A Blast from the Past

So this month is Autism Awareness month so I wanted to do a tribute to the days when my brother was first diagnosed. For the month of April I will tell you stories of the way JJ was back then so you get an idea of how far along he has come and how blessed we all are.

I'll start with the story of how me and my fiance' Ronnie first met.

(I know your thinking, "I thought this is about JJ") Is it...and its a great story...

So I heard from a friend that this guy she knew had been checking me out on 

MYSPACE

I know...so 100 years ago right?

Anyways, I checked him out and I thought he was waaaaay out of my league...

I was super nervous to say something to him, but I figured I didn't know him and I had nothing to lose..

So as I am attempting to write him a message..JJ climbed up in my lap...butt naked 

(he absolutely hated clothes and ran around naked all the time...rain or shine, snow or sleet...he was naked..this became a problem considering he wasn't potty trained..whatever you're picturing..it was worse than that..but that's another blog in itself!)

Anyways at the time he was infatuated with computers,

He always wanted to type on them and click buttons and play games and so forth..

So I typed up something or another to say hi to my dream guy...and I kept deleting it and retyping...trying to find a way to hide my inner nerd...

before I knew it I had deleted all the words but there was still a ... on the message and JJ had hit the send button!

...

seriously? If I was trying to hide the inner nerd in me I sure didn't do a good job at it.

JJ didn't know it at the time, but because of his quick hands and savy computer moves he opened a whole knew world to me.

To my surprise Ronnie messaged me back!

???

was all it said...

Gosh how am I going to explain this one to this green eyed, tan skinned, brown haired hottie!?!

I told him that my adorable little brother JJ had autism and had sent the message..not me...

He didn't believe me at the time but says that I was so cute that he had to know where this simple, accidental message would lead us..

Well now were engaged and JJ will be Ronnie's little brother..and we wouldn't want it any other way!