"2009"

2009 is gong to be GREAT ! I have my Heart set that things are going to start off right and on the right foot. William is ready to wear his book bag again and go back to see his Mrs. Debbi at school. I'm ready for some quiet down time too. I've set my goals for the NEW year and I'm going to try to get then done. I'm just going to keep positive no matter what !

Merry Christmas

I hope each and everyone of you all have a Wonderful Day..~The Davis Family
Amanda, Will & William

My Gift

Williams school class had there Christmas Party on Thursday. William was a little upset over the schedule change but managed to do well. This was a big thing for me. Our last Party was a disaster. William screamed and cried to leave the whole 45 minutes I was there. This time was Different. I came late so he wasn't looking for me while the other parents were there. Then when I did get there I had to hide. But it was good for both of us. I was able to be present and witness how he interacts with the teachers. That alone was my Christmas Gift.

I do feel we will get to the point where I'm not ducking behind a bookcase, door or a teacher ( thank God I'm short) .It's just not going to happen over night.
and I know that. Things take time. So until then I'll manage. .

Christmas Spirit

The Holidays are almost here. It's still hard to get into the spirit of things. It just does feel like Christmas yet. Even though I've got Lights up out side That William want's on 24-7 and a Tree in the living room that has to stay on
24-7 too.He likes those lights.All the Different colors and the ones that blink. He knows that something is different and he likes it.

I even tried to snap myself into the Happy Elf mode by sending out a few Christmas cards to the Family and some friends. William added the stickers and wanted to color on a few of them. Oops ! You would have thought that would have got me going.. NOPE !

I even went to Williams school yesterday and took a few snap shots of there Christmas Art. But still no..


I've just lost that Christmas Spirit and I haven't seen how I can get it back. I do know what Christmas stands for . It's the gift of receiving and not giving. Any Christian can tell you what we have already been given. . . I guess it's the fact that I cant give to others this year. That breaks my heart. But with the ways things are right now Its hard to even sacrifice that 5$ for a small gift. I've always been that person that gives unselfishly to others and this year I can't.. William has a couple of nice things. We got him that V-Tech smiles game system and one game, I found the Rosie from Thomas the train he loves & a travel aqua doodle . Not the usual big spending this year but.. it's something. Better then no Gifts at all. It's defiantly the Charlie Brown Christmas . It could be 10 x's worse.We could have no house, no car , nothing.I guess I should be Grateful to have those. Which I am 100%. Ya know.. I'm a firm believer that things happen for a reason. Maybe all this turmoil that the USA are experiencing and the hard times we are all having to go threw is just that man upstairs way of showing us what we should be grateful for. He sacrificed and now .. So are we.. ... I think i just found my Spirit....

The mean ol' Momma & Our Ginger bread house

This week was a good Week for William. It's started off a little on the rough side. He didn't sleep good Sunday night so he didn't go to school on Monday. Tuesday was the hard day. William is used to Mommy caring him down the hall to his classroom in the morning. This Tuesday was a mile marker for both of us. I made William walk to his class. He threw a fit and kicked and screamed the whole way but.. we did it. Also on Tuesday when I came back to pick him up he saw that the staff put up all kinds of Christmas Decorations. William doesn't like change so.. He walked over to the trees and went to take them down. He told his teachers and I Clean up.HE screamed and cried and threw another fit. Two for two. Some of the office staff apparently are not aware they have Autistic children in their own school and I got that Gawking stare that I normally get while out in public with William. William was in such a tissy that I had to walk out the building and get the teacher to help me get William in the car. He fought both of us getting him into his seat. That was three for three. We went home and it was like nothing had ever upset him. He didn't put up much of a fight Wednesday morning walking down the hall and Thursday was even better. So my goal is after the Holiday break I'm going to pull up under the schools breezeway and let the teacher get William out the car in the morning. They are also going to start adding more at school time for him. Right now he's half a day. Which is only 3 hrs. So the will keep adding time to his schedule until he gets used to going full days. It's going to be a slow process but.. Its going to be for his benefit..

Today was also a good day for us. William and I made a ginger bread house. They made one at school yesterday. I felt that poor little house needed a friend. I got out the gram crackers and all the left over candy from Halloween we didn't eat, The peanut butter, The powdered sugar icing, Fruit loops, sprinkles and one giant LEGO. After I finally figured out how to make the gram crackers stick to the Lego using the peanut butter we were off and running. William sat at the kitchen table and watched me the whole time. I got him to help me when I added the fruit loops onto the roof. He didn't want to touch the rest of the candy for some reason. I asked him to add a fruit loop by telling him what color we needed and he did. Once we had that on. I added the sprinkles and we were finished.