Our face of Autism - Day 30 of 30

Just this past weekend at Mustang Fest at Ashton's school.

the boys had a fantastic time!! :)

I hope you've enjoyed our "Face of Autism" series this month :)

Our face of Autism - Day 29 of 30

This is when getting direct eye-contact in pictures got hard.....

18-19months .... VERY difficult but still OH SO cute!!!

Our face of Autism - Day 28 of 30

I know this was around 13-14months .... look at the long hair in the back!

He LOVED straws back then!!!!

Our face of Autism - Day 27 of 30

I'm guessing 15-16months old.... he had started to slip into his own world

and getting smiles in pictures was getting harder and harder

Our face of Autism - Day 26 of 30

Gummy Grin!! He had to of been around 9-10months old here :)

Look at those HUGE blue eyes he had!!!!!

Our face of Autism - Day 25 of 30

Halloween 2006 (so, age 7) - His laugh is EXACTLY the same!!!
He was trying to eat the stem of the pumpkin and I caught him mid-giggle ;)

Our face of Autism - Day 24 of 30

Well, we got our confirmation - it looks like this was lucky #3!
Ashton will get to surf with Surfers Healing again this summer!!

Thanks to Emily Peat for taking this gorgeous picture of Ashton and his surfer last year!

Our face of Autism - Day 23 of 30

In honor of today being Surfers Healing Virginia Beach signups... 

one of my favorite pictures of Ashton and his surfer, Kalani, from his first year!

Our face of Autism - Day 22 of 30

Ashton was trying to whistle and TOTALLY cracked me up in the process! LOL!

Our face of Autism - Day 21 of 30

I was messing around combing his hair after his shower this morning,

and he said he wanted to keep the spiky hair - so spiky it is!

Our face of Autism - Day 20 of 30

Look at that SUPER AMAZING report card!
ALL As!!! WTG Big Guy!!! We KNEW you could do it!

Our face of Autism - Day 19 of 30

Look at that sweet happy face and those bright and shiny eyes!

My super handsome boy! :)

Our face of Autism - Day 18 of 30

How could you resist this sweet face?! :) I know *I* sure can't!

Our face of Autism - Day 17 of 30

Another picture from the same trip/day as yesterday's..... 

look at that smile on his face!!! :)

Our face of Autism - Day 16 of 30

This was a shot that was completely unplanned but remains one of my favorites! :)

Ashton kissing a camel at the Reston Petting Zoo in June 2007 when we made a trip to NOVA

Our face of Autism - Day 15 of 30

Okay... so you can't see his face, but .....
Ashton and his very favorite uncle, Uncle Kevin who took him to the zoo on his birthday
They look like they were sharing secrets or something! :)

Our face of Autism - Day 14 of 30

He wrote his name in the snow on my car when we went to visit a friend in NC

Our face of Autism - Day 13 of 30

LOVE THIS ONE!! It's a couple of years old but he's so darn cute!!! :)

Our face of Autism - Day 12 of 30

You silly goose! You put that noodle on your nose to make you look like Master Shifu from Kung Fu Panda. ;) What a personality!

Our face of Autism - Day 11 of 30

LOVE this face!! totally makes me laugh whenever I see this picture