My aunt Gloria, or Tia Gloria as I called her (Tia is aunt in Spanish), passed away Monday at her home. She was my mom’s older sister and only sibling living in the states. Mom is doing okay at the moment, but I know this is really hard on her; they were very close.
The two [...]
Before leaving home, I asked Joel and Jake to make me a bear at Build-A-Bear at the mall. I wanted something to take with me, and I wanted the bear to have their voices. I ended up choosing a soft, white polar bear and Jake recorded a message for me to put inside. Joel tried [...]
The boys are back in West Palm and, of course, I miss them. Luckily, our weekend together was memorable. The boys arrived late Friday afternoon, and we just hung out and had dinner together. I gave Jacob and Joshua teddy bears that I made at Build-A-Bear with message from me (expect a separate post on [...]
Five years ago, Jake entered our world and forever changed our lives. And although it’s only been five years, it’s sometimes hard to remember what our life was like before his arrival. One thing is for sure… there were definitely less toys laying around the house.
I enjoy playing with Jake, but I also enjoy watching [...]
This past Saturday we celebrated Jacob and Sophia’s birthdays (Sophia is Jake’s cousin). They’re birthdays are only one day apart and Jake is just a year older than Sophie, so this one was birthday #5 for Jake and #4 for Sophie.
Continuing with the themed birthday parties we’ve been doing for them, this year the theme [...]
It’s been a while coming, but here it is: Joshua’s first tooth! There are actually two bottom teeth working their way through, but one has finally poked out from his gums.
It’s been quite challenging to snap a photo of it and had become somewhat of a quest for me over the past week. I got [...]
Jamie is an extremely organized individual. She makes lists for just about anything we do. Going to the store? List. Going on a trip? That’s a list. Kid’s birthday party coming up? You betcha there’s going to be a list involved. So when the time came to start getting things [...]
We usually try to get out to the fair when it’s in town each year. I can’t say it’s a favorite outing of ours, but it generally gives us an excuse to go out. Every year we go, and after an hour or two, we’re sort of ready to leave. There’s usually one or two [...]
Hey everyone! Today was a relatively slow day for Jamie, medically anyway. Tomorrow, however, is another story.
Tomorrow morning she will be having her first bone marrow biopsy since the transplant. It’s essentially where they —->insert a needle at the small of your back and push it into bone, drawing out a sample of the marrow [...]
When Joshua was first born, Jake wanted nothing to do with him. We would tell him: “Jake, you’re a big brother now” to which he would reply “I’m not a big brother, I’m Jacob!”. His jealousy was so obvious, you would almost purposefully pick up Joshua just to watch Jake drop whatever he was doing [...]