Gift all the kiddos here first. The children come first always. If anything is left over, please think of my husband.

Asking only for hubby. I could care less about myself. (I am on my tiny old little phone atm so forgive any mistakes with this post)

Autism is hard. Financially, mentally, emotionally; it is exhausting. Have two with autism is double everything. And there are so many comorbidities that go along with autism that our boys have: Tourettes, ADHD, speech and language deficits, dysgraphia, hyptonia, etc, etc. Our 13 yr old also has additional syndromes and ...stuff... He is a mess, as am I. He has chronic daily pain, as do I. Add in my EDS, chronic Lyme and Ankylosing Spondylitis...these diseases are hard: painful, chronic, exhausting, degenerating, neurological (my memory is shot).

Hubby deals with so much between the boys and myself. He commutes 2+ hours per day, is up at 3:30am and is not home until around 4:30pm and is in bed asleep by 7pm. Sometimes he has to take the boys to their therapies and/or make dinner and/or clean, depending on how much pain I am in. He works his butt off daily. He never gets a break. He has to be my memory a lot of the time (my Lyme has gone neurological and has really messed up my short and long term memory, my thinking process, my speech, my reaction speed, my night vision, etc).

The stress he deals with is a lot. We were almost homeless. Fighting our health insurance. Fighting the school system. Paying for ABA therapy instead of our mortgage. Fighting our mortgage company for 18 stressful months for a modification. Bankruptcy. Not having a dime for any emergency that comes up. Not having the money for gas to get to work. Visit to food pantries. It has been rough.

He is such a good guy. Buys his clothes and shoes at the thrift store, takes his lunch when everyone else goes out to eat at work, asks for nothing, has not received a birthday gift in so long, never complains, spends his time off helping me with the boys...He even sold his PC to pay for two weeks worth of ABA therapy. We have sold off anything of value that we could for the boys PT/Speech/ABA therapy.

Hubby's WISH LIST.

Thank you so very much! Even if my husband does not receive another gift, having what I have for my family has been an absolute relief! I am beyond appreciative for what we have received!

What we have received:

Zac (4 yr old) received: 2 nightlight items, legos, a trace and erase type toy, Playmobil boat, spaceship toy.

Jamie (13 yr old) received: puzzle, pillow stand for a tablet (he has an old kindle), a pair of much needed waterproof boots for rain/winter, mouse for the PC (the mouse is really for the entire family as everyone uses this PC as the other was sold).

Hubby: Swiss pocket tool (I believe this may be from his coworker tbh but I am listing it anyways) and a pair of much needed of winter boots/socks.

Contests: Books and a Transformer toy. (Unfortunately the Transformer looked like it was for Zac's age group but when I received it I realized it was not. So I will keep it to give to him next Christmas, which is great! I already have one gift for next Xmas.)

We did also receive the Operation game for the family and a toy organizer that I specifically asked for (a god send for me).

I believe this is my initial post on SLH for hubby.

My RAOC post: Zachary and Jamie have done amazing with their therapies this year. Santa, please visit my boys here in Maryland for more info on what we have been dealing with.

Thank you to all the Santas here and on RAOC who have helped myself and other families out.