An Update on all things Jackson #autism

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Taken at our most recent portrait session. It’s hard to believe it, but Jackson will turn 6 this August. I honestly don’t know where the time goes! These days we are very busy, because in addition to Jackson being in school full time now, he also does therapy after school 2 days a week (we are hoping to eventually bump this up to 3 days!). We have been lucky to find the MOST AMAZING place for therapy ever, and I {Read More}

Sensory Friendly Night at the Children’s Museum was a blast!

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Jackson grows so fast. Don’t believe me? Check this out. If you happened to see my post about the Sensory Friendly Night at the Children’s Museum earlier this month, I just wanted to do a little follow up and say that Jackson and I absolutely loved it! It is such a wonderful thing that the Children’s Museum does by offering this special night for children on the spectrum. The museum was quiet and calm and the museum staff was on {Read More}

Picture Perfect #autism

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  If you have a child with special needs or a Sensory Processing Disorder, then you probably know how hard it can be to have posed portraits taken of them. While I love my DSLR and capturing candid shots of Jackson at play, I’ll admit that occasionally it’s nice to have slightly more formal photos of him as well. You know, just to mix things up. But it isn’t an easy thing to get him to sit for portraits. Not {Read More}

Of crumbs and rocks and winter ickies

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This past Saturday Jackson and I went to the park. After a LONG week of ER visits, dehydration, and high fever his relentless virus finally seemed to let up enough so that we could get out of the house. And gosh was I glad. It’s been gray and nasty here for several weeks and it’s really starting to weigh on my heart. Add in worry about a VERY sick 4 year old and you get one frazzled mama. The kind {Read More}