Frog. Routine Change. Maizie Loves the iPhone.

This morning started out with my nephew Christian waking me up saying, "Mawa! Watz the passwurd? Watz the passwurd? Mawa!!!!" Ugh. Joe and I gave him a Webkinz frog that he is totally in love with. He came up with the most original and cute name for it. He named it, 'Frog'. At least it will be easy to remember. After getting him signed in and playing Webkinz Maizie made her way to the bathroom all happy and seemingly well.

A few minutes later I go in and find her sitting on the toilet sweating and saying, "Don't get near me! Don't touch me!"I hand her the garbage can and she throws up. Gradually her eyes begin to close and I manage to get her to the couch where she promptly falls asleep. Christian continues talking to Maizie despite her being sound asleep. He is used to her seizures and yet I think he rather think she is just resting and still listening to him than worry that she is not feeling well.

She had been feeling so well. It seemed like days since her last seizure.

For most of the morning she slept while Christian asked me a million questions about Webkinz World. He is working hard to decorate his lilly pad home and was trying to earn enough webkinz money for a tub. All in one morning. I don't think so! It took Maizie days to earn her tub.

We ended up having to cancel tutoring so Maizie could have a more quiet day at home. I was so sad about this since she had finished all of her homework and we worked our buts off getting it done. Luckily, she will be able to make up her session tomorrow.

Mindy came over for a while so Maralyn and Maizie could play. That made the day a bit better for us both. We were able to watch a couple episodes of our show which was a nice break.

This afternoon I was upstairs cleaning up stuff. When I came down Maizie was sitting all cozy with my iPhone. She had this very huge grin on her face. She had managed to look through all the photos on it, scan the phone numbers and watched five you tube videos. I was dumbfounded! Luckily, the videos she found were all dog ones. I think she did a search for dog videos! I am just amazed at how easy the iPhone is to use. Using my cell phone has been one thing Maizie has always struggled with. Now, with the iPhone she will probably become an expert. Now, if I can just get her to be more willing to talk to people on the phone.

Tonight I went to get my hair cut and jumped in the shower once home. Not thinking it was right at bedtime Maizie came into the bathroom yelling, "Whose gonna put me to bed?! Whose gonna put me to bed? I am cold! I have to go to bed! Whose gonna put me to bed?!!!"
Joe had stepped outside with the dogs for just a minute sending her into a 'routine change' melt down. Luckily, once Joe came back inside she allowed him to tuck her in bed. Normally this is a mommy only routine. I am typically not in the shower when it is her bedtime. The hairdresser took longer than normal and such is life. These "changes" in routine are at least easier to manage than they once were. Maizie fell asleep almost instantly. It is amazing how tired her seizures make her.


While I was sitting under the dryer at the hair place I saw an article in a magazine about Heather Kuzmich. She is one of the models on America's Top Model. She has Aspergers syndrome and is from Indiana. It was a brief article pointing out the stereotypical Aspergers traits. I came right home and put the show in to record. I might just make it in time for the finale. Possibly she has been voted out by now I don't know. I am sure there will be reruns. Does anyone know anything about Heather?The last few nights I have had terrible dreams. Dreams with a dead caterpillar and bird inside me. It was quite disturbing. Whenever I have a dream like that I think....gadz...what the hell was that about? What is up with that? I like to think these freaky dreams really don't mean anything. They could be from becoming hooked on the show Dexter.

Anderson Cooper 360 on CNN is about Autism tonight and features Amanda. I mentioned her amazing site in a previous post.