Mr. Fix It and a Positive Outcome

The other night, before I went to bed, I went downstairs to tuck Hunter and Paizlei in one last time.  Hunter's light was on, not really a shocker, because he is SO busy ALL THE TIME, I didn't think anything of it.  It was really quiet, hmmm, he fell asleep with the light on.  I opened the door to his room ever so quietly because, hey, I didn't want to wake him up.  Much to my surprise...well, not really, he was messing around with his closet door.  As I get closer, I realize he is pretending to fix the doorknob one of his closet doors.  He was so cute, this is how he was dressed, but he had on his hard hat over-top of my Cabella's hat, every slot in his tool belt had tools, and he was wearing safety goggles...

...as soon as I opened the door, he got the biggest grin on his adorable face and said "Mama, I am Mr. Bix It!  I bix everything!!!"!  This is our conversation:

Mom:  "YOU are Mr. Fix It?

Hunter:  "Yesh, Momma, I am Mr. Bix It!!  You want to see what I bix?"

Mom:  "Sure, you show me what you can fix!"

After about ten minutes of this adorable pretend play/conversation, I told Hunter we needed to "Go show Daddy what Mr. Fix It can fix...and show him how SAFE you are when you are fixing things!"  You can NEVER be too SAFE when you are fixing things, whether you are fixing them for real or pretend.

Just for the record, not that it's a shock or anything, I LOVE my little Hunter!  Life is NEVER dull around our house with Hunter (or Paizlei for that matter).  I LOVE that he is finally learning pretend play and can focus on things for 30 minutes or longer since we started the Ritilin.  When I went to the doctor the other day for me, he asked me how Hunter was doing with the medication.  WONDERFUL!!!!  He is a TOTALLY different child!  I told the doctor his teacher calls me weekly with updates on him...NO LIE!...she is an A.MAZING teacher (considering who her Dad is, the beloved Mr. Lee from Ephraim...LOVE HIM!!!!)...anyway, I told him about my recent conversation with his teacher.  She said he is able to focus on projects, he is alert, he stays on task, he doesn't shove or hit when in line to go outside or to the restroom or library, he will sit and play with one toy, he does what is asked of him.  My doctor said that we definitely have the right diagnosis then, if the medication having such a positive affect on Hunter.  Again, he told me he was proud of me for NOT giving up and fighting for my child.  He said a lot of parents would give up because they don't want to find out their child is Autistic or has Autism (which ever way you look at it), or that they are ADHD.  Of course, I told the doctor "thank you" and that I LOVE my son more than words and to see him so frustrated, unhappy (not that he was unhappy, but it was something I saw that went along with the frustration that he couldn't do a lot of things or function the same as his peers), wanting to please, but can't because his mind was racing constantly; I wouldn't stop until I had an answer, a way to help my son, whether it is simply learning how to deal with Autism, or through medication to help with ADHD.  Now I have my answer, now comes the learning curve.  I am doing and learning EVERYTHING I can to help him.  He is my life, my world, my everything!  I live everyday for him and his sister!  My doctor was really impressed that I wouldn't give up.  I really like our doctor.  He is THE BEST doctor in the valley.  He has patients from Spanish Fork, Emery County, Beaver...he is THAT good!!!  And another little tidbit out our wonderful doctor...he is also our Bishop!  And a GREAT Bishop at that!!!  But, that's another story for another day.