A Little Background on Colby and His Family

As you have learned from the "About this Blog" page, Colby has Autism, and we are Colby's family.  We are all learning about how to live with autism.  Colby was diagnosed with autism 6 years ago, but every day is different from the one before.  Like AA, we take this life one day at a time.  Colby is a very hyper 9 year old boy.  We have a blended family.  Dad has not always been a part of our family, and Will is an even newer addition.   Mom and Dad have the luxury (or torture, depending on how you look at it) of working from home.  Actually, it is more that they did not have the luxury of working outside the home.  Mom tried to put Colby in morning care at school, but they would not keep him.

 This is Dad and Colby

We go on lots walks and hikes because Colby likes them, and it gets us all out of the house.  We like to travel as a family, but we like Gatlinburg a lot.  It is not to far away, and there are lots of places to hike there.  (we can write more about that later)

We have our good days and our bad days, but our days are NEVER dull.  Colby keeps us all on our toes.  Sometimes we cry over our frustrations.  We always laugh at Colby's antics.  Boring is not a word we use in our house!