This will be the first of a series tonight as I try to catch up on current events here. I had hoped to post each night and add pictures to our album, but having toddlers and laptops in a small hotel room is a recipe for disaster any way you slice it. I hope to add a video to this if my technological side will kick in and I can figure out how.
Nicholas is our 3 year old who is "supposedly" diagnosed with autism. I say this because we've yet to witness autistic characteristics in him. He is precious. My first close moment with him happened shortly after we got to the hotel our first day meeting them. We had played and laughed together, but this moment was the moment that holds our future in place. Nicholas fell and bumped his head and I ran to his aid like Mommy's do. Instinct #1, kiss the bo0-boo. #2, sing a song. I sang You are my Sunshine and his stiffened body molded to mine, his head went on my shoulder and we were connected....just like that. Now, every time a boo-boo happens or a "moment" when he is upset and nothing works, no matter where or what or who is around, it I sing You are my Sunshine, Nicholas melts. That isn't the best part if you can imagine. He now takes my face in his hands and starts the song himself. And I melt. This little guy has been locked inside himself waiting for someone to connect. They call what he speaks 'his own little world', but D and I understand him; comprehend him. He knows we do and we connect. Sure he's babbling in both English and Spanish and some gibberish to boot, but we speak the universal language of love and we've got this thang! I had D video it. You have to see it...
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