Princess and thrills (Day Two)

[We spent four days at Disney World and I figured I’d document the trip as best I can] Day Two: Magic Kingdom Birthday Our second day at Disney was also Jordan’s big fifth birthday! A very very sleepy little girl woke up to excitedly get to Disney as early as possible. The park opened an…

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Disney fun and exhaustion (Day One)

[We spent four days at Disney World and I figured I’d document the trip as best I can… Even though it was a week or so ago!] Day One: Epcot Jordan caught a cold right before we went to Disney. She was a bit drippy and having a tough time sleeping at night. She never really complained about being sick.…

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She's a big five year old!

Jordan had the birthday of a lifetime! We spent four days at Disney World and she was celebrated each and every day! She’s a very lucky girl. At the beginning of the holiday season, Jordan was nutty about opening gifts. I couldn’t understand why she was acting so crazed about the experience. Then it hit…

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Peek into our holiday

I had to do it… I put together a little video of our Christmas. There are so many other stories to tell and see… But we fell into a song thanks to Target’s free holiday music collection and it inspired me to create this video. Have fun!

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Christmas celebrating

We’re going to Disney World!! The kids are super excited! Cameron noticed the trend of how we’ve gone to Disney World every other year – the first time was for one day, the second time was for two days and this year he hoped for three. Incredibly, we’re going for FOUR!! They found out thanks…

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Merry wishes from Jordan and her family

Jordan and the rest of our family are enjoying the Christmas holiday. For those of you who read this blog and celebrate Christmas, I hope your celebration is wonderful. We’re having all kinds of fun. The kids had a chance to go for a swim today – twice! The first time was venturing into their…

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Services on the way out

For the last two years we’ve been very fortunate to work with an organization in our county that focuses on family resources. Basically, it is a county program that helps fund therapies, activities and grants for people with challenges to help them reach their full potential. When Jordan aged out of our state’s 0-3 developmental…

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Jordan's not impressed, but I am

Every time we show Jordan video of a person doing something cool with a limb difference, Jordan just does not react much. I’ve said this before, but I’ll say it again. We’ve given Jordan access to so many awesome and able limb different people, she doesn’t expect anything less than awesome. So when Randy found…

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Holiday wishes

As we get closer and closer to the holidays, I wanted to share our holiday card from our family to yours. I’m stunned by the growing community I see around this blog and the Sammy’s Friends group online. I’m honored to have so many wonderful friends online and in person across the country and in…

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