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4 Days
We travelled north for Thanksgiving this year. It was a very relaxing trip. We cruised on up the road the Wednesday before–the boys enjoying DVDs, the dog napping in her crate and Hollis and me listening to an audiobook via headphones. We kept the speed limit and stopped as many times as it took [...]

So Amazing

One of Caleb’s therapists told me a long time ago that because he had already mastered identifying letters and knew their sounds as well it was possible he’d learn to read before he learned to speak. That sounded nuts to me at the time. However these days I’m not so sure this won’t be the case. [...]

So Much To Say, So Little Time

I can’t imagine trying to get all this out and keeping it coherent all at once; so I’m just going to start and we’ll see where it goes.
So for starters I’ve lost some of my hearing. Like every year hay fever kicked in for me at the end of last month. I’m congested in my head [...]

My Favorite Commercial

Our Little Hockey Player

Just kidding Grandma! He doesn’t play hockey. (He just boxes every once in a while.)
Jadon lost three teeth last month–one at the bottom and his two front teeth at the top. That’s five teeth in all he’s lost (the two front bottom teeth are permanent ones), and he’s only five years old! He’s so mature [...]

Jadon’s Song

My baby shower for Jadon was just for ladies, and first-time-Dad Hollis did not like that at all! He felt he deserved to be “showered” as well, so he threw his own party at our house with his friends. The guys actually brought gifts! I doubt they played cute little games or ohhed and ahhed [...]

There They Grow!

My two handsome boys…

Count On Caleb

Caleb may not want to call us “mommy” or “daddy,” or even to express his needs or wants, but don’t get it twisted! He is smart. He is paying attention to everything going on around him, taking it all in. And when we least expect it, he gives us a glimpse of what lies beneath.
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Rock On Jadon

Picture June-July 2008 …

June-July 2008