Thrive magazine contacted my wife a few months ago asking if we would be interested in doing an interview with them for their “Mom Next Door” series.
[Read More…]A Very Merry (And Much Less Stressful) Second Christmas
It’s hard to believe this is our second Christmas as parents…and especially parents of a child with Down syndrome. Crazy!
This 2nd Christmas as new parents is much different than our 1st Christmas for a number of reasons.
[Read More…]Meet Eli, The Physical Therapy Golden Retriever; Noah's New Best Friend
One of the things I really like about Our Children’s House Baylor (Where Noah receives his developmental therapy) is the creative ways they work with children.
Today they brought in an awesome golden retriever therapy dog for the children to play with. And as you can see, it looks like Noah has a new best friend!
[Read More…]12 Things I Wish I Knew When I Found Out Our Son Had Down Syndrome
Today is Noah’s first birthday! Wow…! It’s hard to believe it’s been a year since our son was born. It’s true what they say, time really does fly…and even more so when your a parent it seems.
Since Noah’s first birthday falls on a weekday, we decided to wait and have his official birthday party on Saturday to make it easier on Noah’s friends and family to come.
[Read More…]An Update On Noah’s Treadmill Therapy Progress
Noah physical therapist has been using treadmill training to help him learn to walk for 3 and a half months now. As you can see in today’s video he’s come a long way since he took his first “steps” on the treadmill in a few months ago. However, he still has a lot of work to do before he’ll [Read More…]…