My Little Running Man, Screaming Beauty, Summer Update

Screaming Beauty was asleep in less than 1/2 hour tonight! Woo hoo! I feel guilty but happy. Right after I post this, I'm off to dreamland myself.

I had a wonderful day. Screaming Beauty...now Sleeping Beauty and I slept for 9 hours after she finally fell asleep...I don't think I've slept that long in 2 years. I had all the patience in the world today, and had a lot of fun with my kids and next door neighbor. It's so nice to have nice neighbors and to be able to enjoy my children! I'm so grateful!

For some reason, I saved this as a draft instead of posting it, so without further adieu, here it is:

Summer is gone, and my favorite season is beginning. It will soon be time for apple picking and pumpkin picking and watching the leaves change to brilliant colors, painting the mountains. I am very sorry that I haven't updated my blog in ages. The past few weeks have been a little challenging because my daughter doesn't sleep well at all, and my car and my son have been naughty. But, I have been absolutely determined to will patience from the tips of my toes if I have to, no matter how tired I am, and things have been better. Right now, my daughter is playing on the floor next to me, our sliding glass door is open, and the wind is blowing a beautiful tune on our wind chime.

My son has started school again, and of course, as always, is sick again. It only took two days for him to come down with a cold. We finally went to a pediatric ENT, and in October, he will be having his adenoids taken out and tubes put in his ears. This should prevent him from constantly staying sick and help his hearing. One of the reasons he hadn't been listening to me is that the poor guy couldn't hear me.

We're planning our daughter's first birthday party, and are very excited to be able to celebrate such a wonderful occasion. No matter how tiring or stressful raising children can be, it's far more rewarding, and I truly enjoy having the opportunity to spend so much time with my children.

We had a lovely vacation. We drove back and forth to Florida, and coming home took about 30 hours. We stopped in South Carolina to help break up the trip, but since my son doesn't do very well with adjusting to new places, we weren't able to get any rest. Oh well. At least we weren't sitting in the car. We finally arrived home at 5:30 am that Monday. My husband slept for an hour and then went to work. It was brutal.

While we were in Florida, we stayed with my husband's parents, and his mother spoiled us to death. I didn't have to cook or clean all week, although I did make a few special meals on the Friday before we left out of gratitude.

The highlight of our trip was Disney World. We were wondering how it would go because of my son's difficulties with staying in one place for any length of time, and his tendency to not be able to control his limbs (i.e. kicking and hitting). I read online about bringing autistic children to Disney, and I found out that they offer special passes to guests with special needs. This was a day saver! We didn't have to wait very long for any of the rides. It was wonderful. It would have been impossible to stay if we had to wait for the rides. I'm so grateful that pass is available, and the folks down in Disney were extremely accommodating. We were there from when it opened until it closed.