Snow!

Wednesday evening, we headed to Spokane for an early Christmas celebration with Aaron’s family.  Snow was falling for nearly our entire drive, but was getting quite deep as we approached Spokane.  Thursday morning, we woke up to about 30 inches of snow . . . and it was still coming!  The storm has brought some [...]

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“Wordless” Wednesday

Setting up the nativity

Getting in the spirit . . . the hat fit last year!

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New Diagnosis of Down syndrome? Take advantage of a Book Give-Away

Matthew was 6 months old before we thought much about the fact that he had Down syndrome.  We were elated to find out that Matthew’s heart had miraculously grown enough to be corrected by surgery, but there were also some mixed feelings.  We were more than a little overwhelmed by the fact that now we would [...]

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Motor Skills Master

Matthew, again, has made incredible strides (*pun intended!*) with his motor skills.  The last couple weeks, he has been “crawling” on his knees instead of his tummy, and he’s starting to pull himself up to a standing position as well.  Our biggest motivator is still the bath – after we take him out of the [...]

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Thanksgiving Mysteries

We had a really nice Thanksgiving holiday.  My brother and his family came to stay with us Wednesday and Thursday, and my parents joined us on Thursday as well.  We had a fun visit, with lots of time to play, relax, and catch up.  We kept the meal simple, but good and filling as always!  [...]

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