Rain, Rain, Go Away

The girls actually love rainy days and I do too!

You can do it, Paigey Poo

Back to School and 3rd Birthday

Paigey turned 3, We had a great day! Out to lunch @ Joe's Crab Shack, for the playground and to Toys Rus for her new bike! After dinner we went out for ice cream. Oh did I forget to mention the whole potty training thing. Well we are trying, she really doesn't want to and yells at me when I make her sit on the potty. So far today 4 hits and 2 misses.

Not too shabby for day One.

P-Dog is back to school. 1st grade. I knew I would miss her, and today was really odd not having her here to entertain, feed, clean up after, and break up all of the sibling rivalry. It was nice and I plan to get a lot of cleaning, organizing and focusing on Paigey poo while she is at school, that is on my days off.

Skyzone

P-Dog wanted her birthday party this year at Skyzone. Since their birthdays are so close, we did a combo party. I am thinking this was the last year they are going to want that! Wall to wall trampolines are too much fun! Since Shane and I are also big fans of jumping, we let her have it there. It was a blast. The kids had fun and we acted like big kids!

The Girls!

Jumping with Daddy!

Another Fabulous Cake from Susie G's!

Baby Ryan

Not many have experienced the loss of a child. You have such an extreme sense of joy, excitement, wonder, anxiety from the moment of conception. What are they going to be? What will they look like? How will they be? Hoping that everything is perfect, but accepting anything that may be thrown your way if it is not.
My heart is aching today as a sweet friend had to say goodbye to her 6 month old baby boy. This is the pain that no one ever wants to have to endure. How do you go on, you have to go on, but nothing will ever be the same. There is the guilt of ever smiling again or being happy. The life he was not able to live. She and her husband are an awesome couple with a profound faith in God.
I wish there was no such thing as SMA. Spinal Muscular Atrophy.
I would love for you to pray for her family as they search to keep their strength up in these next coming days, weeks, months and years. Love you girl.

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The Hawn Family

My Co-worker Jen Hawn and I were pregnant at the same time. She is also a Labor and Delivery, now perinatal nurse. We all knew when her water broke extremely pre-mature that life can be uncertain. She was on bed-rest in the hospital for many weeks. The testing and ultrasounds unfortunately painted a very grim picture for this family. Jen and her husband Chris are a very religious couple and the prayed that this baby would make it into this world safely and healthy. They welcomed a baby girl, Charlotte. She is a now about to turn 3 in September. They have had lots of struggles with Charlotte, sensory issues, feeding issues, several surgeries including open-heart. But with all this on board, they still had a longing for another baby. Following a very healthy pregnancy and delivery they welcomed a healthy baby boy, Ryan. He is now 5 months old. Their world unfortunately was turned upside down when they discovered he has Spinal Muscular Atrophy, SMA Type 1. He is currently at home with the help of a pediatric hospice company. Jen is a great writer, when you read her blog she puts it all our there. You can go with her in the ups and downs of this journey. She has said that her goal isn't to fill up your keyboards with tears, but to just get out her feelings. She is so positive and always looks to the sunnier side of things. I long for her sweetness and patience. My goal in posting this is to maybe help others look around them and be thankful for what they have, to empathize with those struggling to get through each day and night.


Click Here to Read Jen's Story featured on my friend Danielle's Website http://extraordinarymommy.com/
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Bringing Back Old Memories

P-Dog had her 1st recital at the same auditorium I performed all of my recitals from age 5 on.

It was perfect. Love of My Life, Girls Just Wanna Have Fun, and Bad for ballet, jazz and tap.

She did awesome, and I was a little worried since she likes to goof off during practice.