05/07/2025
it was a happy 4th 🇺🇸❤️🤍💙
after being in our new house for almost 3 years, our neighborhood pool *finally* opened and to say we are THRILLED is an understatement. I grew up spending my summers at the pool with neighbor friends and I love that Rhett can experience that now, too, especially since he can’t play with Levi like he probably would like to.
with every holiday, comes a little sadness. watching (what feels like) most other families at the lake or on vacations that feel too hard for us, or watching younger kids toddling around the pool like Levi should be right now. grieving that I’ll never be able to sit back and watch my kids play in the pool together and that I’ll usually be carrying Levi around both in and out of the pool.
trying to focus on the fact that a) he really enjoys the water and b) our new pool has a handicap chair lift 🥹🫶🏼 grateful for those things, for sure!
overall, we had a really good day and made some great memories. but we also had toddler struggles and tantrums and had to ask Rhett to do things 15 times more than we should’ve, and had some struggles with Levi in the evening that led to us dividing and conquering - as always - and not getting to sit and enjoy fireworks as a family like we hoped to do.
I know these things are not unique to us only as a special needs family but damn can social media make you feel alone in it when you’re just seeing everyone’s holiday highlights. so I hope that helps someone else feel less alone if your day was far from perfect ❤️
so yes, there were some hard moments (hours) but the holiday was spent at home and I am always very grateful for that.
highlights shared here 😌 couldn’t pick just one of Levi’s huge smiles haha 🥹
ps: comment SHOP for links to Levi’s adaptive swimsuit and floatie that works great for him!
https://liketk.it/5hU5P
