How Some Epic Stair Crawling Reminded Me To Expect The Unexpected!

This kid is seriously on a roll lately. He just learned to climb up a few steps a few days ago, and as you can see in today’s video, he’s already almost able to make it to the top of our staircase at home! I’m so proud of this little boy! He’s hard at work learning to climb these stairs. Isn’t it fun [Read More…]…

Noah Shows Off Some Cause And Effect Awesomeness

I can’t even begin to tell you how fun it is to watch Noah grow and develop. He is currently in a stage where he’s picking up on cause and effect, and I love it! I think the first time I noticed him starting to understand that he had the ability to cause something to happen himself was one day while [Read More…]…

Noah Eats His First Tim Tam, Or Why Balance Is An Important

One of the greatest rewards of sharing our son’s journey online is without a doubt all of the amazing families we get to meet in the process. This past year we’ve gotten to know so many great people through the comment section of this site, our Facebook page, our Twitter page, our YouTube Channel, our Google + page, and heck, even through our Pinterest page! (Yah, I’m a guy and [Read More…]…

3 Ways Parents Of Kids With Down Syndrome Can Find A Play Group, Make Friends, And Stop Feeling Lonely!

One of the biggest fears I had when Noah was born was that we’d never have any friends who could really relate to us. Sure, we had lots of friends with young children, but none of them had a child with Down syndrome. So even though they could relate to us as a parent, there was no way they could relate to us when it came to raising [Read More…]…

How A Pancake Breakfast With My 13 Month Old Reminded Me That Single Parenting Ain’t Easy

One of my favorite things in the world to do is take our son on “daddy dates.” Daddy dates are pretty much just what they sound like; a dad, taking his child, on a date! Basically, Noah and I just go out and have some somewhere. Just the two of us. It doesn’t really matter what [Read More…]…