Noah Takes His First Step Towards Standing Up!

Today was a big day for Noah at physical therapy.  As you can see in the video he took his first step towards standing up today!  We were thrilled! Pulling up is a huge milestone for any baby, and it’s fun to see Noah take his first steps toward being able to pull himself up [Read More…]…

A Thank You, An Introduction, And 10 Of Our Favorite Posts To Get You Started

Wow, what a week!  Here’s a quick timeline: This past Monday at 4:30 in the afternoon I published a post about a Target ad that featured a model who was born with Down Syndrome.  Within thirty minutes I noticed an extremely high level of traffic on our blog and started looking into it.  Within an [Read More…]…

Target Is ‘Down’ With Down Syndrome: 5 Things Target Said By Saying Nothing At All

If you were browsing through this week’s Target ad you may have passed right over the adorable little boy in the bright orange shirt smiling at you on page 9!  And if so, I’m glad! The reason I’m glad?  Well, that stylish young man in the orange shirt is Ryan Langston. Ryan just so happened [Read More…]…

1 Year Ago Today: Reflections On The Scariest Week Of My Life

That video was shot exactly one year ago today.  New Years Eve 2010.  Wow.  What a year this has been…! As I type this, there’s only 30 minutes left of 2011 and I’ve been thinking about this last blog post of the year all week.  There’s a million things I want to say, but I’m [Read More…]…

Swing Sets Are So….Typical!

When Noah was born one of my biggest fears was that he would never be able to do normal-kid type stuff.  (Or as we’re supposed to say in the “world of special needs parenting…..typical children.)  I remember sitting in the hospital room wondering if Noah would ever want to play with me, go to the [Read More…]…