Nona

A woman that I have known my entire life passed away yesterday. I'm so sad but I also know that she is in a better place and it was her time to go. Rest in Peace, Nona, we miss you and love you.

Autism?????

Ok, so Monday we had our first meeting with the speech therapist. Aidan is more in need of this because he seriously struggles with his speech and neither boy asks for things they want, in which they should be doing at this point.

As the speech therapist analyzed Aidan she did mention that he does have a few tendancies that could lead her to believe that he does have autism, but it was still early to tell. Here's my thing: How can one identical twin have autism and not the other???? They have the same chromosomes and all the same DNA. Sometimes I do believe he does have autism other times I don't know what to think. I'm trying not to cry as I write this, but Aidan really loves to cuddle and he makes great eye contact with me. Around other people he is very shy. Evan will start to talk and socialize where Aidan could care less and would love to explore everything. On the other hand he loves to be alone in his room and he does take things in his hands and examine it over and over again, whether it be a piece of pasta or a toy. Then again, and this is big the other night we decided to splurge a little and have dinner at Red Robin. Now, I had Evan and Keith had Aidan. Keith told me that as soon as they walked into the restaurant, Aidan saw this huge fuzzy Red Robin in full costume and went up and gave the guy a high five. It was really cool to hear, I wish I could have seen it.
Anyway, the debate rolls on. I'm scared that he might have it and wondering what lies ahead. Please keep us in your prayers. Have a good weekend. Love ya!

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times....

Hey there-Sorry its been so long to write. This is going to be extremely random because I have not written in a while, and a lot has been going on! We went on vacation and stayed with Keith's parents for a long weekend last weekend in NJ. A good time was had by all. We visited with family which is always fun and even got to see my brother and sister in the meantime. We had a HUGE birthday bash on Sunday with all of the Reedell family which was a blast. Aidan was more interested though in walking around the neighborhood-a new habit of his. Evan seemed to have a good time, he was social and asking questions as usual to everyone. Aidan doesn't say much-he just walks around and loves to examine everything. Their first cousins were there and they all had a blast in the pool together, which I might add was EXTREMELY cold!!!!!!As for the rest of the weekend, we hung out at the playgrounds, had dinner with my mom and brother, his girlfriend Sara, and her little boy Billy. I even got to squeeze in a a half hour with my step- sister Jen. (I know, I know, same name, too funny!)

On a sad note over the weekend, I lost someone I had known for 20 years. My step-mom, Pat lost her father to Alzheimers. This man was EXTROIDINARY! He was so wise and loved to tell stories of the past. He lost his wife back in 2000, and I know a part of him died right along with her. When he passed away (on July 4th), I said he gained his independence on Independence Day. He was free of all of the pain and strife he had suffered after losing the love of his life.
Rest in Peace, Pop-Pop, we miss you but know you are in the presence of the Lord, and with your beloved Emily....

So, the boys are doing great, they are growing like little weeds. Their heads come up to the top of my hip and for those who don't know me, I am 5'7. To me they are not my little babies anymore. I was just thinking next year this time we will probably be shopping for back to school!!!!!!!!!!! Not my babies, it goes by too fast. Keith and I were debating on when to send them to school, wait until they were four or three. I think three would be good because then they could get socially acclimated. I blame myself so much for them not being around a lot of people the first two years of their life because I was only one person and they were two. I always felt so guilty when people wondered why they never waived goodbye, I used to think they were shy but now I realize maybe it was because they never had anyone to say goodbye to. Since it was only me and Keith, they never really cared who came and went. Thankfully once they both started walking, we went to the park and I found that it was much easier now. Mommy is branching out!

And meeting new moms is especially fun because its great to have someone to lean on and vent and talk to! Well, enough rambling...Keith is snoring and I'm pretty beat myself. Talk to you all later and have a good weekend! God Bless!