First day of school.

Actually this is the night before. Miss Josie B climbed in bed with Cameron. It was a cute moment til I ruined it with my camera! Way to go Mom. I left soon after.

Hannah and Brittany getting fluffed before heading to their first day of HIGH SCHOOL!!! I know I have had a Freshman for officially one week but it still strikes me as weird. I thought every step along the academic trail was big. But when you send your kid off to their first day of high school you really realize how fast they are growing!

OK this is after school. I didn't get any before cause there was allot of traffic and I just dropped the girls off and went with the flow. When I went to pick her up I was 15 minutes early and I sat in the parking lot. It really hit me then that this school is HUGE. The windows turned into flashing red eyes and the front door had huge teeth and made gnashing sounds. It took everything in me not to storm in there and demand my child back because last time I checked she was only 5 and I needed to put her back into Kindergarten!!

But I promise you I kept all that irrational panic inside! Except for a text or two to Ali and Naomi ;)

In this picture Hannah is looking at her hand and I will tell you why.

She fell. Oh yeah right about where she is standing now. I had my camera out to take pictures of them and she saw me and started running towards me. And she tripped and she fell HARD. But this is where I got to see a glimpse of a pretty rockin' kid. She bounced up and laughed. And kept on laughing. I know she was embarrassed but I know at 14 I would of died!! I would demand I never go back again. But she laughed and teased herself. We talked about if anyone brought it up she was going to tell them it was a part of her Secret Agent training! It didn't get her down. She is so excited about her new school and she has already made friends and relationships with her new teachers. She inspires me.

I just couldn't get far back enough to get the school building. This will have to do for now!

The next morning all three of them were going back to their schools. They each have their own school. Which is really weird to me. Really I didn't plan things out very well cause these schools are nowhere near each other. But we will get through.

The best one at 6 AM of Miss Josie B!

And Mr Cameron who is in afternoon classes now so he is actually well rested. His first day didn't go well. New schedule, new classrooms, and new teachers. That is hard for any kiddo. As I type this he got through his first week like a champ and this week I know he will be a pro at it!

He was so excited he ran to the van and climbed in and tried to buckle himself in. Now he rides the bus.

Cameron also started therapy last week. I hope to get pictures soon of him with his new therapists. And of his new teachers! It was a bit of a whirlwind last week and I did what I could.

I am sorry it took me so long to get back unto the blog train. If anything I did leave you with some perfect pictures of my Baby Bro!!

Adorability Factor

Isn't my baby brother thee cutest!?! I have more to share of my baby sisters but you seriously can't look at this baby boy without saying 'awe'!!

It's no wonder he is the favorite!! My Dad and Aunt came up with 6 kids and only one is a boy!! So they had to make him extra cute!! Cause check out his competition!! My cousins Tija , left hand, and Tia.

OK I have to go do more playing and show you some baby sisters!! I don't think you can handle this much cuteness in one blog!!

Bigger is Better!!

I have to share this blog with you really quick cause after it is posted my sister Kelly will most likely put a hit out on me!! Thank Buddha she is in Illinois cause as far as I know Guido doesn't travel out of the states!! lol

Oh yeah bay-bay who in this picture is representing some serious Aqua Net love!?!?! 1990 and I just don't think I could of gotten it any bigger!!! I tell you what I think today's teenage girls are just lazy! They don't have the dedication like we did back in the day!! And yes you are looking at bright blue eyeshadow, bright blue eyeliner and bright blue mascara all at once!! How does one go about bringing styles back!?!

OK it is just to easy to make fun of the styles of the late 80's early 90's so I will just stop now. BTW my daughters were not int he least bit amused with this picture. More along the lines of confused. Why in the world would I go out in public looking like this!?!

Prisoners in our own home!

More on that in a minute! First I shall share a few pics from here and there. Here is Cameron and Daddy with new Disney wall murals. 4 huge color pages for $1.40 at Target!! Good heavens I get a rush from those pretty red clearance stickers!!

Cameron and Money's new Play-Doh friend. I had swirled Play-Doh to make kind of like cinnamon bun shaped circles and he stacked them and added the accessories :)

Making a cake for Money!

Now we are on to the aforementioned crisis!! Someone was hypnotized by pretty red stickers and found some killer bargains for a cute little man. This particular toy was $1.50. Attach to the end of a hose and 'voila!!' you have insta-fun. I was finishing dinner and Hannah was with him but she came inside to get something. Next thing I hear is 'Cameron stop!'.

Yep these are all through the window.

The face of Eeeee-vil!

Come on guys I promise not to spray you!!

Thank goodness for Jason's military training! We sent him out with the first wave of troops. He is the only one who made it!

Poor birds.

I also got him 'Lucky Ducks' for $4.00!! Seriously a big ole bag of new toys and I think we spent $10.00. What a good day!

Later that night Hannah, Josie and I went to the Midnight Party for the release of 'Breaking Dawn' by Stephanie Meyer at Books-a-Million. We went with my friend Ali and her daughter. I didn't take my camera but Hannah had her face done as a vampire so we of course took a pic when we got home!

Just some simple stuff to report here from S.C.!! Jason leaves bright and early in the A.M. for school in Florida. He will be gone 6 weeks. Not to long and I always feel a bit of comfort knowing he is just stateside!

Also in case some of you don't know Cameron calls me 'Money' not Mommy. It took him over 3 years to come up with that so I love it!!

there has to be a change

Cameron and his Money November 2007.

That was taken last year at Cameron's school. We are getting ready for Thanksgiving lunch. I find myself going to this picture alot. When I see it I see a Mom looking at her son with love and a little boy who is holding on to so many secrets. That is what Autism with my 4 and a half year old son feels like to me. Secrets. Jason and I are forever wondering what is going on in his little head. And of course ALL of us are trying to figure out a better way for him to actually tell us. We are a family in constant frusteration because all we want is a way to communicate with him. But as with most kids with Autism he is the ones calling the shots and we just go along for the ride. Hoping that somehow we stumble upon something that works.

Well life threw us some curve balls. We have lost his teacher of the past year and a half, Mrs lmn-O, because the school, in all of their infinite wisdom, thought it would be best to close down her classroom. We lost RaRa and the boys. Our beautiful boys. Hunter and Parker have moved to Arkansas. They are missed everyday. These people had a HUGE impact on Cameron's life. But we move on.

We are starting ABA Therapy. It is a much more intensive approach to Autism. We never approached it before because in all honesty Cameron is one of the most low key Autistic kids you will ever meet. None of us really thought he needed it. We have met Zahra his new therapist. Tall and gorgeous by the way ;) And this is going to be consuming. 3-4 therapy sessions a week. We have a therapy group calling us back to give us info on new speech therapy and occupational therapy. Which will be at least one 2 hour session a week. And as of right now he will be in school from 11:45 til 2:30 everyday starting the 19th in Mrs Carle's classroom. ACK!!! But it all equals new hope for me.

And what do we have if we don't have hope?

Smooch the Squishy!!

I really don't want any new ones! I just want to go back in time and squish and queeze on this one!!

Cameron at 35 weeks.

Oh and I wish we had a scanner. I could share some serious chump a lump from a Baby Hannah!! And the wee diminutive Josie B.

How much would we Mother's pay to have just a moment to go back and hug and kiss them one more time!?! Blame my cousin Laurie for the moment of nostalgia she is the one who got me started ;)

Brace Face!

Hannah FINALLY got her braces last week! We have been waiting for about 2 years. Poor thing is almost 15 and has yet to lose one of her canine teeth. But the Doc so no more. Her two front teeth are , obviously, to far back and they were actually pushing her bottom jaw out of alignment. Time to get to work!

Or at least pose for the crazy mother with the camera and then let the tech get to work ;)

The last picture to be taken of Hannah before 'the change' :D

Hardening the 'concrete' that will be holding the metal to her teeth.

Isn't she such a freaking trooper!?!

Getting to see her braces for the first time! She didn't get her bottom row done yet. With her two front teeth scraping across her bottoms row so often we have to wait for them to shift forward a bit.

Dr. Barbieri. The man is a freaking hoot!!

But here is the sweetheart that did the work today. She was actually surprised I wanted her picture!! ( I am terrible but I forgot her name! )

Of course the first days with Hannah were funny because she spent all her time stretching her lips overs her teeth. And she is a bit over zealous about what she cannot eat. But she did have much soreness. Which we know will change as she goes in for tightening.

So check back in my blog two years from now and I will show you Hannah's new smile!!!