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This Summer has been really good. I have been focusing on really getting the Cutler Chelation done and am seeing great gains. Erin's flapping is greatly reduced. I really don't notice it any more. I am so happy that we are getting such great results for her without the antibiotics. Especially since the flapping was really starting to bother her and she was realizing that other kids don't do this.

For Reece we are seeing more speech and interaction. He was playing with other kids in the pool and was so happy to be included. When my husband told the kids to take it easy on Reece because he couldn't talk to tell them if things were too much for him, he was set straight by one of the kids. The little boy told my husband, "We know he can't talk, but we know what he is saying. He's having fun and playing with us!" I loved it when my husband told me. The boys were going under and Reece was putting his face in the water trying to do it too. He had a blast!

I really want to focus on reading with Reece. The other day when our older son was a little to pushy trying to get Reece to drink some apple juice, I guess Reece thought he needed to make things clear. After telling P several times "no" that he didn't want it, he went to the dish washer where the magnetic letters are and spelled out "no". The he pointed to it and said it again! I thought this was so clever and P thought it was great!

I wasn't sure how summer school would go for Reece. I was driving him to savew him the one hour commute each way in an unairconditioned bus. The drive is only 15 minutes at the longest! Two summers ago was the last time I tried to drive Reece to school. He flipped out, tantrumed, the whole works and it was so bad I had never done it again! But after a tearful first day, he started smiling and would pull me to the door! He has really enjoyed school this summer.

The boardwalk is another big step this year. Last year was horrible when we tried to go to the Ocean City MD boardwalk. Reece tantrumed when we tried to get him to walk away from the ticket booth where the fans were inside. And tried to run into every store that had a fan along the boardwalk. This year we have been to Wildwood and he did great! He did still look for fans but wasn't too bad trying to get in the shops. And he went on rides---even by himself! He loved the ferris wheel--I guess it's like riding a giant fan! And he really loved the carousel too. We did have our moments but all in all things went really smooth. He even went in the ocean and enjoyed it. He was trying to pop the bubbles in the surf from the waves and even laughed when he got knocked down.

I was so afraid that Reece would still be in Pull-Ups for his 6th birthday. But he has been potty trained for a few months now and I got the best present of all on his birthday--He woke me up by saying "I love you!!!" How wonderful is that?