Outnumbered and Overjoyed

Ruby had to miss Gigi's for several weeks before the holidays due to doctor appointments and sickness, and speech was on a little hold b...

Although we have never formally made a list of things we like to do leading up to Christmas, I think the kids would agree that there are cer...

Once again, Maddux rocks my socks off. Several months ago, she sang along to Cake's "Going the Distance" by serenading us wi...

That girl. She's always had a big heart. Always been a bit of a 'little mommy'. Always taken care of and looked out for those ar...

Ruby has Down syndrome. That sentence is a heavy one. For most of us (us 'special needs parents'), when we first get our diagnosi...

Ruby started crawling just after her first birthday. That milestone was long awaited because we worked so hard on it for SO long with little...

In true Daddy fashion, when I was out of the house the other night, Lehr secured his title of "Fun Daddy". He pulled out the ch...

What an eventful time it is with this girl right now! This is not even a therapy update because these things are not all therapy-driven, B...

Awesomeness. Nope, not the actual day, but the picture. Finally. FINALLY. This was the third year I tried to convince my crew to do som...

They add up. In just the last week I've noticed so many 'little' things with Ruby. They are likely milestones or progress tow...

When we first got Ruby's diagnosis, a friend told us about the Buddy Walk. At that time we were still trying to process everything, and ...

Ruby's got all kinds of new skills these days. They are not necessarily things anyone but me would notice; most of the things I'm no...

Here's Ruby's latest and greatest! In the area of speech, Ruby has improved her technique for chewing things. This is not somethin...

Eli and Maddux have dabbled in gymnastics for the last few years, but outside of a few months here and there, it's never developed past ...

The kids and I have made a few minimal Halloween crafts and treats over the last few years. Usually the kids want to make cupcake 'spide...

While we were at the beach, Ruby had a new pair of custom braces (SMO's) being built. She was measured for them before our trip, and we ...

As usual, this girl is a rockstar! Ruby has gone without therapy for two weeks because of our beach trip, but that hasn't slowed her ...

Our trip was broken into two parts because the first half of the week was just the five of us, while the second half found several other fam...