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GI Scopes–Sounds a Bit Like GI Joe Only Not Quite as Cool

GI Scopes–Sounds a Bit Like GI Joe Only Not Quite as Cool

Did you ever watch GI Joe cartoons as a kid?  I’m a child of the 80’s and I loved to watch GI Joe every afternoon.  Every cartoon would end with some type of lesson or moral message and the phrase, “And knowing is half the […]

Baby Girl has lost half a pound (again)

Baby Girl has lost half a pound (again)

Darn it.  I really had hoped we had turned a corner on this when she had gained a pound in two weeks time.  One week and a half later and she is back down.  Our primary care provider wants us to go ahead with the […]

Urgent Care visit for eye injury

Urgent Care visit for eye injury

Until a little over a year ago, I had never had to get stitches for any of my kids–even though I have some daredevils with ADHD.  Then, in December 2011, Lawboy thought it would be funny to scare Acroboy.  He did and Acroboy jumped and […]

Baby Girl gained a pound!

Baby Girl gained a pound!

We saw the allergist today and she has gained a pound in just two weeks!  The pediatric allergist wants us to continue to eliminate milk from her diet.  We are to reintroduce milk products at 18 months. I know we have had a lot of […]

Failure to Thrive

Failure to Thrive

Failure to thrive. It feels like a punch in the guts.  What is going on with my baby girl?  I feed her a lot–just as much as I’ve ever fed her older siblings, yet this little girl cannot seem to put on more than a […]

Frustrations and Gratitude

Frustrations and Gratitude

We had a 504 meeting for Acroboy.  Well, I thought it was going to be a 504 meeting for Acroboy. Acroboy’s teacher has been giving him some accommodations to help him in class.  He gets extra reminders, visual cues, he sits close to her on […]

The Verdict is In

The Verdict is In

I guess “verdict” isn’t quite the right word, but I couldn’t think of anything catchier. So we got the test results back.  Baby Girl is allergic to milk. I knew my other children were senstive to milk–it gave them all diahrhea until they were about […]

Clone wars (and Pete the Cat)

Clone wars (and Pete the Cat)

Yep, I got the title in part from Star Wars.  My kids are Star Wars fans, and so am I.  It seems appropriate though because there are many days I look around my house and I wish that I could clone myself.  Those days it […]

April is Autism Awareness Month

April is Autism Awareness Month

Seven years ago my only exposure to Autism was meeting Kim Peek, the gentleman who inspired the movie, “Rain Man”. Or so I thought. Little did I know that my sweet little eight-year-old boy who had a difficult time interacting with more than one child […]

Happy Easter!!

Happy Easter!!

Happy Easter everyone! I am grateful on this day to celebrate the Resurrection of our Savior, Jesus Christ.  I know that because the Savior died on the cross and then took up his body again after three days, Death has no permanent claim upon us.  […]