I miss...

Those two words always seem to bring on little sentences from my 4 year old's mouth that chip away at my heart.  His innocence is beautiful and I love the little things he comes up with each day.  But it hurts knowing how much he misses even the smallest, minor things about life back in Vegas.  His routine of life was turned upside down.  And while a normal kid would have a hard time with that to start with, a high needs child just can't process that the same.  Its even more earth shattering, heart breaking, and worrisome for a high needs child.  Make it two, in our case.  Today was one of those days.  Granted, over something very minute and not earth shattering, but still something he misses nonetheless.  So I started making countdown pages for him to see how long until things like his birthday, holidays, and projected possible visits home.  Hopefully this helps him look forward to the things that are coming up and the time until we are back in Vegas.  I know it will help me, too.  I just cannot wait to give some good, long hugs.  I already get choked up thinking about how we'll only have a short amount of time of a visit and have to leave again.  I really wish we could travel back and forth more often.  It would be much more helpful to everyone all around.  But for now, at least we have something to look forward to - - a visit sometime before Christmas.