HI, I'M JASON!

I have been writing about parenthood with two young special needs kids since I became a father in 2008. Jonny is now 15 and has a rare condition called Kabuki Syndrome. Jonah (10) was nonverbal and diagnosed with Autism in 2016. This blog is a chronicle of our special needs journey together. I mostly post my thoughts on Facebook, but you will also find those posts here.

We are an Ausome Family. We run on an abundance of coffee, loads of patience, a lot of love, and a “Touch of Ausome.”

Thank you for coming on this epic journey with us!


LATEST FROM THE BLOG

For Jonah’s birthday last mont…

For Jonah’s birthday last month, we redecorated his room. Gone is the wall full of stick-on alphabet letters and the Pixar posters. Now it’s all Minecraft. 😎👍

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Way too hot for this…


Living in the Temperate Coastal climate of the Pacific Northwest, rarely will a thermometer spit out a reading higher…

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Post Surgery updates


I have spent most my free time doing things that need to be done or sleeping so this blog was written, waiting to be…

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Waiting for the other shoe to drop…


I’ve actually written most this blog already, but I’m adding this to the top because when I write while I feel…

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Jonny’s Birthday!


Ididn’t take a single solitary still photo at Jonny’s party because I left the camera in the car. I’m a bit…

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Jonny’s surgery


We just found out that Jonny's surgery to repair the partial cleft in his soft palate and have tubes inserted in his…

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Jonny’s Haircut


We took Jonny to get a haircut yesterday and he was not impressed. He did just fine until the clippers came out. He…

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An awfully good book.


Mama got me the first book from the "Sword of Truth" series by Terry Goodkind for Christmas last year. I started…

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New Jonny pics


…because I know that’s the real reason you check this blog. 🙂…

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5-year marital bliss


Mama and I celebrated our 5 year wedding anniversary last weekend. (It actually took me a week to finish this blog, so…

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Jonny’s first trip to Safeco Field


http://www.atouchofausome.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/P1010150.MOV.mp4 My friends were up visiting from…

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Spring photos


Jonny’s first trip to Seattle!

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Easter pics 2009


All dressed up

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New blogs coming soon…I promise


9-month pics for now.

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Crazy Kid!


Hi I’m Jonny. I can now pound my toys on the floor (…walls, the desk, daddy’s head) to listen to what sound it makes. I…

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Lost Sleep


I always feel compelled to blog when I've lost sleep over my kid. I think it is to get some sort of validation for…

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25 Random Things About Jason


I was "tagged" in a blog on facebook to post 25 random facts about me but I thought I'd re-post my version on my own…

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New Pics!


I was going to write at least three blogs last week about the happenings in our lives but they were pushed down the…

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Jonny Feeding!


I've been trying to figure out this camcorder forever. I've taken some good video, but it takes a couple extra steps to…

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