"Hey, Rachel, smile please" - this is what I get. A while ago, I had a meeting with Rachel's teacher and speech therapist...

I took Charlie to the local feeding clinic a week or so ago hoping to get some direction on how to get him to branch out his food selections...

It's just about summer everywhere and I know a lot of moms are packing away the winter items. Do you have any warm, snuggly baby blanket...

On the first warm day of the spring, I broke out the sprinkler. Charlie was thrilled. Rachel - not so much. She liked sitting in the...

Rachel wanted to push her pat a cake skills by attempting the song with Dada's fire gloves. she's watching her reflecting i...

I never thought I would be a part of this day but here I am celebrating my third. It seems like forever ago that I held Rachel in my arms fo...

In March, a local photographer was offering a free 21 minute session in honor of 3:21 - World Down Syndrome Day. We were lucky enough to re...

It's been a while since my last blog post but my new computer should be here soon. I hate blogging without pictures because I KNOW that ...

Just in case anyone is worried about the long absence from the blog, don't worry, it's just that our computer at home died and I don...

Rachel and I made a trip up to our old stomping grounds of Greensboro, NC. I drove the 8+ hours but before the trip I was SO SCARED about ...

Spring is near! Spring means open windows, good bye sickness and hello sunshine. We took advantage of that all weekend. Lots of time outsi...

This is a nice medical update. Both Rachel and Charlie will be getting tubes in the next couples weeks. I have them scheduled to get them ...

I don't think I've ever told this story to anyone. While Rachel was in the NICU at Brenner Children's Hospital, Stephen and I ...

In the midst of all this sickness, there is a silver lining. I've learned that my big girl really is maturing. Doctor appointments and h...

Sicknesses since November: Croup -2 Flu - 3 Stomach Flu - 2 RSV- 1 Ear Infections - 6 Bronchitis - 1 Bronchiolitis - 1 All of th...

Staying one step ahead of this kid is getting harder every day.

You know everyone is feeling better when they start trashing the house. Rachel is signing "cookie", because I guess she need...

We went out a couple times to enjoy the nice weather this week. The kids have fun out in the yard. Rachel is the first to want to go inside....

After being sick and stuck inside for so long, I finally feel like we are coming out of a fog. If the sun would finally come out then all w...

It's amazing how much a blog suffers when your family just goes from sickness to sickness. You can't really post cute pictures if yo...