Thankfullness

We are thankful for:

1. God, the author, creator, and sustainer of life.
2. Lauren
3. Ellie
4. Shannon
5. Ian
6. Having one last baby
7. The completion of our family
8. Teachers
9. Therapists
10. Jobs to pay our needs and some of our wants
11. A marriage that has been reedeemed.
12. Cars that run
13. Good neighbors
14. Lauren was invited to a birthday party this year.
15. Autism
16. Typicalness
17. Dancing ballerinas
18. A roaring dinosaur
19. A summer spent at the pool
20. a job I like most of the time
21. the ability to forgive
21. the ability to be forgiven
22. summer school and extended year services
23. food on the table
24. a church that loves kids with Autism because Jesus loves kids with Autism
25. That tommorrow is always a new day
26. that we get to experience the world for the first time, one last time
27. that our kids likes each other, some of the time
28. for extended family that loves our children
29. that we get to experience a baby boy
30. for health insurance, we sure used it this year
31. for a great delivery with Ian
32. that my reputation is the girl who almost had the baby at work
33. for a beginning relationship with a church family
34. that we have not had any extensive medical tests for L this year
35. that we do not know what it is like to leave our kids in the hospital
36. that it's only Autism

9 month bear picture

Pumpkin Patch

Trick or Treat

Imaginary friend

Shannon has an imaginary friend. It's the first one ever in our family.

Her name is Cinnamon and she lives at Cinnamon's house.

She has yellow hair like Shannon, is tall like mommy, and is smooshy like daddy.

Normal behavior

One of the things that sucks about Autism is the signs or symptoms. Some of the signs and and symptoms of Autism are also normal typical 2-3 year old behavior. No wonder are parents are so scared.

Shannon did this. She's as typical as they come.

8 month bear picture