Mother's Day 2011

On Mother's Day we took Hunter to the cemetery where my Mom is and even though he doesn't exactly understand it he knows that this is where we visit Grandma Kate and she is in Heaven. I feel it is important that he goes there because I find myself there alot and I want him to have some kind of link to her. After the cemetery we decided to go visit my Grandma Dennis for a bit and Hunter was asking the whole way there where we were going we often times don't tell him even thought he knows the drive because he will want to go home.He got out of the truck for a minute but once he reached the deck he turned right back around and went to the truck. As always there is alot of commotion at Grandma D's and if you are not used to it you think it is out of control. Cliff will always sit in the truck with him while I visit for a while,on this particular day I brought him a plate of food to the truck so he could at least eat.lol!We have to do what is best for Hunter and even though it seems strange to most people that he stays home or sits in the truck we know he can't process what is going on like most people. For instance,we pulled up to Grandma D's there were dogs barking,motorcycles revving,scooters racing,air horns blowing and that's just some of it so for any person it's alot but for an autistic person it is overwhelming. Now don't get me wrong I absolutely love going to my Grandma's because I am used to the khaos but Hunter is not. My family is finally getting used to me going alone or Hunter sitting in my grandma's room by himself on holidays.It's taken a long time but they now understand you can't just make him go somewhere and put him out of his comfort zone. We have been taking gradual steps to make going places better and it is getting easier we just have to take it slow.

new obsession

Spring Break has come and gone and Hunter enjoyed his time off he has been doing great with potty training.Hopefully we can get rid of these pull ups for good.His new obsession is with what I am doing I either have to be on the couch with a blanket or in the recliner with the footrest up.He will follow me around the house until I do one of these things.It can get out of hand at times.We think it started because he thought if he went in his play room I would get on his computer but now I have my own so he doesn't have to guard it like he used to. We hope this is his new obsession for the time being and we hope it passes soon.If someone calls me they can hear him ask me over and over again "momma are you gonna lay on couch?or momma are you can sit in recliner with chair up?"If I tell him I am not gonna do either he will say"momma are you gonna go to work?"Dont get me wrong the relaxing is great but it can get overwhelming to hear him asking me that all day.If he hears me put the recliner down he is out of his play room asking me all over again.Oh the stuff my kid does cracks me up.I will have a post soon called "The Sh*t my kid says"lol.