Hello and Welcome!

For beginners I'd like to say Hi and thank you for taking the time to read along as we live our lives, grow, go through the crazy times, and the lovely times with us and our life with autism.  I am a 29 year old mother of two precious girls.  My daughter Abrial is almost 10 years old and she was diagnosed with Autism at the age of 2 1/2.  My other daughter is Madyssen and she is almost 9 and she was just diagnosed with ADHD about a year ago.  We've had our share of trials and I'm sure we will have plenty more as we grow and learn more and more about this wonderful diagnoses.  


Abrial started the Early Intervention Program at the local elementary school when she was 3 and it was the best thing I could have ever done for her.  I so wasn't planning on losing her to school so quickly but I worry what might have happened now if I hadn't.  She went from barely talking and whinning and not looking at you at all to saying full blown sentences and asking for what she wants instead of whinning and she would even start looking you right in the eye!  After a few years it was hard to even notice she has autism.  Even today you wouldn't notice right off unless I told you.  It's amazing.  Her autism is very mild but it's still there.  She loves to repeat things over and over again, especially things she hears on television and movies.  She attaches to things very easily like certain toys and movies.  She'll find a movie she likes and she'll want to watch that one movie over and over for days even weeks in a row.  I have to make her change it most of the time.  She will get attached to one kind of toy and that is the only toys that matter.  It started with those fisher price little people and then it went to these princesses and now it's Lalaloopsys, the big ones and the little ones.  And she would stay on the computer 24/7 if I let her.  It's amazing talking to her everyday because she never fails to surprise me.  I am truly blessed to be her mother. :-)


Madyssen was diagnosed with ADHD about a year ago.  We knew something was going on we were just not sure what.  Finally we decided to have her tested and sure enough she was diagnosed with ADHD.  We were not surprised but at the same time it's hard when your suspicions are confirmed.  We put her on regular medication and she has blossomed!  She's doing fantastic in school now and can focus where as she couldn't before.  I am so proud of her.  Now unlike Abrial she wants to talk your ear off.  She's still learning as we all are.  We have daily trials and there are days I think I might pull my hair out but I wouldn't trade either of my kids for the world.


Both of my children are my life and I am so thankful that just last month I got married and we added a big sister for them to the family.  Now we are a wonderful little family of 5 and I'm sure I can speak for us all when I say we are loving it. :-)


Thanks for reading and I hope you join us on our journey of life with Autism.