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Here's an update with pics. This first picture is of Brianna playing in the backyard. Grandpa Faulconer showed Brianna how to ride a pretend horse and now she uses any size stick that she can find. It's hilarious to watch.

Brianna loves to imitate. So she got the broom and swept off the dirt in front of the gate to Grandma and Grandpa's house. She's so silly. I'm not sure why she is looking up though.

More Sweeping:)

Brianna admiring her beautiful sweeping job.

We carved our pumpkins the Monday before Halloween. The kids loved it. Dylan got a smile on his face when I held the lid to the pumpkin by his face so her could smell it.

Of course Brianna had to smell and touch everything. She is so curious.

She loves helping. She is such a good little helper. She was fascinated with the pumpkins.

One of her favorite parts was scooping out the insides of the pumpkin.

She loved watching Kalen cut out the eyes, nose, and mouth. She kept telling Kalen to be careful because he could get hurt.

Who knew that pumpkin tasted good. Well according to Brianna it was yummy. GROSS!!! That's a 2 year old for you I guess.

Our finished pumpkins. Brianna called them pumpkin cakes because of the candles inside the pumpkins. It was really funny. She got so excited when she saw them.

Grandma and Grandpa came over for a visit and we played with Dylan fiber optic light wands. He really enjoys them. It's hard to find items that Dylan likes to use or touch.

Believe it or not the following pic was in the dark but looks light due to the flash on the camera.

HAPPY HALLOWEEN! Brianna was a pumpkin fairy and Dylan was an ER doctor in an ambulance. Stephanie and I made an ambulance for Dylan's wheelchair. It was so cool. Kalen and I wanted to decorate Dylan's wheelchair since that is a part of Dylan in a way. We got lots of compliments about it.

I wonder what Dylan is thinking about? Maybe, why are my parents having me wear this crazy git up.

Our way out the door for trick or treating:)

Front view of Dylan and his costume.

A proud Kalen and Brianna:) Say Cheese.

We went trick or treating with my brother and his family. MaryEllen was a Sac State cheerleader and Henry was a baby chicken. We had lots of fun. Hopefully we can do it again next year:)

This is what the wall looked like on November 1st. It's way different now. I'll try to get pics of there for those of you that are interested. This is the wall behind where my stove was. we should be back in our house soon hopefully. Think good thoughts for us.

I had to take a few pics of Brianna in this dress that Vicki (Kalen's mom) got her before she out grew it. For those of you that didn't know, Brianna loves ELMO. So this dress is perfect.

I have a ton more to update everyone on but just don't have a lot of time. Check back soon for more updates:)

Update

For those of you that haven't heard we are living with my parents. We are so grateful, but stressed at the same time. It's hard here because they have stairs and it isn't too fun having to carry Dylan or worry about Brianna falling down them.

We just got the results this morning and OSHA has to come in because we have "hot walls". Meaning that they tested positive for asbestos due to the year our home was built. Now we are trying to decide what we should do. For sure the house will be started being torn apart on Monday but it will still take awhile to get the house back up and running.

I told me dad that we might be in his house still at Christmas and the look on his face was priceless. It's not that they don't want us here or that we don't want to be here, it's just difficult. There is little privacy and quiet.

So that's our update. I've had a few emotional days since last week but for the most part we are hanging in there.

I had to deal with the DMV yesterday. They are so stupid and lazy there. I know not everyone there is but at least the lady I had to deal with was. Many of you know that Dylan has a placard because he is disabled. We had some friends tell us about how they got disabled plates for their non-converted van for their daughter. So I thought I would look into it. I applied and we got plates back in September or August. I can't remember which. Anyhow this past Friday I got my application back saying that they can't issue plates. Which is dumb because I've had them on my car for 2 months. So I call the 1-800 number and they lady wasn't helpful and told me I had to go to my local DMV office and would I like to make an appointment. Heck Yeah! Why would I want to waste my whole day there. Duh! So I went yesterday afternoon. Keep in mind I am extremely stressed at the moment and it isn't even the holidays. Anyhow, I got there waited for my number to come up and then talked to the lady behind the counter, who obviously didn't want to help me. She told me that since Dylan isn't a registered owner on the vehicle that we can't have the disabled plates. So I asked her, "So when we get a converted van, we still won't get disabled plates?" she looked at me and said, "What's a converted van?" ---Hello you work at the DMV. I explained about Dylan having a wheelchair and she kept looking at me like I was crazy. Maybe I am who knows. Anyhow I left in tears. Of course I've heard from everyone that I needed to talk to a supervisor. I would have probably had a melt down at the DMV and they for sure would have thought I was crazy. to make a long story short, Kalen is calling to talk to a supervisor and see what we can do to get our disabled plates legit. Hopefully we get somewhere.

Amongst all the craziest, we meet with the school district on Thursday to talk about Dylan's IEP. It's an important meeting that states the frequency of therapy and a bunch of other stuff but anyhow most parents don't enjoy these meetings. Ever since Dylan transitioned to the school district, his therapy was cut back and he as regressed in the amount of things that he was able to do. So I have to fight to get what I think is best for him. The school district has to provide an "appropriate" education for him. anyhow, I'll get off my soap box. For those of you that don't have special needs kids I know you have a lot of stuff to worry about also, but just remember it can always be worse. Anyhow that's all for now.