I’m not really talking about Down syndrome today. Today is my dad’s 85th birthday. 85 years. It’s pretty amazing. I’m so much like my mother that I sometimes forget about how much I get from my dad as well: my love of the royal family, how I tap my fingers to the rythym of any …
So clearly my attempt at {31 for 21} has been a failure of epic proportions. I’m not sure when we October ran past me, but it did and suddenly I’ve woken up and there are only 13 days left in this month. I had started with, what I thought was, a great idea – taking …
Clearly I missed day two of of {31 for 21} but I think it was for a good reason and actually the subject of today’s post. October 2nd is our wedding anniversary and while Jess has been sick for a couple of weeks and totally not up to a night of celebrating, it was the …
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 …
