Those moments we live for as parents often pass by us quickly and quietly like the passing of a gently breeze on a warm summer day. We feel the breeze caressing our skin but it is only after the breeze has passed that we tend to enjoy the coolness it brings to us. Such moments are not always fleeting and unnoticed though. When your child falls outside the nomal expectations for development or health those moments that are gentle breezes for others become glorious summer rainshowers that are reveled and danced in; where each...
Friday, April 29, 2011
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
When the Heart Aches
Going to do a little off-topic post today in the fact that it doesn't directly relate to Ayden or FXS - though it is about his aunt, uncle, and cousins.
April 1, 2009
It was one of those days that I will remember very clearly for a long time. I was 9 months pregnant with Issac at the time, exactly 18 days from my due date. While doing laundry, I lost my balance and took a pretty bad tumble down the stairs. I ended up in the hospital with very irregular contractions and in a lot of pain. The doctors suspected...
Tuesday, April 5, 2011
Chewy
It's spring break week here for Ayden...which means our normal schedule is changed and causes a bit of anxiety for both kids. Overall, it's not too bad though. Yesterday morning was A LOT of screaming. Issac was not okay sharing his 'mommy time' with Ayden, so every time Ayden came near mom, Issac would scream. Ayden basically whined the entire morning after birds was taken away.
What is birds? Angry Birds. (known as "BIRDS" around our home). Let me just take a tangent here...