James Has (or Had) Coronavirus and a Fundraiser Update

First of all, we wanted to thank everyone for checking in on James (and us) to see how he has been doing since his hospital stay. And thanks to those of you who left comments on his Facebook posts. As I mentioned in the last post, we did keep him…

Comments Off on James Has (or Had) Coronavirus and a Fundraiser Update
Read more about the article Fundraiser Update, IEP Meeting, Make-a-Wish and Valentines Day
Rollin' for James fundraiser poster

Fundraiser Update, IEP Meeting, Make-a-Wish and Valentines Day

It’s been a busy couple of weeks around here. Not so much for James, though. With the fundraiser coming up in less than two months, that’s been our primary focus. With the abnormally cold weather we had in January, we had to cancel several meetings so now we’re making up…

Comments Off on Fundraiser Update, IEP Meeting, Make-a-Wish and Valentines Day
Read more about the article Are We Leaving Chiberia Yet?
Petting Sophie the service dog

Are We Leaving Chiberia Yet?

I’m pretty sure anyone living in the Chicagoland area is glad that January is over. It was brutally cold. So cold that we’ve heard the term Chiberia being thrown around quite a bit. Chiberia being a cross between Chicago and Siberia. I’ve lived in the Chicago area my whole life…

Comments Off on Are We Leaving Chiberia Yet?
Read more about the article Back at School, Ear Infection, Custom Shoes, and an Unstoppable Mom
James' custom shoes from Peach's Neet Feet

Back at School, Ear Infection, Custom Shoes, and an Unstoppable Mom

Back at School After a long break, James went back to school on the 13th and is back to working hard. Stacy tried to get him to work while he was home on break, but he refused. I don’t know about you, but when I was on break from school,…

Comments Off on Back at School, Ear Infection, Custom Shoes, and an Unstoppable Mom

School, Big Boy Bed, and Christmas

Saturday’s post was all about you, the awesome fans. Today I’m shifting back to James, because after all, he is what this site is all about. Before we get back to James though, I do want to say thank you one more time to all of you that have donated,…

Comments Off on School, Big Boy Bed, and Christmas
Read more about the article School, Fundraiser, and Santa Claus
Waiting in the snow globe

School, Fundraiser, and Santa Claus

I was going to start this post by apologizing for posting so many videos of James. Then I thought, “wait a minute. People come here to catch up on James and see what he’s been up to. So why should I be apologizing for posting a lot of James videos?”…

Comments Off on School, Fundraiser, and Santa Claus
Read more about the article School, New Car Seat, Ear Infection, and Thanksgiving
Happy Thanksgiving

School, New Car Seat, Ear Infection, and Thanksgiving

School In my last post I mentioned that James had a rough weekend after all of our running around. We ended up keeping him home from school on that following Monday to give him another day to recover. Then he was right back at it working hard in school. He…

Comments Off on School, New Car Seat, Ear Infection, and Thanksgiving