Let's get started!

 I'm so excited to be starting this! I was talking to a friend tonight, and she'd shared a few entries she'd written of her beautiful boys. That inspired me to get this going! I can only imagine how long it'll take me to learn the ropes of this, but that's okay!

Today was a crazier than usual day. It started off with Gigi's regular visit, which went wonderfully as always. Then, Andrew had his very first day of respite care! His respite worker, Michael, is just wonderful. We became connected through my friend, and I couldn't be more grateful. Not only is he wonderful with Andrew, but Liam has really enjoyed busting his chops. When Michael jokingly called Liam "Mark," Liam swiftly replied with his ever-so-sassy, "What'd I tell you?" As he laughed his little butt off.

Andrew and Michael hung around the house for a couple of hours, so that Michael could kind of get the hang of everything that goes into Andrew's care. They ended up venturing over to the park near by after a while. Even with trying to crash a tennis practice and a party, the only issue they had was when it was time to come home!

Especially after Andrew had his first week back to in-person school in over three years this week, I think he did great. He's come such a long way from where he used to be! If you'd have asked me a few years ago if he'd have taken to a new person so quickly, I'd likely have laughed in your face. I'm just so proud of him, and I really hope he's proud of himself. He deserves to be!

Liam and I even got to have a little dance party while they were gone, which was really nice.

Both of the boys are cozy in bed now. Liam is still partying it up to some Bubble Guppies while snuggling with his Kiki, but Andrew is losing steam quickly. Hopefully we have a smooth sailing, sleep filled night!

I'm not really sure how to wrap this up, so I'll leave it at that!


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Sue O said…
I’m so happy you are jumping right in! We will bring blogging back in style! Love hearing about your boys and seeing pics, of course!
July 15, 2023 at 7:15 PM
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