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Waiting for Daddy to wake up so we can open gifts

Christmas 2015

This will be the last post of 2015. Before I get to the Christmas stuff, I wanted to take a moment to reflect on the past year and to thank everyone that has been a part of our lives and supported us in any way, big or small. As I…

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Operation North Pole

*Updated to include media coverage of the event. Last weekend we went on the trip of a lifetime; a trip that very few are able to take. We were some of the lucky ones that were chosen to take a trip to the North Pole. From the organization’s website:  …

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Christmas cards from students in Chicago

Ear Infection, School, and Christmas Cards

This will be the first of two posts this weekend. This one will be a regular post covering the past two weeks of James’ life. In the second one, which I will try post tomorrow, I’ll share pictures from an amazing, once-in-a-lifetime trip we took last weekend.   Ear Infection…

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Getting into the Christmas Spirit

I’ve found myself in a little bit of a dilemma. I told myself a while back that I was going to publish a post every two weeks, and I think I’ve been pretty good at doing that. However, the next post is supposed to be published next weekend, but we…

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Thanksgiving 2015

  Taking a step back from the sometimes-chaotic life of raising a special needs child, we have a lot to be thankful for. We’ve always been fortunate to be surrounded by family and friends that have supported us, and we will forever be thankful for all of them. These past…

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Watching cartoons with my buddy

Halloween, School, Illness and Epilepsy Awareness

Halloween We had a bit of a mishap with our Halloween decorations. The Damn wind blew away the two Styrofoam headstones we had. I was able to capture one of them, but it was so beat up from hitting bushes and concrete that we decided not to put it back…

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World CP Day, Halloween, Jackson and a Radio Show

I really need to get better at posting some events before they happen. October 7th was World Cerebral Palsy Day, so the above picture probably should have been posted in my October 4th post, not two weeks after it happened. Stacy almost dressed James in a Cubs shirt on the…

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