Archives for 2011

3 Reasons You Should Introduce Your Child To The Tickle Monster

We’re always on the look out for fun books we can read with Noah.  He enjoys touch and feel books, The Jesus Storybook Bible, an his bookcases full of other ones, but tonight we introduced our son to something epic.  Something awesome.  Something known as…… The Tickle Monster! My mother in law (knowing my personality [Read More…]…

Our First Buddy Walk Was Awesome…! (And A Huge Thank You.)

I would have never thought this time last year that we’d be walking in the 2011 Dallas Buddy Walk which helps support people born with Down syndrome (like our son) and their families (like us!) But we did. And it was awesome I’ll have much more to say about our day  (including lots of fun [Read More…]…

Buddy Walk 2011 – 3 Ways You Can Team Up With Us To Support Down Syndrome

October was National Down Syndrome Awareness Month (Don’t feel bad if you didn’t know. I had no clue until our son was born!) and to celebrate the National Down Syndrome Society created a yearly, multi city event that takes place over several months known as The Buddy Walk. You can read more about The Buddy Walk [Read More…]…

Our Son Has Turned His Crib Into A Crawling Exercise Machine

A few days ago I wrote about how our son reminded me of a muppet baby because of all the wonderful adventures he has in his crib while he should be sleeping. Tonight I learned that not only does our son prefer to choose-his-own-adventure just before bed time, but he also enjoys using that time [Read More…]…

Why I’m Drunk On Pride, And Proud Of It.

“Our little boy is the hardest working, most determined little boy I know.” I wrote that sentence as I was drafting this post. The second my fingers typed it out, I knew I was wrong. So I’m staring this post over with a different sentence… Down Syndrome Is Hard Work For Everyone All children born [Read More…]…