This blog was never meant to make me famous. For as long as I can remember, I’ve written diaries, journaled or blogged about every aspect of my life, so when Jess and I got the life changing phone call that Lily was ours, it was only natural that I would document this new chapter that …
Imagine this: A beautiful, sunny, perfect blue sky Sunday at the end of September. An adorable family, all perfectly styled for a family photos being done just as the trees are starting to show off their gorgeous fall colours. They get out of the car and lift their faces up to the sign to bask …
I was getting all ready to write a post about how we’ve been watching in amazement as Lily becomes this smiley, giggly little girl; how she is overcoming her aversion to using her hands with so much speed that we can barely keep up with her; how I no longer feel slighted when she stops …
We’ve officially made it to the end of the 3rd week of school. I had hoped to update before this, but there have been a few other things occupying my mind and time, but I’m hoping that with this update all of these things will start coming together. I would like to be able to …
The last few days have felt like an incredible roller coaster, but the good kind for once: the dips have lead right into these amazing highs that have sent shivers up our spines with hopefulness and finally culminated in today. It was Lily’s first day of Junior Kindergarten. It wasn’t perfect, not by a long …
Have we ever known Lily to just let a happy event happen without throwing in her own little wrench? We went to Disney World and she pulled out her own g-tube for the first time, this time she had a playground donated and she got an infection around her stoma! We actually felt really bad …