Vacation Part 2 (original date 3/27/2010)

While on vacation an opportunity came up for us to move to Maine so I have spent the past month getting our house in order to sell. Now the house is ready, I am caught up on orders so I will able to write again.
The boys did great on vacation, it was very relaxing and we all had a lot of fun. It was great to be able to play in a yard without dogs barking at us or kids taughting the boys. We had snowball fight, made a snowman and found bear tracks. This was the first vacation I actually relaxed, I think the Zoloft  helped with that. We did a lot of swimming that week and the boys loved it, they are little water bugs. Donald made friends with some kids from Canada and will be writing to them to stay in touch.
On the way back to RI we went to Maine for one day and stayed at the boys grandparents house. The boys did a good job behaving themselves with all the  nick nacks in the house. We took them to the beach and they played on the playground for a while. It will be fun to take them to that playground when we move.
We almost made the vacation injury free but in the last hour before we left Kyle tripped and fell. He hit his head on a hutch corner, he was bleeding bad. I hate the first time a baby bleeds, well anytime they bleed but the first time hits harder. The cut was about 1/4 inch wide and 1/4 inch deep. The Doctor wanted him to get stitches but with Kyle's sensory issues, he would have never let anyone near him to do stitches. His Doctor agreed that we should not put him thru the trauma of stitches. So I cleaned the cut and put a butterfly on it, then a large bandaid to cover it. He did well leaving the bandaid alone and it healed great. He will have a small scar but he will not have  a scar of the trauma of stitches.
I think the vacation went so well because of all the planning I did. The planning took longer than the actual vacation but it allowed things to go smoothly. I think for the next few years we will keep vacations to driving distances. This way we can bring weighted blankets, toys, food & other items to keep things familier and comfortable.