Life since the move

Apart from the quick post about Grampy the other day I haven't been able to blog for quite a while. We moved house at the end of August and although we had the phone connected within a week of moving in, it took almost 2 months to get the internet back on. We've also been really busy trying to get the house sorted and finding new activities for Levi as we're too far from Boscombe to continue with what he was doing before.

So far things are working out really well, he joined a new Scout group which meets about 300 yards up the road. He also started gymnastics and trampolining, he hated it at first but I told him he had to give it four weeks and thankfully by the second week he was really enjoying it. We found a new music teacher to give him cornet lessons and I'm hoping to get him into a new band now that he's no longer involved with the Salvation Army or the Coda fiddle orchestra. He didn't take too kindly to the idea of not going to his church on a Sunday and reacted very badly to having to come to my church.

In fact he didn't really cope with moving at all well and life was pretty unbearable for a while. He was in a foul mood all the time and most days were taken up with trying to reassure him and deal with the almost constant meltdowns he was having. He'd got it into his head that when we moved in the house would already be decorated and all the carpets would be down. We couldn't unpack most of his things until his room was decorated as we didn't want to have to move everything again so nothing was familiar and he hated it.

Thankfully my brother gave him a TV set and a playstation 2 for his room so he was able to sit and play with it which kept him occupied most of the time. And the bishop also arranged for two brothers to come round and decorate Levi's room. My mum bought him a Liverpool duvet set and matching curtains and I got him some Liverpool posters, a football shaped Liverpool cushion and a funky football lampshade. We don't have any carpets down yet but having his room looking nice (and full of Liverpool things) has helped him feel more settled.

Now that we're in a bit more of a routine we're going to get back into a few more educational projects. We started with these cakes which he made for my mum's birthday.

Another major thing which I should probably mention, we finally had our appointment with the paediatrician. I was really freaking out about this as we had been offered a late cancellation appointment which meant I only had 48 hours notice so my head wasn't really ready for it. Thankfully I was able to phone Sandra and Ann to talk it through. In the end it was ok. The doctor seemed really nice and she gave us a provisional diagnosis of Aspergers Syndrome. We now have to wait to see various other specialists for a few more in depth assessments which will give us an official diagnosis and a full picture of what his difficulties are.