Moving up in the world

Not about to let a little mishap with his hammer slow him down, Reuben upgraded himself to power tools this morning. ;) ***Please note that Reuben's tool of choice is NOT plugged in! But please DO notice that he's careful to line up the tip with an actual screw!***

Watching this little guy's brain wake up as he's now completely off anti-seizure medication has been really incredible. (After three years on meds, we saw no correlation between dosage and seizure frequency or severity, so worked with his neurologist to slowly wean him off of his last med over the last six months, and he's about a month off. We've seen some kick-back in his system, but overall the trend has been good - and he's been seizure free for the last week, and showing an incredible level of calmness, focus, and awareness that just has not been typical for him for years.)

Of course, all that work can wipe a guy out. Lucky for Reuben, Mom cranked through a bunch of laundry today, so there were some nice fresh piles of folded clothes for him to settle himself down on for a nap.

 I'd been planning to get out and take photos today of the work that Matt and Owen (and Reuben!) got done on Saturday, but it didn't happen, so to summarize quickly, the sheet rock has now moved down the stairs to the entry landing, and down the stairs to the basement. About one-fourth of the entry/office walls are finished, too. The north wall of the living room is still not done for two reasons - one, that's where all of the sheet rock is piled, and Matt decided since he had to move it to get to the wall, he would move it up to where it belongs on other walls instead of just relocating the pile to a different location, and secondly, there's still a few details on the fireplace surround that are somewhat up in the air... Imagine that. ;)

This upcoming week should see a lot of progress as Matt's drafting work should be quite slow this week, and although we have a number of appointments this week (one for his mom, one for Reuben's IEP meeting, a prenatal visit), that still leaves a lot of time to get work done!