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If Our Family Had A Motto…

August 20th, 2010 by Herding Grasshoppers

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Little People and Wake Forest Fan Fest

August 15th, 2010 by Southern Babies

The kids started the week bright and early at their 3 year check up at the pediatrician’s office.  Overall they are great.  LITTLE, but great!  The doctor was pleased with the great year they had and really noticed how far they have come in the last year.  The kids were able to get their Read More

In Which I Think About The Past Year

August 11th, 2010 by Connor's Song

This time last year, I was writing about how well Connor was growing, cleaning our house, and how the little guy was taking to his new tricycle.  I had no idea last year on this day that in less than twenty-four hours my life would be completely turned on its head. Tomorrow marks one year to Read More

Dozens upon Dozens

August 10th, 2010 by Growing Fruit

We are off to Cedar Point Grandma and Grandpa’s today. Just Andrew and me. Mark said he could never sleep the night before Cedar Point and Andrew is just the same about a big event. Last night he was so tired and our conversation went like this: AJ… “Dozens upon dozens I love Read More

Field trip to Athens

August 7th, 2010 by The McKee Family

Athens, Georgia, that is.   Yesterday Karen and I took our kids on the first field trip of my school year.  We ventured over to Athens, Georgia (about two hours southeast of here) and visited The State Botanical Garden of Georgia as well as a very nice playground nearby.  We tried to visit a Read More

Flashback Friday

August 6th, 2010 by Eva Nichole

Since we are doing the Relay for Life today I thought I would look back at some of the other walks we have done. We did the Al’s walk/run for the Children’s Hospital and in honor of Eva as well as to thank all our doctors and nurses who helped Eva all the times she was in the Read More

Think Before You Ask, Please

August 6th, 2010 by Sneak Peek: Raising A Special Child

Today’s Guest Peeker is sweet Katy from Louisiana. We have a date, her & I, to meet next April in New Orleans for Mom 2.0 conference. She is all kinds of wonderful. I am seriously jealous of her educational units and her iPad. {She says it belongs to Charlie…yeah, um sure it does Read More

CHD Racecar

August 2nd, 2010 by Eva Nichole

Here is the racecar that is brining awarness to CHDs, Eva’s name is on the hood of this car. You might have to click it and make it larger to see her name but its on there and I could not be prouder to be her mom!! Read More

Which Season????

July 25th, 2010 by Beneath the Wings

When I first noticed Ricki wearing winter clothing in the summer, I assumed hat it was due to the lower number of buttoned on the blouse, making getting dressed all that easier. So I made it “jolly well clear” that she did not have to be so lazy as to wear winter pullovers in the summer heat, Read More

Thursday, July 22nd, 2010

July 25th, 2010 by T & t + 3!

It’s been a couple of busy days. On Tuesday night, Brandy from Maxim came by to do the acuity assessment to determine if I qualify for additional nursing hours through Medicaid. Since we still had the plan of treatment from the Maxim nurses in California it was a pretty short meeting. On Read More

In Which We Have A Not So Wonderful Day

July 23rd, 2010 by Connor's Song

Not the best of days today, I’m afraid. First a little bit of good news– Connor’s rash, though rather nasty looking, hasn’t spread at all, and I’m about 95% sure it’s just a bad case of diaper rash brought on by the change in brands.  I’m glad I waited Read More

Thursday

July 22nd, 2010 by The Lutz Family Fun Page

Today we went to lunch at the school again. When I told Duncan we could go eat lunch, he cheered. They were having corndogs. Jason and I came home and took a nap. Playing at the park two days in a row just did him in. Then Kristen called me and invited us to go to Cowabunga Bay. We went from Read More

The Tortoise and the Hare

July 18th, 2010 by Beneath the Wings

For a long period we have been dealing with certain negative behaviors of Ricki. I have tried behavior modification plans, rewards, and punishments, to little avail. But I reevaluated everything, and felt that the plan I had in place was correct, and should theoretically work. I suspected that it Read More

Emotional

July 18th, 2010 by Jazzie and Tahlia

After a pretty good day today, I put Jazzie to bed and went downstairs. After about 20 minutes, I hear her crying. When I went into her room, Jazzie was sitting in her bed with tears streaming down her face. When I asked her what was wrong she couldn’t tell me. I asked her if she was mad, Read More

Going to the Orthodontist

June 29th, 2010 by The Shaddox Boys

Well, tomorrow is the day that I am taking both boys to the orthodontist. I just finally decided it had to be done. I have got to be the MOM and take care of this. Elijah will have two phases of braces most likely. His top pallatte is behind bottom pallette and pushing his bottom front teeth out. Read More

Summer visitors day 4

June 17th, 2010 by The McKee Family

As I mentioned in my previous post, today was K’s birthday…so the day started with a celebration of that.  The kids were excited to come downstairs this morning and discover a balloon floating from each of their chairs.  K was greeted with ‘happy birthday’s all around, Read More

two thumbs up

June 17th, 2010 by Life with Lucas

June 16, 2010 3:45 AM – my cell phone alarm went off for the first time. 3:50 AM – I groggily got up and jumped in the shower. 4:10 AM – I headed downstairs to gather everything, got Lucas’s ear ready and went to wake him. 4:25 AM – I opened Lucas’s door and Read More

Seven

June 14th, 2010 by Our blog...

It’s been 7 years. In some ways it seems like Jeb and I have been together forever. In some ways it seems like time has flown by. In the past 7 years we’ve had a few ups and downs. I cannot imagine going through them with anyone else but Jeb. He’s my best friend. He’s seen me at my best Read More

Sunday

June 14th, 2010 by The Lutz Family Fun Page

Yesterday morning started out with a delicious breakfast of pancakes in bed. Duncan really wanted to make me breakfast on my birthday, but I was a little hesitant for him to cook without any adult supervision. So Brett sat in the kitchen while Duncan made pancakes. He did a good job!! We’ve Read More

Costa Rica Volunteer Aid with Raleigh International

June 13th, 2010 by The Ambling Rambler

I don’t usually plug for donations, but I’m making an exception this time.  A very good friend of mine, David Roos, has been accepted as a volunteer for a project in Costa Rica, starting in September for three months.  His role is one close to my heart, as Photographer for the Read More

Catch up

June 11th, 2010 by Our blog...

• I had my recurring dream again about how Jeb doesn’t like me. In my dream I was begging him to like me. I kept saying, what if we’re friends for a while…don’t you think you could like me? He kept saying NO! After I told Jeb about my dream he said, “Why can’t you have recurring Read More

Baby Girl’s Ears

June 11th, 2010 by Live*Laugh*Love*Family

After yet another ear infection while we were in North Carolina last weekend, Lilybean saw her ENT here in DC and is now scheduled to receive tubes. My poor little love has had 8 infections in her little life, and has been on more antibiotics than most little babies should ever get. I’m Read More

In Which Connor Breaks Down

June 10th, 2010 by Connor's Song

This morning Connor was supposed to have his field day with school, but when we showed up we discovered it had been (mostly) canceled.  So we drove to Pike Place Market instead and did a little bit of shopping.  After Connor had his nap, I did a little more cleaning around the house in Read More

In Which Connor Is A Starveling

June 8th, 2010 by Connor's Song

Poor Connor.  Last night around ten o’clock he threw up, and so I went in and turned down his feed.  At least I thought I’d turned it down– I’d actually turned it off.  So at about four in the morning he woke up with an empty tummy and refused to go back to sleep.  Read More

Disney World

June 2nd, 2010 by Jazzie and Tahlia

Well, we have just finished day three at Disney World and we are having a great time. Our days are busy, but we have been balancing out the craziness of the parks with some relaxing at the pool. The girls have been staying up late every night, but hey, it’s vacation! After arriving at our Read More

The Power of Love

May 30th, 2010 by Sneak Peek: Raising A Special Child

Day in and day out I write about the things on my mind and occasionally, I write about the things on my heart. It probably seems more so the latter lately because I am having to make difficult decisions about Austin’s medical care that are complicated and risky. Sometimes the risk is Read More

Mo Fo the Brain Tumor

May 25th, 2010 by The Fabulous Running Mommy

My blog has sat idly as I’ve run mile after mile on the treadmill and pounded out reps and sets until I’ve lost count on the gym weight machines. I’ve counted calories and stopped drinking beer completely. My reward? I’ve lost 2″ on my waist and no longer have to Read More

Tuesday

May 25th, 2010 by The Lutz Family Fun Page

I stayed up until 2am last night getting work done. Jason really doesn’t like me to work. Then I woke up at 5:30am with Jason crying. He wasn’t ready to get up so we got him to go back to sleep. The problem is I have an ear infection. I know because I couldn’t lie down, it hurt Read More

Taking a Break

May 25th, 2010 by CAUSE ME TO HEAR

I won’t be blogging for awhile – working on the new house. We’re having everything shut off tomorrow and won’t reinstate Internet for a month or so. For those family members who check in on William, I’ll be sure to call if there is anything noteworthy – Read More

You Can’t Imagine…

May 25th, 2010 by Our Little Hero...

You can’t imagine what it would be like to have a child born with significant and severe medical problems and being diagnosed with CHARGE Syndrome.  You can’t imagine what it would be like to only have your baby in your home for 2 weeks out of 7 months of his life. You can’t Read More