The Easter parade came marching through some time by three. Lights blaring, feet pounding, and the screaming to the crowd of one. Owen was ready to celebrate Easter and celebrate it big. I’m not sure that I am doing the right thing but I feel like he is making progress with thinking through everything so I’m sticking to the plan of staying home since there was more screaming and he wasn’t settling since he woke up. I prayed he would find his calm. I know he wants his routine but I feel like he has got to make the connection to this screaming thing.
For hours he talked almost constantly and if he wasn’t talking to me he was walking through the house yelling to Siri or Alexa to translate something. He was a zombie even though he was wide awake. Plus there is no way I could drive with no sleep. I know someone would have picked us up but I couldn’t even think at that point to go to church.
He told me he wanted to go see the snails in the pool. “They taste good no they taste nasty don’t eat snails,” he said. He asked Siri to translate “Sure go to grandma’s house that’s fine” in all the languages. I can only imagine how many he knows how to speak or understands.
As the day went on there was no nap but he was slowing down. He almost had a meltdown over possibly or not possibly having an egg hunt tomorrow on the bus or not on the bus and at school or not at school. Once we did not settle that he moved on to waiting to go to Dairy Queen with his grandma after music tomorrow and after his dentist appointment on Wednesday. I told him I didn’t know because it depended on what was happening and his behavior tomorrow.
He randomly came to me throughout the day saying “Dear God” and then we had to pray for one of his people. I’m thankful for his incredible heart and how much he cares about his people. He loves fiercely.
He went through every tablet cover color he has ever had and what we had to do with them. He does not forget a thing. He will randomly pull up the text and ring sounds on his iPhone and play them. He thinks it’s hilarious but yet when my phone rings he will scream or talk the entire time I am trying to have a conversation. I’m constantly on pins and needles if I will get through a conversation without him screaming and now it’s one of his favorite things to listen to as long as no one is talking back.
He is ready to go see the Children’s Therapy Clinic’s “Night Santa” in November. He keeps asking how many months away it is until he sees him. We remained pretty calm for the rest of the day. I think exhaustion had hit both of us. I pray tonight is the night for sleep for everyone. He was ready for tomorrow and saying all the right things. He wants to make sure he does all his exercises at his therapies. Oh, how I pray for that to come true.
He has started reading my text messages while I’m typing them. It is wild hearing him read or try to read some of the words as I type.
I’ve tried switching his bedtime until later but it doesn’t matter if I keep him up later he will still wake up at all hours of the night. He doesn’t like going to bed late except when occasionally he does when he can’t settle. Tonight he could hardly keep his eyes open and it wasn’t long before he was asleep. I pray for sleep and a great day tomorrow. We have a full week ahead. He made sure he laughed for me and I was beyond thankful for his laughter. Let laughter fill your heart and bring you joy on the days you need it most. Happy Easter. Smiles to all and donut daze!
For hours he talked almost constantly and if he wasn’t talking to me he was walking through the house yelling to Siri or Alexa to translate something. He was a zombie even though he was wide awake. Plus there is no way I could drive with no sleep. I know someone would have picked us up but I couldn’t even think at that point to go to church.
He told me he wanted to go see the snails in the pool. “They taste good no they taste nasty don’t eat snails,” he said. He asked Siri to translate “Sure go to grandma’s house that’s fine” in all the languages. I can only imagine how many he knows how to speak or understands.
As the day went on there was no nap but he was slowing down. He almost had a meltdown over possibly or not possibly having an egg hunt tomorrow on the bus or not on the bus and at school or not at school. Once we did not settle that he moved on to waiting to go to Dairy Queen with his grandma after music tomorrow and after his dentist appointment on Wednesday. I told him I didn’t know because it depended on what was happening and his behavior tomorrow.
He randomly came to me throughout the day saying “Dear God” and then we had to pray for one of his people. I’m thankful for his incredible heart and how much he cares about his people. He loves fiercely.
He went through every tablet cover color he has ever had and what we had to do with them. He does not forget a thing. He will randomly pull up the text and ring sounds on his iPhone and play them. He thinks it’s hilarious but yet when my phone rings he will scream or talk the entire time I am trying to have a conversation. I’m constantly on pins and needles if I will get through a conversation without him screaming and now it’s one of his favorite things to listen to as long as no one is talking back.
He is ready to go see the Children’s Therapy Clinic’s “Night Santa” in November. He keeps asking how many months away it is until he sees him. We remained pretty calm for the rest of the day. I think exhaustion had hit both of us. I pray tonight is the night for sleep for everyone. He was ready for tomorrow and saying all the right things. He wants to make sure he does all his exercises at his therapies. Oh, how I pray for that to come true.
He has started reading my text messages while I’m typing them. It is wild hearing him read or try to read some of the words as I type.
I’ve tried switching his bedtime until later but it doesn’t matter if I keep him up later he will still wake up at all hours of the night. He doesn’t like going to bed late except when occasionally he does when he can’t settle. Tonight he could hardly keep his eyes open and it wasn’t long before he was asleep. I pray for sleep and a great day tomorrow. We have a full week ahead. He made sure he laughed for me and I was beyond thankful for his laughter. Let laughter fill your heart and bring you joy on the days you need it most. Happy Easter. Smiles to all and donut daze!
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