What's the opposite of progress??

That's what we are making with little Z, the opposite of progress.  As he continues to have visits with his mom, his behavior continues to get worse.  She has been coming to every visit since she learned it would be a violation of her parole not to, so we have been having to take Z and G every week.  For the first few months we had Z, his mom was visiting only intermittently.  It was nice!  But now, she hasn't missed a visit in almost 2 months.  Z has been having giant melt downs, hitting the other kids, yelling and kicking all over the place.  The weekend is the worst because the visits are on Thursdays or Fridays.  Our court date has again been pushed back, so we have to keep taking the boys to their visits.  It just isn't fair.  We are very frustrated right now.  But, we can see an end to all this, even if it continues to inch farther away with all these court continuances.  Even so, there will be an end.  So, we will keep dealing with the behaviors and hope they go away once the visits stop.  Thankfully, that crazy little G doesn't seem to be fazed by the visits.  He has such a different personality from Z.  I think "goofy" is a good way to describe him.  He just doesn't have a care in the world.  And, spending an hour and a half with a lady who he doesn't know from Adam isn't going to bother him any. 

Here is our house so far....

The kids have been so excited to see the progress.  We go over every evening and look at all the work that has been done.  G and Z find the pile of pea gravel and toss little rocks at each other.  Hannah and Addison inspect their rooms and see if they approve.  It really has been fun so far.  Hopefully it will continue that way!!