Christmas Eve
Christmas Eve was a good day. He had spent the day Monday at his day program and was very happy that his life was getting back to normal. I picked him up and took him out and he was all smiles. We listened to Christmas music in the car and did a virtual Christmas Card for our friends on Facebook who were supporting us and praying for us during the month of December. Then we went to the children's service at church, because that's the one where you can be noisy!
Before the service I took Robbie to the bathroom, and realized that's something people never think about.. I have to take him into the men's room when we are out in public, if they don't have a unisex handicapped bathroom. They make changing tables in bathrooms for moms with babies, but they don't make bathrooms for moms with grown up sons!
Christmas Day
On Christmas day I had to wrap gifts in the morning because I had no time to do it during the week. (my youngest is a teenager and doesn't get up early anymore) I went to pick Robbie up and the woman he doesn't like was working. Oh no. He was grumpy. Luckily we went to Grandma's place and his sister Denise was there and he got in a good mood pretty quickly. You'll see how much he enjoys opening presents.....not! It's a chore for him, but he tolerates it. And then...well, you'll see. He cracks us up.
Robbie must have had a wonderful Christmas celebration, and it’s nice to see that he is surrounded by many loved ones. My nephew also has autism but he’s a very smart and gifted little guy. We had just celebrated his birthday a few days ago as his parents had organized an enjoyable party at a convention center nearby.
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