| i ♥ my boys |

 My sweet, sweet boys …..who are 4yrs old today!!! I’m a little sad when I think they were “the babies” of  our family and now they look like such big boys.  They have come such a long way and are making some awesome progress.  For those of you who may not know, Austin and Ethan have autism. We started to see the signs when they were about 15-18 months old and looking back, as hard as it was to see the signs and say that they had autism, I’m so glad we knew when we did and got them the help they so desperately needed.  The past two years have not been easy but I have to say,  just in the past few months we have seen lots of progress in them both.  Their road to recovery is constant and I know we have so much further to go but we will never give up on them!

I don’t know how many of you know but April is Autism Awareness month.  I’m so glad that the awareness has been raised and people are no longer lost in the dark. There is hope and help out there and even though we have so much more to learn about this disorder, I know we have come such a long way. There are several websites that I visit often that are a great resource for information. The two main ones I like to visit  are  autismspeaks and  tacanow. I hope that someday *WE WILL KNOW*  what  causes autism….what happened?? when did it happen?? and  WHY??? These are questions that I asked myself alot in the beginning and still find those questions rolling around in my head on those bad days. Life has been a bit more of a challenge for us and there are days when I break down but at the end of the day, I know that we will get through it and will continue to do everything we can to get them back…..back. to. us.

                                                                        So today we will celebrate them and their precious life that God has given us.

                                                                                                                                   ♥ Laurie