Gosh, it's been some time since the blog has been updated. I didn't do a Christmas letter this year, either. So here is the news with some fun pics to accompany each section. JAXSON Last year was really rough for little guy. We had a few instances where he was having emotional outbursts at school that then led him to having to stay home. It became rather intense and both Brad and I were at our wits end with what we needed to do. We asked for advice from friends and got some good ideas on how to help him with his aggression. We also got some not-so-great advice, too. We decided to try therapy and got him diagnosed thru his pediatrician and he is on the ADD/ADHD spectrum. The latter portion of our year has been working on tools such a meditation, breathing, calming spaces, and of course, medicine. He is a completely different little guy than he was back in early April. His meltdowns are extreme because his brain isn't wired like every one else, which he recognizes. So we t
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