(Be sure to watch the Mother’s Day video from Kid President at the end of this post!)
This site may be named “Noah’s Dad,” but make no mistake about it, Noah’s mom keeps our house together! I could not ask for a more loving, kind, selfless wife and mommy to our son than my wife. I am so proud to live life with her. She makes my world 1,000,000 times more epic.
I’m a work in progress. Every day of my life I hope I’m a better person than the day before. My life is a process of taking 2 steps forward and 1 step back but hey, 1 step forward is still a step forward. So I’ll take it.
Let me just be very honest for a minute, prior to our son being born I used the word “retarded” pretty flippantly. I would use phrases like “that’s so retarded,” “don’t be retarded,” or “man…I’m so retarded” from time to time without ever even thinking I was using discriminatory language (or hate speech) toward an entire group of people.
Ethan was killed by police officers after now leaving a movie theater.
I came across a story in The Daily Mail about a 26 year old man with Down Syndrome, Robert Ethan Saylor, who was suffocated by police after not leaving a showing of the movie “Zero Dark Thirty” Robert’s death was ruled a homicide today. (Meaning these policeman killed this man.)
Noah wasn’t with me but I told her that I’d have my wife bring him up for lunch on the following day so Noah could say hello (he loves meeting new people!)
I loved hearing her heart for working with children like my son! We’ve been blessed by how God has put so many awesome people in Noah’s life as he grows and develops, and we hope He continues to put awesome educators like Summer (the girl in this picture) in his life!
To all of the educators, therapists, doctors, and other professionals who are dedicated to helping children like my son grow and develop, thank you! You are very much appreciated Please keep doing what you are doing. You are making a difference.
Who is one person in your child’s life that you really appreciate? Leave a comment below and brag on them!
We hope everyone had a fun Valentine’s day celebrating and having fun with those you love!
I snapped this picture this morning as Noah headed off to his first ever school Valentine party! What a little cutie he is!
I love this little boy so much…!
What did you and/or your kids do on Valentine’s day? Feel free to share any super-cute-and-fun Valentine’s day photos in the comments below!
Noah took his first steps on the gait trainer back in December. Do you remember how slow and timid he was? Things have definitely changed with that. He is a speed racer today and knocking into things for fun (typical boy). We don’t use the gait trainer that frequently, but we have come back to it as Noah is getting closer to walking on his own!
Look at those little feet go!
That’s right, we’re giving away a brand new, shipped straight to your house, Step2 Easy Turn Coupe. And It couldn’t be easier to win. But let first let me take a minute to tell you just what makes the Easy Turn Coupe so awesome!
Yes, you read it right. Saving lives.
Let me tell you how.
In case you didn’t already know congenital heart defects (CHD’s) is the number 1 birth defect in new borns affecting over 40,000 babies every year in America alone! With that in mind Step2 partnered with The Saving Tiny Hearts Society (StHS), an organization that funds lifesaving research of congenital heart defects, to come up with the I Heart Easy Turn Coupe campaign.
As part of their new campaign, Step2 has posted a video of the Easy Turn Coupe on their Facebook page, and for every person that watches the video and leaves a comment Step2 will make a 1 dollar donation to StHS! That’s pretty awesome!
We have a wide reach on this site, and if each person reading this post took a few minutes to check out their video and leave a comment, we could help them raise some serious cash…which in turn goes to life saving research! And that’s epic!
In case you didn’t know our son Noah has a congenital heart defect so this research is near and dear to our heart….literarily!
I’ll be doing a more detailed video review on our Youtube Channel later, but as you can see in the picture, Noah is having a blast with this awesome ride on toy!
It’s super easy to win, simply check out the rafflecopter entry form below to all the ways you can enter to win. You can choose as many options as you’d like! (I’d suggest entering with all the options to increase your chances of winning!) By the way if you are having problems seeing the rafflecopter entry form below this text be sure your using the most recent version of your web browser (and give the form some time to load…especially if you’re viewing this post on your mobile phone.) If you’re still having problems let me know.
Good luck!
Disclosure: I am a Step2 Test Drive Blogger. I received products in exchange for my review and opinion. No other compensation was provided.
Be sure to hit the play button above to watch the video and hear more about Ariel’s inspiring dream to meet Sean Penn!
We’ve been blown away by the support we have received through our blog and Facebook page. The best part about it is that we’ve been able to connect with people from all over the world. We have our friends down in Australia and Brazil to those who happen to live down the street from us. While we were in the Florida Keys, we had the pleasure of meeting another family we have connected with thanks to the internet.
My parents were nice enough to invite us to go on vacation with them to the Florida Keys this past summer, I think it had something to do with the cute toddler we would be toting with us. 
“Off to Florida we go….!”
