Birthday Party Next Weekend One week from today is James’ 5th birthday party. We’ve always aimed to make his birthday parties somewhat of a special event. With all of his medical issues, we just don’t know how many birthdays he is going to have. Stacy has become friends with several…
Stacy and I have always been big into road trips throughout our relationship. When we started discussing where we were going to go on our honeymoon, we decided to take the ultimate road trip…Route 66. Since we live outside of Chicago, we were able to drive it the whole way…
Essential Oils Work At the end of the last post, I mentioned that James had a rough weekend sats and heart rate-wise. A couple of compression vest treatments, and he was back to normal…for one night. The following night his pulse ox went off because his sats dropped below…
James Will Be Turning 5 in 5 Weeks! James’ 5th birthday is just around the corner and it’s going to be a superhero theme. Here’s a sneak peak of the invitations: In the past we’ve planned James’ birthday parties, but year will be different. I mentioned in a…
The world is full of awesome—and sometimes interesting—people. After the Daily Herald published the article about us buying the van with the money we raised through the Rollin’ for James fundraiser, a few people have sent us “gifts” in the mail. Someone sent us a copy of the article along…
Local Celebrities Ever since James was born, we’ve questioned why James was the way that he was. How could someone be so cruel to create someone with so many issues. I think we’re finally starting to understand the reason why. He will never be able to contribute to society like…
On Wednesday we took possession of our new van and I have to say that it was a bit emotional. I think it was the tangibility of it. Having the van in our driveway with Stacy’s license plates on it made it real. We will never be able to thank…