Thursday, August 29, 2013

Vacation in the mountains

I write this while sitting on the back porch of our cabin, nestled back in the woods of Tennessee. The peaceful sound of birds chirping while I rock in the rocking chair is just what we have needed lately! 



Connor is taking a nap now, which has been hard to accomplish the last few days! You just don't realize how much vacation can mess up a 2 year olds sleep schedule. 

We were planning on our cabin having a swing, unfortunately it doesn't. Not sure if you remember, but we swing daily with C and it seems to make a world of difference in his behaviors and focus. After 2 days of a little boy constantly running around, meltdown city, major obsessions with doors,and terrible behaviors... we got desperate! We found a porch swing at one of the restaurants and swung for quite some time. We even searched for a park to find some toddler swings- that was a first! We can say that we have never looked for a park while on vacation! Thankfully we found a nice playground!! C was able to get some swinging in and use a lot of energy climbing and sliding. *Connor and Daddy on the slide*

*Swinging at the park*

Just because we go on vacation doesn't mean his daily requirements stop. We continue to do and blend his gtube feeds, work on eating by mouth, put his CPAP on for sleep and struggle to find alternative ways for him to get his sensory input in. We are over the moon to finally have a vacation though :) The breaks from our work demands, weekly doctors appointments and daily therapies is very nice and well overdue! 

Now time to sit back, rock, relax and enjoy all of God's beauty... At least until Connor wakes up! :) 

*Swinging at Apple barn grill*


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