The One-Hand Dance Challenge
Jordan is gearing up for another dance recital. This year, she’s performing in TWO different dances: jazz and tap. The chance to dance in more than one class is something she’s looked forward to for a couple of years. Jordan loves performing and dressing up for the big show. This year’s recitals include two VERY…
Read More +Celebrating everyone's #DisneySide at home
I’m about to share details about a really fun party we held over the weekend. We received free products in order to host the #DisneySide @Home Celebration from Disney Parks and Mom Select. The opinions expressed here are my own. A trip to Disney World is a joy for our family. The day we flew…
Read More +Sharing the love to you
It’s Valentine’s Day! And that gives me an excuse to feed the kids all kinds of sugar and get a little extra cheesy as a parent. But why not get a little cheesy as the founder of Born Just Right? I love this community. And even though I haven’t shared many stories this month since…
Read More +Shooting Hoops with One Hand
This weekend is Jordan’s first ever official basketball game. Snow and illness has prevented her from playing on previous weekends. She’s playing with all kinds of girls around her age. None of them have a ton of experience playing basketball so it’s super awesome to watch them play. Basketball is probably the most challenging sport…
Read More +Living the puppy life
Over the weekend, our family added a new member. He’s eight pounds, seven ounces, has dark, dark brown hair and has many, many, many pointy teeth. Eight-week-old Bailey the goldendoodle is soaking up every extra moment of attention in our household. I also immediately caught a cold after a loud and challenging first night with…
Read More +Showing our #DisneySide at Disney World and at Home
We are now a two weeks back in reality after spending five days at Disney World to take part in the Walt Disney World Marathon Weekend. If you’ve noticed, we have a long history of going to Disney World. Jordan celebrated her first, third, fifth and seventh birthdays there. Yes, she’ll be there for her…
Read More +An Artistic Birthday Party
12 kids, 12 blank canvases, lots of paint and noise. What does that create? A winning birthday party. Jordan invited her friends to gather at a local canvas art store where they were tasked with painting a sunset with a sailboat. It was a pretty challenging work of art. But the cool thing is they…
Read More +Joining In On Dove's "Beauty Is" Conversation
During the Sundance Film Festival, Dove released a short film about selfies. And just like its beauty campaign from last year, I feel the need to write about and participate in this new campaign. If you have eight minutes, watch how girls and their moms learned how to accept themselves for who they are with the…
Read More +A Giving Birthday Celebration
Jordan is almost a month into being eight-years-old but that doesn’t mean we’re totally done celebrating her birthday. Jordan has not held very many birthday parties since she’s had the chance to party it up every other year at Disney World. (We really, really like it there. And I promise to write details about our…
Read More +"I Told Him It's Okay to Be Different"
My entire goal as Jordan’s mom is to help arm her with the strength to grow old without pain and have the ability to stand tall and deal with people who may not say nice things about her difference. For years, she has shown how she lets little comments and stares slide. She does not…
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