Last week we all flew out to my parents for a holiday. We flew home with one less. In the past few days he’s been fishing, roasted marshmallows on a bonfire, been go-karting, seen buffalo, a beaver and countless other creatures and activities that he doesn’t get to do at home in the city.

Thing 1, you turn 6 today… 6!!!

6 years ago today we were blessed with you. You challenge us daily and we have learned so much from you.

We love you more than you can ever know.

We’ve been working hard to make sure that Thing 1 has a ‘normal’ life.

We’ve been trying to find out why Thing 1 is the way he is. It doesn’t really make a difference when it comes to treatment but we’re anal and like having answers.

What we know for sure is that he has damage within his brain. The technical term is Metabolic Encephalopathy between the Caudal Cortex and Frontal Lobe. That’s just a fancy way of saying some of the connections are missing and part of his brain is overactive and the rest is underactive. It presents itself as hyperactive ADHD.

Thing 1 lost his first tooth today!!!