In honor of Courtney turning 10 soon, I’m going to spend the last 9 days of her single digit days posting memories of each year.

Year 3…

All I can say is… What a year! I remember just hours after almost dying while delivering Alyssa the thing I was worried most about was that we almost missed the call to get Courtney set up with early intervention. It was at that time I knew we were headed down the road of autism. Courtney needed help and it needed to start right away.

Even though it was the year courtney was diagnosed with autism, it was far from a bad year.

It was the year she became a big sister.

It was a year our family became complete.

It was the year we learned that giving Courtney a little sister was the best thing we could ever do for her.

It was the year we started therapies and build village that would become a part of our family for a lifetime.

It was the year i quickly learned Courtney was part monkey, part bat, part energizer bunny and likely would become a trapeze artist!

It was a hard year. A very hard year. But it was the year that started us on the amazing journey that lead us to wear we are today.