new year, new start

k i didnt make any Resolutions so to speak, i upped my expectations of myself and what needs to get done, i guess you could say. one of my big ones was to get to the bottom of mikeys issues....bam done, asperger's....fine now we have a name lets get started on therapy.....started those calls today.

got chance and zach set up to meet this developmental pedi too, so if there is any concern he should be able to help us out. also have zach getting ready to get seen by an opthomologist. zach is also weaning off meds, in 4 weeks he will be off keppra, he has been off xopenex for over a month and off the oral steriod for about a week now, its wonderful!

i feel like im speeding right along, i finally dug out all my unmatched socks and rematted them, attempting to get clutter dealt with here at home,trying to clean more often and stay up on it, not easy with the washer being broken and my new one not gonna ship for about another week, but hey, my electricity bill should be much lower!

so anyway im making lots of changes, i have stopped drinking soda, i only drink diet soda now i really like coke zero. im trying (much harder done than said) to eat more at home and not out so often, its just soooo easy when therapy ends for zach to go out verses getting up and cooking, im tired and im lazy. but i am working on this. i would love to loose some weight, id love to drop like 50! maybe more. so we will see. i had wanted to join a gym, but decided not to spend the money when i do have work out stuff in the garage all set up, but it seems i cant even find time or energy for that! but soon.

so things are sliding right along and then it hits me, we throw away too much trash, we leave too many lights on, the kids waste water, they waste food, i worry about chemicals in our everyday stuff, so i searched thru MANY blogs today, ill eventually get them posted on here as well. but have decided its time to try again and get a bit more green. i have ordered more burts bees lotion and shampoo for zach, the boys got organic shampoo and toothpaste, i ordered some hylands products and am looking forward to those getting here. in addition to that, im going to be more energy aware, what we are using, what we need to use, the "vampire" plugs that are sucking our energy out, you know the ones, item not turned on, but still plugged in....yea its still sucking money out of your pocket and energy from our planet. im trying to get more paperless statements from our bills, do everything online. try not to make unneeded trips out of the house and save gas. trying to be smarter with meal planning and not waste food.

the BPA is still a concern in our products, everything from cups, to bottled water(thats a whole other story) baby bottles, plates, lunchboxes, and even dental sealants......yep you heard right some dentists are using the sealants that contain BPA! check with your dentist ASAP. i did and found out ours isnt using that and am VERY happy i stumbled upon this information as next week mikey is due to get 4 sealants done.

so i need to start small, but i have a very high long list of things i want to accomplish before Harold returns in Oct. i also have high wants for the boys too, mikey i want to be more self sufficent, better adaptivly and socially, reading really well, chance to calm down, not become so spazzy, and zach, i want him sitting on his own, i want him playing with toys, i want him trying to crawl and trying to talk and eat by mouth. me i want to get the house in order, get appointments under control (about to add the opthomologist and developmental pedi to zach's already overwhelming load, the developmental pedi to chance, ocupational and speech therapy for mikey) loose weight, get healthier, get more GREEN.

Chance will also turn 4 on the 1st of Feb! wow its so hard for me to think he is 4! he is growing like a weed and doing wonderfully. such a big boy and a big helper.

so heres to the next few months and the list of to-do! wish me luck

more news? this time on mikey

mikey went to the speech eval. today were trying to pin point his trouble in school. school tested him for dyslexia and i havent heard back yet, i had his vision checked and its fine, the speech therapist was awesome, but going over everything she thinks either in addition to or without the auditory processing disorder he may have a visual processing disorder, he already has a sensory processing disorder and adhd and the sleep problems that he is on medication for, all of these things however are on the spectrum of autism including aspengers and ppdnos, so im suppose to get a referral to some other specialists, get hospital testing for dyslexia and get a ocupational therapist to work with mikey for his fine motor skills, he is still lacking in those areas. i wont get the report from the speech therapist for a few weeks and in december he will have a hearing test adn a specialized hearing test to check for the auditory processing disorder, and hopefully around this time we can pinpoint something and get him help and modifacations in the school system.

im about to check into lala land and out of reality...this sh#t's to hard!!