler in his eyes than star wars right now,except his dad, naturally. He is so funny. When he walked in the door and was telling me about his trip I asked him what he had for lunch. They went to a Chinese buffet and I was concerned he may not like that real well. He obviously had something chocolate on his face. He says "Well mom, I had pudding for lunch and I am saving the pudding on my face in case I might get hungry later." I laughed so hard! He was such a funny little guy before his autism starting rearing its head. I am so thankful for the little bits and pieces of him that I get back. He had the funniest little sense of humor and it is amazing that somewhere in his body it has been hiding all this time. I know this may sound weird but his autism diagnosis has really changed our family for the better. Not that it hasn't been really hard and the biggest challenge my family has ever faced but the opportunity to be able to take those little moments and cherish them. To know that somewhere in him, the old boo still exists. The whole experience I believe has made us a stronger family and I know has made my other children so much more compassionate. So anyway, John took us out to dinner tonight just because it was such a feel good kind of day, to a real restaurant with real waiters and no drive through speakers with real food and it all started with this....my lemonade. After all the begging and pleading with mother nature to hurry up already with spring and give me a break from the 5 kids with snow pants and boots and mittens. If I would have gotten my way, sure it would be so much warmer and the kids would be able to go outside and scream their little hearts out and ride bikes, but I would not have gotten this picture of boo getting off the bus in such a great mood that he wanted to catch snowflakes on his tongue.


Now I just need to convince him to button up his coat!!I certainly hope that you can enjoy your lemonade today. Sometimes the things that you worry about are so small when you can sit down with your own glass of lemonade, and know that it is all you really ever needed all along.To just enjoy your family and the curve balls and know that there are always small blessings along the way. I guess I can stop begging mother nature to hurry up with spring and let her take her ol' sweet time because apparently there are still moments to be enjoyed. 110 inches of snow isn't really that much right?

Easter Weekend

Well, this weekend was a busy one . We decided to go to My awesome sisters house for Saturday and join them at their church for the annual Easter egg hunt. Wow..... was there a lot of people there. It was so great to see the kids, we don't get to do that enough. I felt bad having to leave the kids were so disappointed we had to go. But lucky little Bitty won a bike. She was so excited!!!
That was the true test for Boo and the homeopathic medicine we seek for him. Be in a church full of bounce houses and a bazillion people with out slipping into a full blown fit! He did great. He did have to step outside for a minute or two to recoup but over all handled it well. It seems as if Easters have been so special for us, Last Easter was the first time he flew a kite by himself, ran, laughed and had so much fun, even when sponge bob the unruly kite decided to slip his grasp and fly away home, he just waved goodbye! We never would have been able to put him into a situation of that many people before and walked away smiling like we did Saturday. He participate in the egg hunt amongst a whole lot of kids and actually got himself some!! Sure there was a lot of anxiety....for me as well... I was prepared for the worst, finding all the closest exits, and never needed to rush him out of there. I don't know if we will ever lose the Autism Diagnosis but I sure feel so much better about his life now. I do think there will be a day when you can tell someone about his autism and they won't believe us. He has come so far. So many of his little quirks are becoming less and less noticeable. Everything had to be so routine for him and he is allowing himself new opportunities. At 13 he no longer wants a happy meal!!
I don't know how many people read this blog, and even if nobody does, I am going to keep writing it anyway, just in hope that someone, someday who is concerned about their child's health and possibly a diagnosis of autism will read it and know that there are other options. You do not have to medicate you child, you can stand up and take a stand against the norm and treat your child with alternative medicine. God has been great to us, and there was a time when we thought we were getting more than our fair share of hardships. Something good has come from this. I have seen other children and members of my family helped with alternative medicine. I feel that my job now is to spread the word and help others through what can be such a difficult time. After a diagnosis, you mourn. For what you thought your child's life would be like and all the dreams you had for him or her. Then you pick yourself up and do something about it. It doesn't matter what the diagnosis is. Just for the record, I am not anti-vaccine. I do believe that vaccines have saved a lot of lives. I am just for safer vaccines. I don't believe vaccines CAUSED my sons autism, I believe that was the spark. I do believe getting all that junk out of his body will keep bringing him back to us. We have a long way to go and I try not to even look at that anymore. We look at how far we have come and the new things he is always doing and thank God for every new day and every new accomplishment he achieves.

Being a Mom

Well, as requested per my sister, I am making a list of things that I love about being a mom

* Watching the ecstatic look on my sons face when I tell him he acts just like his dad.....most definitely a compliment. He is Daddy's boy
*Little girl giggles....the are the cutest.
* walking in to my child's classroom...seeing their eyes light up telling all the other children 'thats my mom!'
*the big bear hugs at bedtime
*the sound of little feet running up and down the stairs on Christmas morning.
* watching my kids sleep
* eating dinner at the table with all of the kids, everyone excited to tell us about their day.
* The excitement of the first snowfall and the kids are so excited to build that first snowman.
* The sense of accomplishment That I feel with every I Love You.
* The refrigerator art that is always on display and always plentiful
* Turning on the radio and the whole family dances in the dining room
*watching them read their first book
*All the goofy smiles and faces when the camera is in action.
* When the kids want to surprise me with breakfast and I get a peanut butter sandwich. Only the best for their mom!
*My girls asking me to do their hair.
* Seeing my son grow and change and becoming healthier every day.
* Hunting with my son

The laughter....that is my most favorite part of being a mom is the laughter. We all know that it is not always calm and controlled and you will have tough days, but seeing your child's eyes light up and their whole face smiles and it just makes the whole world right.

puppies puppies everywhere

We have two inside dogs that live in our house. Their names are Tuffy and Ellie Bear. They are our foo-foo dogs.

This is Tuffy. He is 60 pound dog trapped inside this little 7 pound body. We named him Tuffy for a reason. He is absolutely my baby. He is bigger and badder than any cat by far....or so he thinks. He loves our kitty, way more than I do.

This is Ellie Bear. Please forgive her not so girlish figure....she is at her due date and still no puppies in this picture.

She is the # 1 reason Fruit of the Loom is doing so well in business. She is a terrible underwear chewing dog. She is definitely a sweet dog, but she is still a chewer. My kids are lucky to wear the same pair twice. Clean or dirty.... doesn't matter. She is just as happy ripping them out of a clean basket as she is out of the dirty hamper. Naughty girl.

Together they had 8 little pooping machines! They are so sweet! They are definitely a handful and for whatever reason she has way more puppies than a little dog should be allowed to have. The vet said....expect 3-4. Little dogs do not have a large litter....O.K.

This is the only female of the litter. She is for sure a honey.....sweet as can be and the tiniest for sure.


This is my favorite little guy. He is an absolute angel. I wish I could keep him...who knows I still might. He is so priceless. I am sure he wouldn't eat much, and he never would be a naughty puppy.....right?Never chew or bark .....just sit there and look pretty.I am sure he would not like undies. Exactly my point.

Here is the rest of the clan. I THOUGHT that putting them in this pool would contain the little buggers, but of course they escape quite frequently. They started on food this week, and they really like to be ON the plate. Funny little story, I went to the local hardware to purchase this little pool and asked the lady where they kept them. I told her it was for my puppies. She asked how old they were and I told her and she freaked....."you can't put puppies in there they will drown" We live amongst some of the brightest for sure.
As you can see...my puppies are great swimmers. Aren't they adorable!!

My husband says I can't keep them all....I don't see why not? They look pretty harmless to me.

The appointment

Boo's appointment went great. Dr. Lisa had to seek and find what was causing the anxiety this time and pinpointed it as usual. Boo announced last night that he was feeling better. He said "mom my head feels good." It is such a blessing to have him able to tell us what works for him and what does not. I know a lot of parents of autistic kids do not. I noticed too that he slept really good last night as well and that is half of the battle right there. I am really excited to talk to the teachers this week and see if they notice a difference in him. I do need to work on getting the amalgam out of his mouth though so his detoxing of metals can progress. We were hoping that because it was in a baby tooth he would have lost it now, but unfortunately it seems to like right where it is. I am hopeful that he will continue to make progress and we will continue to see him blossom. He was actually feeling so well last night that he decided it was game on with dad and of course the rest of the kids took the opportunity to join in the fun.

For those who do not believe

A couple of years ago after 'dealing' with our sons autism and getting absolutely nowhere but broke and frustrated we were offered a blessing. At the time we didn't know and understand why the things that were happening was actually setting us up for the best thing possible for our son and our life as a family. Boo had been to Dr. after Dr. with the 'It's autism there is nothing you can do but medicate him and hope for the best' attitude. We were told to take him to a doctor at our local Mental health hospital and evaluated. After many hours and a thousand dollars we were told that the only thing we could do was medication trials that would consist of 6 weeks on and six weeks off until we found the 'magic' one. Well that was my biggest mistake. After a few short weeks of this He was absolutely miserable and the fits were more and more. There was just no reasoning with him at all. Our doctor assured us that when the medication was in his system and we gave it some time it will most likely work to help him. Anxiety has always been his biggest enemy. Well we ended up in the Emergency room with suicidal thoughts and a toxic liver. They sent in social workers and such and to make a long story short told us that it was his medication talking and they felt that if we continued the medication and just kept a close eye on him he would be fine. My husband and I both agreed that we were done medicating him and would just deal with the behaviors and anxiety rather than to ever hear those words come out of his mouth again. As you can imagine our doctors were not happy with us and actually threatened protective services. At that point we were very scared and didn't know what to do with him. I felt I could not take him to the doctor in fear that they would threaten us more and according to all the research I had done, I knew this doctor was the last one available to us in the provider handbook that had ANY experience at all with autism. Immediately following (within days) a friend of my fathers told him of a doctor that she sees that is a homeopathic doctor and encouraged us to go. Our insurance does not cover (witch doctors) homoeopaths and we simply didn't have anymore money to waste. With a little encouragement we did go to the first appointment. I had never had any experience what so ever with any doctor but an MD and it was not an easy decision, but at the time we felt all other doors were closed for us. The first appointment was absolutely amazing. She was so knowledgeable and understanding and I was so not. I was a brat. I didn't fill out the questionnaire with my concerns because I thought if she was THAT good she would know without me telling her what was wrong with my son. She finished her testing and looked at my husband and I and just blew us away with the information. She had pegged everything right on the head. She told us exactly what she thought he was or was not doing and why. I remember just crying thinking how badly I had waited for so long to have someone see what was truly happening with him, let alone why it was happening. She set him up on a treatment plan and although we were still very hesitant we followed her instructions to a T. Within the first night we noticed a difference in him and with in months he was progressing so fast we did not know what was going to come next with him. Well unfortunately the last couple of months we have been unable to take him due to the financial strain and The school has noticed a big difference with him. I talked with them again today as he was trying to be the class clown again,attention span is getting smaller and his anxiety is really taking it's toll. UGGG! The boy went from not talking to being the class clown. Well I called and made him an appointment and he is going back in Today. The school sees it. They can tell the difference even with homeopathic medicine. My son is medication free and takes whole food supplements to support his body and it is not just something I want to see that is not really there. She is amazing and she is helping him and he is beating autism. We have truly been blessed and God closed some doors for us only to open the best one yet. Homeopaths are real, they are interested in helping you and they are preventing medication being dumped into a child that does not need it. I never would have dreamed that he is doing things that he does now. It has been the best investment we have ever made. While being treated homeopathically he has no need for physical therapy any more and had made more progress in 2 years that in 10 previously. My family has truly been blessed.