BACK TO SCHOOL SOON, THE HOLIDAYS ARE OVER

Hi all, i have not written on my blog for a while, thats because we all went away for a week to Hawks Nest to visit my best friend Kirrily whom i've known since we were 12 years old and the kids absolutely adore and call her Aunty Kirrily.
We only arrived back 4 days ago and i have been unwinding, looking for work etc etc etc. My friend lives 5 minutes away from the beach, so the children had heaps of fun swimming and running amok. I am yet to get their photos developed and post them on my blog.

I am yet to catch up with reading everyones elses blogs, so please forgive me if i have not yet commented.

We travelled to Forster one day which is another 1 hour up the coast and found this wonderful beach area surrounded by rocks and was like a pool with the waves coming over the top of the rocks like a waterfall, it was fantastic. Jordan swam so well, driving us crazy with his errrr noises from all the excitement.
Chloe and Nicolas enjoyed making sand castles while dad swam with Jordan.

Jordan is so excited to be going back to school on Tuesday, he keeps asking wheres the bus for school. We cant believe Chloe starts school next year, she is growing up so fast and Nicolas is in first grade this year.
The house is in dissaray, everytime we clean, its a mess within 5 minutes again.
I am looking forward for the kids to return to school so i can catch up on things i cannot get done at the moment.

Jordans noises seem to be getting worse again, even though we cut his suger intake down, he wont go to sleep until 11.30pm at night, then awakes at 7.00am, gawwwd we are still trying to catch up on our sleep. I will buy some Melatonin this week, so we can get him back into a routine of bed early. Jason thinks his noises are getting worse as hes getting older, and is appearing to be more so in a world of his own, so i think returning to school is going to be good for him. He needs so much mental stimulation.

He went ballistic on me the other day while we were away, i took him to the local shopping centre which was very busy and in Big W, he saw this blow up Dragon for the pool and decided he had to have it. I did not give in but boy was he distressed.
The tears were streaming down his face, people looking and staring and i just about burst into tears myself, because when he gets like this he will go on for an hour and i feel so sad for him. I wish i could jump into his little head for one day and find out what is going on in there. I feel so helpless.

I have been making a point of taking him out with me whenever i go shopping too get him used to the world around him. He is getting a little better, but insists i get a trolley for him to sit in even though i do not need one. God help me when hes too big for the trolley. When i dont give in he just screams trolley, trolley over and over again through the shops. I have noticed he has these new obsessions or routines.
Every morning when he has breakfast he has to have the same blue bowl and spoon.
The same music is played over and over, his pillowslip has to be the same and can be a fight when i take it off to wash.

Jordan has become very verbal than before, he has been saying "good morning mum" whats for breakfast? He was in the shops the other day and dropped my keys and said "oh god sorry mum, i dropped them" everytime he does something he says sorry mum, that was naughty. I am so glad he is verbalising with sentences that make sense to why he is saying it, if you all know what i mean?

He still does the echolalia when we say certain things, but this seems to diminishing now and doesnt do it as often.
My friend Kirrily, is awe struck by his achievements and so proud of him. He interacted very well with her when we were away, and loved cuddling up to her, which he will not do with many people. Kirrily told me she feels a connection with Jordan and i think honestly he does too.

He really got upset the other day when Chloe draw on the walls at her house and she blamed Jordan, Kirrily said to him "Jordan that was very naughty" and he proceeded to scream and cry " i didnt do it" Chloe did it over and over.

We were all shocked because Nicolas told us he saw Chloe do it and this was the first time Jordan had actually verbally stuck up for himself. God i was so proud of him. It took him 1/2 hour to calm down, with all of us telling him it was ok, your not in trouble. He wouldnt let my friend Kirrily come near him for a while, as she was apologising to him and trying to cuddle him, because he was so upset he told her to "piss off". Boy talk about too verbal! I had to tell her to leave him alone for a while as he will calm down, the more she tried to apologise the worse he got.
I am the only person who he will respond to when he is too upset to a point, even dad cant calm him down like i can, so yeah i feel pretty special!

Anyway i am feeling much better after our holiday, the prozac is working wonders for me and feeling somewhat normalised again.
Hubby has had time to unwind again so things on the homefront are wonderful.
Jordan has decided to pull all our tapes apart and hubby is having a heart attack, so i better finish this post and return to reality......MAYHEM!