Update

I know it's been a while since I've written anything. We've been pretty busy. Nico is doing okay. He's had OT, PT, speech and Social Cognition therapy. While we have seen tremendous improvement in OT and PT  he is still struggling with the social cognition therapy. We've seen him depressed and angry. He is becoming more self aware and I believe that is contributing to his anger and depression. Currently, he is doing better but has difficulty interacting with others. Because he can not read facial cues or other non verbal cues he constantly misinterprets others' intentions and actions. We've noticed that he assumes that others know what is bothering him or causing him sensory overload. Instead of asking the other person to stop he tries at first to ignore it and then when it becomes overwhelming he blows up or has a meltdown.

Liberty had the first of her two reconstructive hand surgeries. She did very well but was NOT happy with the  doctor. Her firsts words after surgery were to the doctor telling him to "Take it off!" referring to her cast. This was the 3rd time in a year that her left arm has been in a cast. Thankfully, she did not have to have it on as long as the previous times. We also found out that Liberty can not tolerate any codeine products. It made her CRAZY! She's also sensitive to the absorbable Vicryl sutures. Her hand swelled until I removed them and her abdomen, where the tissue/skin graft was preformed reopened a little and "spit" the sutures.   

Everyone else is doing fine. Avery Mae is keeping us on our toes and in stitches. A friend gave her a bottle of pink nail. Avery Mae proceeded to paint the back seats in the car. When Daddy asked her why she replied, "Everything's more beautiful in pink!"  How can you argue with that logic?! Everything is more beautiful in pink!