What a Character

Kevin just had us cracking up.  Every so often his brother will decide to make himself a snack in the kitchen and today when he looked up there was Kevin watching everything he was doing.  So just to mess with Kevin he took his snack into the office to try to pretend he was hiding it from Kevin. No, Kevin wasn't having any of that.  He followed him to the office.  What Garrett was making was some Peanut Butter Icing from a small amount of Vanilla Icing I had left over from last night. In the end Garrett gave some to Kevin, but I have to tell you it was fun to watch.  The best part is realizing that Kevin is more and more aware of what's going on around him.

The other thing Kevin does is if you try to take a nap in the recliner he'll call to you. It doesn't matter who you are.  If your eyes start to close he'll say Grammy, Jeff or Mommy.  No sleeping on his time.  It's just nice that he's like this now.  There was a time when he didn't pay attention to anything going on around him.  He'd sit there in his own little world. Not anymore!  He just came down here in the office to see what I'm doing right now.  LOL That could be because it's getting close to dinner time.

I had a moment today to realize how far we have come since starting the Gluten Free Diet and then next the Casein Free Diet.  I'm thankful everyday that I decide to go this route with him.  It was overwhelming the first few months, but once I realized I couldn't change his world in one day I started to relax a lot more.  I'm so glad that there's some much more information and products out there for new parents looking into these diets to help their own children.  I can't imagine how hard this would have been to do when he was first diagnosed Autistic.  He'll be 19 this year, so that was what about 16 years ago. Where does time go and why does it fly by so fast?