Rare Pic of James Sleeping with Eyes Closed

I am not sure if I have ever mentioned this, but James sleeps with his eyes open. It’s kind of creepy. We’re guessing it is because of his neurological deficits. Today Stacy happened to snap a pic of James sleeping with his eyes closed! Could this be a side effect…

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“iPad Opens World to a Disabled Boy” Article

Stacy found a pretty cool article from the New York Times about a boy, Owen, with a debilitating motor-neuron disease and how he is able to use an iPad an iPad to do something he has never been able to do before…turn the pages of a book. This is something…

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Help Us Get James an iPad

With the Christmas season just around the corner, Stacy and I would love to get James an iPad filled with wonderful applications for children with special needs. We hope something like this will help James come out of his shell and show us that he wants to learn. The only…

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Jackson's urn

Infant Loss Remembrance Day

October 15th is Infant Loss Remembrance Day. If you’ve recently stumbled across this blog and haven’t read Our Story, we lost our first son, Jackson, to Trisomy 18 before he was born. It was a very dark time for Stacy and me, but somehow we managed to get through it.…

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New glasses

New Glasses

James got his first pair of glasses in August, but we thought we would try a different style. Here's a pic of his first pair of glasses:   The problem we have with those glasses are that if he has a spasm or seizure, he turns his head which knocks…

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First Time on a Swing

Our condo complex has a little park and since it was a nice day out Stacy took James over there and gave him his first ride in a swing. He is unable to hold his head up on his own so she had to use one hand to support it.…

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Happy Anniversary

I just wanted to take a moment to wish Stacy a Happy 6th Anniversary. Although the past year has been a bit of a whirlwind with lots of stress, there is nobody I would rather be going through this than with you. I fell in love with you the moment…

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