My sweet Big Girl. Oh my word, Mamas, how do you find it in you to let your kids go? Is this snack good enough? Do you need fishies AND graham crackers? or maybe cookies. oh what if she feels like string cheese. is this enough? too much? what if she wants what the other kid is having. what’s his mom packing him right...
Whitney’s Down syndrome was not a delivery room surprise. We found out late in the 2nd trimester. I wanted the delivery to be as normal and natural as possible, Down syndrome or not, birth is birth. Monday morning, and the room was buzzing with medical staff in anticipation. Buzzing because baby has Down syndrome and a known heart condition, and buzzing because Mama was...
Our sweet little girl is three today! Whitney loves…. hugs and kisses singing Old MacDonald, Wheels on the Bus, and any other song with motions books Signing Time and other movies petting dogs sand at the beach playing with clothes and dress-up the piano smoothies, cereal, noodles, cupcakes, graham crackers, milk copying her brother (especially if she hears “no”) swinging, jumping on the bed,...
It was a big weekend for our little family. Not only did we celebrate Whitney’s upcoming birthday with a party and parade but Mr. Curls got his first trim. I had held back probably a lot longer than I should have with the mess of blonde. So we set up a video out on the deck, and after arming myself with a few youtube tutorials...
Whitney’s almost three! While the official day is not until Friday (8/9) she had a party and her annual parade with friends and family today. It was an Alphabet Themed Party. We played a simple game kind of like musical chairs but with letters and lollipops for prizes for landing on the letters I called out. The day we brought Whitney home from the...
I love the ocean any time of year. But, the beaches near us are often cold and windy in the summer. Even cloudy beach days are beautiful….especially with dear friends. We got to visit with our sweet friends from Minnesota who were out for a beach vacation with their family in Half Moon Bay. It was a Sunday Sabbath…beautiful, restful, heart warming. We hope...
FIRST trip to the Dollar Store for the kids (and first in a long time for me) – wow, what an easy place to spend money! Our finds brought on a few other firsts….. FIRST tea party, attended by our new spiders. FIRST home recorder jam session….yes, Whitney plays it however she wants. I liken this to something in between Kenny G, and...
The last couple of days have really stunk. So today I’m working on thinking happy thoughts…with memories from the last few weeks. Happy is….baking zucchini chocolate muffins and bringing the special treat to daddy while he works. Mickey Mouse pancake breakfast with cousins (a.k.a. the Gramby Special) Polka-dot swimsuits and princess float rings. Watermelon and water tables Sidewalk art with nieces and first swings with...
My apologies to any non-parents out there, this is a potty post. We have been fully engrossed in a Diaper Detox experiment. We cut diapers cold turkey (while awake) on Wednesday afternoon….and spent 72 hours hunkered down with paper towels, Chlorox wipes and potty songs. I’ll spare you too many details but will say it’s been quite the adventure in patience and endurance, and...
Early Start……starts early. Try as I may, I can’t seem to ever get us all there on time with shoes on and diapers clean. I’m starting to think the pigs might fly if I did. Nevertheless, we have a packed three hours of development fun twice a week. Here’s a little window into Whitney’s Early Start days. WORK TIME. When we arrive, we grab...
Happy belated 4th everyone! We’ve got another type of independence going on here. Freedom = Highchair free for 2 weeks now, I still can’t believe it when the kids spoon out their own Cheerios and milk. Dylan says “OWN” all the time, as in I want to climb in my carseat, go upstairs, brush my teeth on my own! It’s actually helped with the...