Life As I Know It

This gem came home from school this week. He was asked to write a story about his family, which he did. He wrote about his Homecoming Da...

Today is Sh.awn's Homecoming Day! On this day 8 years ago, after 90 long days in the NICU, we finally got to bring Sh.awn home from the ...

Yesterday was Sh.awn's Day. 7 years ago yesterday, Shawn came home from the NICU. He was 90 days old. 7 years ago yesterday, after spe...

Today the big boys go back to school after a three week vacation. It's been a nice break, but unfortunately, it's been long enough f...

I'm lucky in that my boys love to snuggle. It is not unusual for one to crawl up on the couch next to me and wrap their arms around me. ...

The big boys turned 7 on Monday. It truly blows my mind.  Ja.son Sh.awn They are so big and smart and funny and amazing--every...

Ja.son has slowly adjusted to life without his glasses. He struggled the first day. He asked for them once the second day. Today, he didn...

My love affair with the boys' teacher continues. You guys, I am so, so grateful this woman is in their lives. Seriously. She emails n...

It's interesting what happens when things are based on that word "technically." Technically, I had eggs and milk for dinner....

So how many people do you need at a kindergarten IEP meeting times two? Let's see... 1) Kinder teacher (for S and J) 2) principal (fo...

Our IEP meeting is tomorrow. I'm overthinking it, I know, but duuuuudddeee. No one wants to go into a meeting to hear about her childr...

Today my boys turn six years old. It's unbelievable, really. It seems like just yesterday they were born. ~~~ Goodbye to FIVE, the y...

He finished the week with glowing reports every single day. I am wildly proud of him. He has tried so HARD every day and is giving school al...

I can not tell you how incredibly hard it is to know so solidly in your heart that your child is smart and amazing while watching people at ...

More school woes. Our transition to kinder this year has been far from smooth, and frankly, this just takes the cake for completely inapp...

The idea of a chair has been floating around in the background for some time now, but I've always resisted taking that step. It isn'...

Still wrapping my mind around this. Man, it's hard.

It started off innocently enough. We had just started out on a thirty minute drive on our way to the boys' swimming therapy. "Mom...

Today we celebrated Sh.awn's Homecoming Day . We made the day all about him and his choices. He LOVED it. Ja.son, however, wasn't n...

On this day five years ago, our little Sh.awn came home from the hospital! We were so excited to get the chance to finally be parents withou...