It's in my heart

I just had a baby a few months ago and I don't have the best body yet. I help lead worship at my church and it was my first Sunday back so I was nervous about what I looked like. I ask my husband " how do I look?" As a good husband he lies and say I look fine. Carter had been standing there and was checking me out. He says "mom, you still look pregnant in that dress." Who needs a mirror when you have a compulsively honest son?

I tell Carter that sometimes we have to lie so we don't hurt people's feelings and he says " it was in my heart."

Not very Christlike

My middle child Coleman pinched Carter today in the car. Carter is crying and so I say "pinch him back Carter!" He looks at me and says " mom, that's not very Christ like" (Put me in my place) At least I know he is learning about what Christ desires for him.

I love you

Me- " carter come here, I need to tell you something!" Carter- " I already know what your going to say!! That you love me" He knows me so well

I'm not getting out of this car till I'm a Christian

On Tuesday morning January 17, 2012 Carter accepted Jesus as his Lord and Saviour (his boss). Of course in "Carter style" he was sweet and funny.
We were on our way to school (I work at his elementary school)at 7:00 in the morning and I was in a hurry. Carter was in the back rambling on about the trinity. I was trying to keep up with his thoughts when all of a sudden, as we pull up in the parking lot he says "I'm not getting out of this car till I'm a Christian". He was very serious and said he wanted the holy spirit to live in his heart. We prayed and thanked God for forgiving him of his sins, and asked Him to live in his heart. He said he believed Jesus is the only way to God, and now God was the boss of him. He was so excited the next day at AWANA he told everyone and was proud.
It is a wonderful day when the child you gave birth to is reborn into Gods family.

when we cry its because we have too much love in our hearts

I have had on stressful holiday. Carter had broken his arm right before Thanksgiving. He ran into a neighbor while they were bike riding and when he fell he put his arm down to stop his fall and ended up with a compound fracture. We rushed him to the closest ER and when I asked for the doctor we usually have for orthopedics they told me he wasn't on call. Anyway to make a long story short, the doctor set his arm wrong and it didn't heal right. My mommy instinct kicked in and we got a second opinion in a different office. The appointment was on the Tuesday before Christmas and his surgery to have it re broken and rods put in the bones was Thursday before Christmas. He will have the rods removed in 6 weeks. The pain medicine did crazy things to him but he is doing better now.All of that to say I had a crying meltdown in front of the boys over a accumulation of things and this is what happened...
Carter said "sometimes when we cry its because we have too much love in our hearts and it gets so full it bursts and tears come out"
My first born will teach me more than I will ever teach him, no matter what goes go his heart is always so pure

Navigating Love and Autism

Navigating Love and Autism
www.nytimes.com
It is about two Asberger college kids learning how to love each other. Very interesting and strait from their point of view.

Are you sure?

I need to get something out there.
To all of you who are not sure if your kid is developing like he/she should be listen please!! Please don't take chances with his/her life. Get early intervention. Now! There might be a chance they have nothing wrong...but what if they do?
Our therepists have been wonderful and they have taught me things to help my kids that I can not put a value on. Brain gym, drooling exercises, speaking 24-7 to them, letting them do for themselves even when it is easier to do it for them. Please don't be in denial or worried what others will think. This is your oppertunity to change someones life...your childs.

porud momma

I am a proud momma.Never in all the time we have known about carters autism did I think we would have this moment. Carter had a speaking part in his Christmas musical tonight and did wonderful.It was a dialogue and he was funny too. We had a break down at practice, he cried and got all blotchy, we both cried, he did brain gym and drank his water and I prayed. He had to go to the bathroom in the middle of the drama and then proceeded to pick a wedgie as he was headed back to his spot but he was wonderful. Did I mention he had a broken arm? Only two blood vessels have popped in my head...

Little things have been happening that make me angry. The kind of angry that that make me want to scream until my eyes pop out of my head.
You know like a momma bear defending her cubs. Only I have God telling me take a deep breath and learn. My instincts have never been so at war with my faith in God.
Carter has been having nightmares about kids making fun of him, telling others not to play with him. He is hurt. I am hurting for him. I wish I could trade places with him so bad. Why do people see the differences and not the pureness of Carter. he is the most fascinating most loyal, loving child. I want everyone to see what I see. '
The part of me that is not in denial says "this is going to happen, he will be different" but my heart says "he loves God and people, he has come so far...why? why be hurtful?"
So the leason I have learned in being Carter and Colemans mom is; love others, don't look at the difference but the commonalities. You kids see you. Your kids mimic you. Love.
"A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another. By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another. John 13:34”

and the leason to myself...“If you love those who love you (or my son), what benefit is that to you? For even sinners love those who love them. And if you do good to those who do good to you, what benefit is that to you? For even sinners do the same. And if you lend to those from whom you expect to receive, what credit is that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners, to get back the same amount. But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing in return, and your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High, for he is kind to the ungrateful and the evil.

—Luke 6:27-35

poop

Sometimes the world of autism takes over my life and I go into control mode. Get enough sleep, don't eat anything with red dye, do our brain gym. It takes over. Poor carter is the sweetest thing. He is the funniest, smartest little boy Ive ever met. He is 100%honest. We went to the doctors office the other day for a sinus infection and the secretary asked Carter how his day was. I always get a little nervous but when he said... "Well, after PE I had to poo poo and it wouldn't come out. So i need raisins and water to make it smoother..." I was mortified. What do you say? sorry? ummm... i grabbed him and ran. I said to Carter we don't talk about poop in normal conversation, not everyone wants to hear about your BM. He was shocked! What people are not interested in his poop? ha ha

refill

My family went to Chili's for dinner tonight. Our waitress asked us if we needed a refill on anything and Carter yells "I'd like a refill on my pizza, Thanks."

The Devils tests

Carter announced after school today that he took the Devils test. He meant Dibbles but when i tried to tell him it was dibbles not Devils he corrected me. All standardized test are from the devil so this is fairly accurate.

pray for rain

Louisiana has had a major drought for the last few months. No ones grass is green. We have had 38 days of triple digit heat. today was 109'. So we have been praying for rain the last few months, but I didn't know Carter was paying much attention. We walked out side and the sprinklers were on and he grabbed Coleman and my hand and prayed "thank you Lord for the water you have given us"...I wish

I see you from my whole life

Last night we are driving home from a family dinner at the Pratt's and Carter starts crying, tears and everything. I asked what was wrong and he says "I miss my preK teacher" I said " Do you mean Mrs. Sheri?" he said yes, I need to talk to her, cuz I miss her"
He said to tell Mrs Sheri in an email "I love you Mrs Sheri. because I see you from my whole life." love Carter
He is so sweet. He loves deeply and it cracks me up that he think of people randomly.

205 Glenbeck ln.

I was going over things Carter needs to know after he calls 911. Like after you dial 911 you have to push send...because I have a cell phone. Name, first and last, address, ect... I asked carter later that day what his address was and he says "205 Glenbeck ln."
uuhh did you mean Glendale ln. Carter?

i guess I watch a lot of Glen Beck plus on direct TV the channel 205 is FOX news. I wonder if he got them ixed becuase of that?

Experiment

I was not feeling well the other day and so i was laying in my bed after school. Carter tells me he is doing an experiment and I was curious and a little nervous. I walk into the kitchen and my plastic water bottles (6 maybe) are filled with hot water. Which means he emptied the water I paid for and put hot tap water in them. Holy moly. The experiment was timing and seeing how long it took for water to go from hot to cold. Cool experiment. We had to have a talk about paying and waiting money but I was proud of him. Gotta love my Carter

This is the talk that doesn't end

Easter

"I love my mommy in the sky"

Carter wrote in chalk on the driveway, "I love my mommy in the sky". Do I know what it means? no, but I love that he loves me!

compound word

I said "Carter, How do you spell Apple Juice?" He tried to sound it out a-p-l and then looked at me and said "well, that's a compound word"
He is only in Kindergarten