I was contacted by Anita from  I See Me! Personalized Children’s Books and asked if I would be interested in providing a review for the product.  I eagerly agreed, and was able to set up a personalized book for Little Man who is ONE YEAR OLD today!!! Happy Birthday, Little Man! God Loves You! is the Book of the Month in March for I See Me! Personalized Children’s Books. It won the Mom’s Choice Award and Creative...

Yep – it’s official – I am a zombie.  Not the skeletal, raggedy-clothed, raised-from-the-dead kind.  But more like the sleep-deprived, cranky-baby kind.  Little Man has had a rough week.  After his ear infection a couple of weeks ago, he was much improved. Last Saturday morning he woke up with a fever.  A high fever.  Instead of traveling to my parent’s house for Thanksgiving celebration with my parents and...

Curly is scheduled for some tests today. She has always had issues with constipation from the day she was born, but we always found a way to manage and get through the difficulty. Now, because of Little Man’s diagnosis & surgery, the GI docs at Nationwide Children’s are concerned that she may have the same condition, Hirschprung’s Disease, which can worsen with age. As she has struggled for most of her 6 years, we felt it...

It’s amazing how quickly time flies. (Have I said that before?)  It seems like just a few weeks ago we brought Little Man home.  And just a couple of weeks ago that he had his surgery.  And the girls started school.  And we got haircuts.  And I got a shower.  Okay – sorry, that was TMI.  I was writing all this to say that Little Man is Growing like a weed! Today he is 8 months old!  8 MONTHS OLD!  In just 4 short months, we...

This phrase could describe my entire week last week.  It was just an “OFF” kind of week.  Nothing horribly major happened.  Nothing majorly horrible happened.  But I was glad when the weekend came and Monday finally rolled around.  I was so out of it.  I had a hard time remembering what day it was.  I struggled to get through every day of the week for some reason.  I was just All. Jacked. Up. But that’s not really what...

So, he had his repeat biopsy yesterday, since the first one was inconclusive.  We arrived without any trouble – visited with the nurse for a moment.  Spoke with the doctor and then they took him into the procedure room. The nurse walked in – all business-like – and told one of us to sit on a stool and the other to stand “over there” to assist with the procedure. sigh. I didn’t want to, but Roy didn’t...

Last night Curly and I picked up some Chinese for supper.  Our local Chinese restaurant makes the BEST fried dumplings – and we all enjoyed a fun supper at home.  But while we were getting back into the car, I noticed a dead sparrow on the ground.  I pointed it out to Curly and said it looked like a baby sparrow.  She got right up to it and looked and expressed some sadness. When we got back into the car, I asked her how many birds she...

Until last week, I had never ever heard of Hirschprung’s disease.  After checking online for ”ileus vs. bowel obstruction” (which were the original diagnoses considered), I started seeing it in the search results, but didn’t read anything in depth until a surgeon mentioned Hirschprung’s disease later. Hirschprung’s disease is when the ganglion nerve cells inside the colon are missing, preventing the mobility...

Grandmas are really special, aren’t they?  I have such great memories of my own maternal grandmother – and she is greatly missed by our entire extended family! One of the things my girls have always enjoyed – is that their Mamaw spoils them.  Of course! They have come home from visiting her house telling us about the kinds of things they got to do – but always about the kinds of sweet treats they got to eat. I think...

School is getting into full swing around here.  Some schools in the state started last week – and most in our area are starting today and tomorrow. Curly is a “Kindergarten Girl” and she is ALL. KINDS. OF. EXCITED! We pulled her out of the Christian school (for a variety of reasons) and she’ll be starting at a local Catholic school.  The great thing about this school is that it’s only a couple of blocks away and...