My mother in law took photos on Christmas Eve and just gave me this one last week. When I looked at it I laughed out loud. Little Miss Throwsafit’s cousin Maddie is posing in a very elegant and lady-like manner and there’s LMT with her big personality for all to see.

The acorn doesn’t fall far [...]

It’s good to have neighbors, isn’t it? Today my neighbor across the street, Jean, did me a big favor. I was in Ann Arbor for my daughter’s physical therapy. Afterward I had enough time before Little Man got home from school that I could take a few minutes to run to Borders. Well, I spent [...]

So, my youngest son is a crier. Have I ever told you that? When he is unhappy he lets us know by wailing. Monday was one of those days when he cried about everything. He asked for a drink and no matter what I offered him he cried. When asked for something to eat, no [...]

Littlest One has another fever, the second one in three weeks. He doesn’t have any symptoms: no runny nose, no diarrhea, no coughing, no nothing.  I’ve got him on ibuprofen and he’s acting pretty normally, except that he looks a little tired and periodically he wants to be held and loved on.
No matter how many [...]

I’ve got an issue with my 4 year old daughter that I need help with.  The past few weeks she has been terrified of being alone in her bed at night. She is the only child who has had this problem, so I don’t have any previous experience dealing with it.  Her fear has gotten [...]

Three times this week alone I have walked into my dining room and found Littlest One, my 19 month old son, sitting on top of dining room table playing with whatever was on top. All three times I swear my heart stopped for a nano second.
Keep in mind, Littlest One is the only of my [...]

Kate is doing so much better.  It’s simply amazing and your prayers are such a significant reason:
Kate had a very good day today! What a turn-around in the past 24 hours! She has been smiling, playing, and even laughing out loud. I know that last night, there were many churches praying for her during their [...]

Thanks to all of you who are praying for Kate. She is doing better and had a good night last night. Her blood pressure is up because her body isn’t dumping as much fluid as before. Hallelujah!
Please keep up the prayers because they’re working. Karin has more updates on her blog so check in often [...]

If you can offer additional prayers, I would greatly appreciate it. Karin updated at 9:00am today:
Good news is that Kate is still stable.
Bad news is that they haven’t found a great way to get all her meds into her. Basically, they are going to have to infuse some of them faster, stop, change over to [...]

It’s been quite a struggle lately trying to transition Littlest One from a bottle to a sippy cup. While it was easiest for Little Man, it was more difficult for Little Miss Throwsafit, again, due to her hypotonia. She didn’t have as much strength to suck the milk out of a sippy cup, so we [...]