Wet Blanket Over New House Excitement

So our beautiful new home is ready. It is not all done, but the builder is ready to pass it off to us. We are closing in a few days. We will not have a concrete driveway when we move in. The builder waited too long to pour the concrete, and it has now gotten too cold to pour. He thought it would be okay to give us a gravel driveway for three to four months, until late April.

We told him, we have a son in a wheelchair, and this is unacceptable. How can we wheel him down the drive to put him on the bus each day? They told us they would do something to suit the needs of the wheelchair. They built a wood ramp from the garage down to the street. The drive is going to have a crushed limestone poured on top of it, to help it not feel so rocky.

It made me furious for a number of weeks. I really didn't think that I needed to emphasize that we have a concrete driveway before we move in. We paid for a house and garage and driveway to be done by December 31st. So, we thought that is what we would get. We were wrong. They knew we had an immobile son, I told them from the beginning. Needless to say, if we ever do this again, I will absolutely let them know, a concrete driveway is imperative prior to us moving in!

Andy's been sick

Andy has been sick, yet again, and he is miserable. People stare when he cries, and believe me, I WISH I knew how to get him to stop crying. It's been 3 and a half years of this. Frustration because he can't speak to me. Although, I think he can understand me quite a bit, when I talk to him.

Life has to go on though. Even though he cries and cries. I have to go shopping, I have errands to run. People look at me like "why do you have him out?" He needs to get out of the house too. I have mom or mother-in-law watch him sometimes, but he can be TOO much sometimes. For anyone. Even his mother.

We are moving soon, from a ranch to a colonial house. This means all bedrooms will be upstairs. Scary, I know. I have an immobile child. He will have to be carried upstairs to his room, and to be bathed. We are going to try it though. We love the area and the schools, which is why we are moving to this small Michigan town about thirty minutes from here. We know we may have to move some day, or make other accommodations within this colonial for Andy.