can you say overwhelmed?

I've been doing a bit too much research for my son(Eli) lately and I got to say that I am feeling overwhelmed with all this information that I am finding. I feel like I have tons of work ahead of me and I feel like I won't make it through it sometimes, I'm just one person after all.
I have no idea how my son's autism is going to affect him in the future, he is only 4 and right now he is the happiest kid, he loves to play and laugh and spend time with family, he is such an awesome kid. I have noticed lately that not been able to communicate with words is getting him frustrated. Sometimes when we can't understand each other, he runs to his room and closes the door and won't let me in.

I know that I can only get the kind of strength that I need from God, I know that I got to ask and pray for it, I know that I can do all things through Christ, that he is with me and I just need to rest in his love and know that everything will be fine. I know all of this...I know I need to pray.... so if I know all of this then why am I not praying enough???
mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm..........

I got some praying to do.



Anyway, this past weekend we took all of the cousins to the zoo (from my husbands side). It was fun, Eli had a great time with his cousin. I gotta say though, I was so tired afterwards. We took 19 kids and we were 9 adults, it was like a school field trip.

     This is some of us, we didn't all fit in the same picture.