I love cooking.

I am going to be making a this

this

and some of this

All because of here  and because I have so many of these

My mouth is drooling!

Summer lovin...

What have the bells been up to this summer? I mean really, well we have done a lot of this

Hiking that is, oh and we have done a lot of that...

Vacations that is...DISNEYLAND!

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Oh and just a little swimming. We did do a lot of other vacations but of course forgot to take pics' or bring my camera for that matter so these will just have to do.

Pretty please?

Will my two boys stop growing please? I know we all have to grow older and with that comes good things, for example my little ez would be potty trained, but really they are so sweet and love to give me hugs, cuddles and kisses and I know that it will not always be that way so stop it now!

look how far we've come!

Oh sadness. I was organizing all of our folders and looking through them and such. I got to Brighton's folder and let me tell you its big. We've kept all of his diagnoses, IEP, recommended therapies, everything. I started reading when he was first diagnosed and I relived all those old memories. The pain, devastation, and the unknown of what was too come. What did PDD-NOS mean? How would it change our lives? What did it mean for Brighton? Would he be able to live a normal life, get married, or even have friends? Those were some pretty depressing days. Ezra was only 6 months old and I felt so much pressure to do something but I had limited amount of time-with a baby especially, resources and knowledge. Then I look to where we are now. There is so much hope, brighton just had another breakthrough--he has regressed these past couple of weeks being so much more easily provoked, and very very aggressive. Poor ez, he is the brunt of a lot of that. A lot of the time when there is regression though that means they are about to breakthrough another milestone. The past few days he has been talking like crazy though, and all of it is relevant. No mumbling, no repetitions, when asked to do something he does it! He actually does the thing that I have asked him and he wants to help me. I know he will always have setbacks, but every kid has those. Brighton is so special and such an amazing kid with an amazing heart. I am so absolutely grateful for him and would not have it any other way!