When Sammy was 4 to 6 months old we did two road trips. One to Monterey and the other to Palm Springs. He is now 16.5 months old and we had done no traveling with him since those two road trips until last week. … [Read more...]

We went in today for Sammyâ??s 15 month check-up and all is good. The doctor said that physically he is doing quite well. Sammy physically reacts and responds to things normally, his lungs and heart sound great, and so on. He did say that Sammy was more social than kids his age … [Read more...]

I think our life is a canvasâ?¦or maybe itâ??s a toolboxâ?¦or something similar. From day one we are adding things to that canvas or to that toolbox. Things like memories (good and bad), people, education, books, trees, mountains, rainbows and every little thing we encounter … [Read more...]

This past Tuesday a lifelong family friend of Annieâ??s family died at 63 years old of an unexpected heart attack. I actually first heard about it on the local news and I was momentarily stunnedâ?¦the kind of stunned where you literally have zero reaction. You donâ??t cry or … [Read more...]

What a difference a year makes. Last Thanksgiving Annie and I were still in the â??just had a babyâ? coma and Sammy was a very unimpressed little mass of weirdness. He was only about a month and a half old at the time of turkey day 2012 and I think there was just a general … [Read more...]