Outnumbered and Overjoyed

A few weeks ago our dishwasher started giving us some issues, so we've been handwashing everything. As one might expect, dishes pile up ...

Today was our first World Down Syndrome Day (3/21) and we wore big, mismatched socks in support. (The goal was to bring attention to the s...

I probably mention Ruby's hard work in 5 out of every 4 blogs....in case it's not obvious, we're kind of impressed by the work t...

Since the beginning of time, or at least time as far as Eli's concerned, we've seen the struggle with anger. He is a very happy kid;...

So we've been working with Ruby on a few signs, and then started focusing just on 'more' about a week ago. I didn...

Eli has had four games so far; one last weekend and then three days in a row this weekend. Each one has been on a beautiful spring-weather d...

For over a year now, I've been encouraging the kids to journal. With me, without me....whatever. It started as an attempt to help Eli wo...

Sometime before Christmas I asked the Babies Can't Wait coordinator to assist us in scheduling a session for Ruby with the Speech Therap...

Ruby and I got to have lunch with the kids on Monday. We haven't been able to make it to the school for lunch since the holidays; betwee...

We are back in the game!! Eli opted to return to baseball this season. After our parent-imposed fall away from sports, Eli returned to...

Well, actually both hands. But who's counting! We've been offering Ruby puffs on her tray since almost the first time she ate sol...

Ruby has added a new piece of equipment to her ever-changing home gym. She now practices crawling on what we are referring to as a 'craw...

Maddux opted to take a gymnastics class this spring instead of doing a team sport. I was able to find a class that offered gymnastics AND ba...

As usually happens when a new baby enters the house, things around here have been busy to say the least. And as stay-and-attempt-to-work-at-...

It's been one of those weeks. One full of car seats in and out of the back seat, into this parking garage for this doctor, onto that mas...

I find the most awesome, the most creatively spelled, and the most random notes all around the house. Sometimes they are to me, sometimes th...

How many posts do I have with that title? If I had to guess, I'd say a dozen or more (per year)... Maddux and I had a quiet afternoon ...

What a crazy week. We got a few inches of snow on Tuesday. It immediately turned to ice. The interstate froze over. Six million people were ...

Ruby is an eating machine. She started a little slow, but her speed of consumption is up there with McQueen these days. She eats three meals...

60 degrees. Sun. Midway through January. On a day off from school and work. Awesome. That pretty much sums it up. I would have to say that...