We had a wonderful Christmas Eve and a wonderful Christmas day. On Christmas Eve, we went to Grandma and Grandpa’s house as we always do. We ate dinner – and I was really surprised Nicholas did not go tearing through all of the wrapped gifts. He was really patient until we were done eating, but […]

Every day, every round of chelation, we see more of Nicholas. He’s now asking “where” people are. Yesterday morning, he got out of bed and said, “pee pee in the potty – bathroom” – and he did, his diaper was dry and he actually peed in the potty! This was totally unprompted. Yesterday, when the […]

The past 3 or 4 days, I’ve been battling a cold, so sneezing is bound to happen. Whenever Nicholas is in earshot of me sneezing, he always runs over with a “Bless You Mommy” – it’s just amazing to me that he gets this, and I couldn’t be happier. When he sneezes and I say […]

Last night we were decorating our Christmas tree, I should say Nicholas was decorating the tree. He was having such a blast hanging the ornaments – and on several occasions even began singing “Oh Christmas Tree” which shocked us both. He definately had the melody right and we could understand ‘O Christmas Tree’ but the […]

This time last year, our family was in a very different place compared to where we are today. We were knee deep in recovery back then, just like we are now, and were making some pretty amazing progress, but while we had hope (we’ve always had hope), life was just so much harder for us […]

Now I know Nicholas hears me just fine when he is in a funk of seeming not having much receptive language, which you all know can happen pretty easily once yeast sets in….. When Nicholas is not following directions, I will usually say, “I said No” or “I said Come Here” – when he’s not […]

After Nicholas got out of the chamber last night, and Daddy was changing him for bed, his stomach was all broken out in a red rash. When I came to look, his back also started looking the same. He had gotten into a bag of Cherrios-mix (kinda like Chex mix) and there’s peanut dust in […]

Nicholas was working with his therapist who comes to the house earlier today and he was playing with her at our dining room table. I was sitting next to him because he wanted me to sit and play too, so I of course, obliged. He turns to me and says “I’m talking Mommy” We were […]

We met with Nicholas’s teacher and speech therapist today. We combined the parent/teacher conference with his IEP meeting. From his teacher: Nicholas has made so many gains since school started in September that it will be difficult to list them all. He is so happy being back in class. He sits in the hall with […]

Mommy: Nicholas, did you go poopy? You’re smelly. Nicholas: No, I farted. Then he pauses for a few seconds… Nicholas: Scuse Me