Been a While Gone

Woah, I let this blog begin and then I let it end rather abruptly. But I am going to make an effort to be back. We moved states, which meant moving schools, therapies, jobs, friends, families...pretty much everything. And Thank God because we have had nothing but really serendipitous fate since we arrived. An autism insurance bill passed in Florida that will, by April of 2009, allow my son to qualify for up tp $36,000 a year towards therapies. He's lucked out with great teachers, doctors, and therapists.

The anxiety about the bird attack just melted away. He spent almost a year of his life being terrified of being outside. That was his pattern in Virginia even up until we left. It was when he got back here and saw the beach again for the first time (luckily there were not many birds out that day). He was so mesmerized by the water and the sand that he just decided not to be afraid anymore. I could literally see those thoughts pass over his face. He made the choice to deal with the fear because the fun part was so worth it. That's what he's been doing since. He's been on the beach playing every chance he gets, with only a small amount of trepidation when birds come close. I've told him to just yell "Go Away Birds" which he does, but it sounds like "GOWAYSHIRD" Still works though. He's also swimming in our home pool like a fish, and he's loving being close to so much family.

Oh, and he has officially morphed into a cowboy/monster/pirate this summer. He puts on a Woody the cowboy costume with hat and all, then puts a skull mask over his face, a pirate's eye patch over that, and then he carries a fake pirate sword. He runs around screaming "Yee-Haw" and "AAAARRRRRRGGGH" (like a pirate) all day. Why be one thing when you can be them all at once?

He's keeping me laughing :-)