This & That

So Julianna's glasses are still missing! It angers me the more I think about it! She had them on watching TV, the next time I saw her they were gone...vanished into thin air. We have SEARCHED everything and everywhere, even going through the trash that day and have no idea where she put them. I keep thinking they will show up one day...they have to right?

I was voted President of the Parent Committee at Joe's school. I held my first meeting this morning which was on the topic of fundraising. A topic ironically I despise! I'm not good at sales! I hate bugging people to buy things that most likely they don't want and don't need. I'm not persuasive...you get the idea. So as of right now we are selling candles for Julianna's dance class and fudge for Joe's school. I swear the fun never ends!

Most importantly we got a definitive diagnosis on Joe. It's the diagnosis I was expecting. We have gone through extensive testing the last month and he's seen 2 different therapist. They gathered up the info and a specialist sorted it out (it's hell to get diagnosed!) and he has Asperger's Syndrome with a mild (very mild) case of ADD. He is taking medication (the smallest dose there is) of Ritalin and Abilify. It's taken about 2 weeks to get him on the right timing (timing is key with these medicines) and things have been much better! He takes the Ritalin and 1/4 tablet of Abilify at 7 AM and a 1/4 tablet more of Abilify at 3 PM. He was taking Ritalin at 3 PM also but wasn't sleeping at night so I cut that dose. I never thought of Joe as being ADD but I've found out through all these specialist that once you start "treating" (there is no cure) Asperger's the medication causes them to act hyper. So Joe really doesn't have ADD it's just brought on from the medication they use to treat Asperger's. Does that make sense? If I stopped the Abilify he wouldn't need the Ritalin but he also would regress. So they have to go hand and hand.

Allie has said her first word and to my delight it's "Momma" or "Mom Mom" or "Ma"! Usually said when she is crying or angry but I'll take it! I'm so siked about this because Joe and Julie's first word was "Dadda"...it's my turn! Bubba always gets the glory! They do daily news in Joe's class and once a week his news comes home and it's ALWAYS about Bubba! "Daddy works in Houston" or "Daddy watches Monster Fish". Yesterday, I said Joe "what about mommy"? He said "you don't watch Monster Fish". Hmmmm...