Sneak Peak

If there is anyone out there who is still interested in reading my blog, I am sorry it's been so long.

Below are a list of things that have happened since the last time I blogged and I may (or may not) blog about them in the near future.

Cameron started early childhood
We sold our house, moved and bought a new house
My mother-in-law was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer
I became a stay-at-home mom
We took two family trips to the Dells
Mitchell is talking up a storm
My father passed away very suddenly
Cameron is working hard on potty training

That's all that I can think of right now (as if that's not enough).

I really plan on blogging more often and am hoping to get caught up with everyone else too.

While You Were Out.....

We had a great trip. We spent time on the beach and in the ocean with friends.



We celebrated two birthdays.





We were without children. We were grateful for our alone time. We appreciated the warm weather. We relaxed.


We enjoyed the game - The Buccaneers beat the Packers.








We were relieved there were no flight delays. We made it home to our babies just in time for dinner.


Cameron tried to jump out of his chair when he saw me. I couldn't put him down for about an hour and couldn't be out of his sight for more than 5 minutes for the rest of the night. At least I know I was missed!

Before we left I had a talk with Mitchell about how he had to wait to start walking until mommy & daddy came back from their trip. He just grinned. The same grin he gave me when I asked him to stop getting bigger and stay this age forever.

Last night Mitchell took 15 steps!

I can't tell you how excited I was that I was there to see that! (Oh, and I don't want to know whether he did this for anyone else who watched him over the weekend).

Thank you to everyone who helped out - we REALLY appreciate it.

The Big Game

Our flight leaves tomorrow morning for Tampa. Sunday is the big game.

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers v. The Green Bay Packers.



It will be so nice - Flordia's palm trees, beaches and warm weather!

Our friends flew to Florida earlier this week and are going to to the game with us. They will be cheering for the Packers and we will be cheering for the Bucs.

It's a friendly rivalry.



The four of us drove down for a Packer/Buccaneer game back in 2003. Here are the boys building sand castles on the beach.



While us girls basked in the sun/shade.



Aaahh! To get away, even just for a long weekend. I can smell the salt water now.

Road Trip

December, 2006 I was searching online for more information about Nutrivene and stumbled upon an online forum of amazing people who all have something in common - they all love someone with an extra chromosome, and for that reason they have become an extra family.

Since becoming part of this extra family, I have smiled, cried, laughed, shared and learned with so many others who have had the same thoughts, feelings, challenges and eventually acceptance as I have - all online.

A group of us from this extra family met in Peoria, Illinois for an amazing weekend. Thank you Amy for planning it!

There were 15 families, 2 countries, and 5 states (Wisconsin, Iowa, Michigan, Illinois and Missouri).