My husband asked me today if I had blogged recently. I said the I hadn't and he said,"You really need to! I saw someone ask why you haven't. You need to start again." Life has been crazy and I guess I haven't because of so many things but a new year is a great time to start again! So, here I go. Hopefully I can discipline myself to share at least once a month. :)
The last 6 months have been full of blessings in David's journey. I have watched the Lord put his hand on him and He has brought him far. He turned 4 in May but decided to keep him back in the 3 year old class at school mainly due to speech and not being potty trained yet. He has wonderful teachers who have been wonderful for him. He has just blossomed!
He is talking so much more but even more precious to me is he loves to sing! His favorite songs right now are about Jesus. That touches this Mamas heart. Actually today it was precious he started to sing over and over again, "Happy birthday to You! Happy birthday to You! Happy birthday dear Jesus! Happy birthday to You!" We laughed because Christmas is over but I was overwhelmed with joy because he is learning to love Jesus at such a young age. I pray the fruit will overflow and that he will give his heart to Jesus in his early years! That is all that I truly desire for Him.
We have also been so very blessed to have new therapists for him that he absolutely loves. So far he has ABA (Applied Behavioral Analysis) 2 days a week and speech/language therapy once a week. He loves Mr. Sean and Mr. Scott so much. They are both tough on him but exactly the personalities that he needs. They love their kids and David has come so far in just the few short months he has started ABA. More on that later.
Another amazing blessing is we have been able to hire two girls that help us and work with him and he LOVES them! They are both named Alyssa and they have become a part of our family. We love them so much!!!!! It's funny because almost every day he asks for "Miss Assisa" and runs to the door whenever he sees their car pull up. As soon as they come in the door he calls them to go downstairs to play. They do lots of activities with him and take him to the park, the library or whatever else may be fun and help him learn more. The one thing now that they have been helping with is potty training! It has been and continues to be a struggle but he did finally use the potty 3 times in one day. He hasn't done it since but all we can do is keep trying. He will get it!
The other good thing is he is taking a break from feeding therapy for awhile. He has started to eat more foods and it was becoming boring to him and he needs language more. He just started but I anticipate him excelling in that as well.
So, all this to say that 2016 has been a blessing for David and I look forward to sharing more of this journey with you in 2017!!!! Like I said, I will try to blog at least once a month. My desire is to minister and encourage other parents, siblings, spouses, grandparents or whoever else may be impacted by the journey of Autism in their life. May the Lord continue to walk with us and teach us as we seek Him and see His faithfulness in the year ahead! God bless! :)
