Today was hard

Long story short me and my 600+ coworkers at the Columbus Library were furloughed during this whole Coronavirus pandemic.  This means that both me and Tom are out of work until further notice.  I hope and pray that it all works out.  I'm loving spending time with my guys though and hope to have Tommy potty trained by the end of this.  Unemployment here we come.  Good night.

Tommy lost his first tooth today

I don't want to forget this day.  Tommy lost his first tooth this morning and bonus he swallowed it.  Lol.  We are currently out of wipro because of the coronavirus which has become a huge thing.  I'll post a few current pics of Tommy to remember this day.  We also hope to have him potty trained soon.  It's a struggle without him being able to tell us when he needs to go.

Pictures of Tommy 2018 to now

Also

It has been recommended that Tommy attend an all day special needs preschool for the 2019/20 school year.  His teachers are recommending REACH through Sullivant Elementary School.  I'm a little worried but think it could also be great for him and for me.  I hope to tour the school and meet the teachers soon so we can get him on the list to go there in the fall.  I'm going to post a few pics as well because it's been too long since I've written.

I attended an OSU focus group about kids with autism as it relates to social and communication skills

I don't want to forget this day because it was an absolutely powerful day.  I was asked along with other moms/care givers to attend a focus group about social and communication skills with our children on the autism spectrum.  I agreed not only because I figured I would have some insight and suggestions but also because I feel alone a lot of time in a world where everyone's kids are on target with their development and speech.  It seems like I've lost a lot of friends and family members too who maybe don't understand or don't care to.  Maybe it's just that they're too busy or we've just simply grown apart.  For whatever reason I wanted to jump at the chance to be in a room with other moms who totally understand where I'm at with Tommy.  It turned out there were 4 of us in the focus group today.  Two moms were parents to 4 year olds, one was a parent to a 5 year old, and I was there who have Tommy an almost 4 year old.  It was such an amazing and outspoken group.  I felt like we all connected right away and we agreed we would keep in touch, do play dates, etc.  I hope that these things come to pass and I have some new awesome moms to talk to even if it's just in texts here and there.  I'm so thankful.

My aunt Nancy Rice

My husband Tom