Getting ready for our next helper arm
We are four days away from traveling to Chicago to build Jordan’s next helper arm. Jordan’s excited about it for two reasons: 1) It’s going to have an “elbow” and 2) It’s going to look the way Jordan wants it to look. And that’s what we did today. We picked out her own fabric for…
Read More +"Why does everyone know Jordan?"
Cameron asked that question yesterday after the fourth lifeguard at the pool said hi to Jordan. He was feeling kind of left out. So I let him guess what feature of Jordan makes her unforgettable… He had to pause for a moment (and I love that he had to think about it for a bit).…
Read More +Trying something different
I love talking to parents… I love using my blogs to stay in touch and share our stories. So when I noticed I was having more and more of those conversations on Facebook, I thought… Why not bring this blog to Facebook. I started it out yesterday and it’s already a lot of fun. I’m…
Read More +Taking a big risk at the pool!
We got to the pool this afternoon after having a conversation about water parks. Apparently Jordan’s big brother has gone to two different water parks. Jordan hasn’t gone to one yet. So I used that as a way to encourage her to work on jumping into the pool and riding the big water slide at…
Read More +Warm weather and outside fun
The pools opened this weekend… And the kids were excited. I captured this awesome picture of Miss Jordan’s happiness. She and her brother got to go to a pool two days in a row. Jordan is not a jump-in-and-go kind of pool-goer just yet. She needs to be convinced to go in. Once she’s in,…
Read More +What's going on here?
For the second time in a month, Jordan dealt with multiple days of high fevers… and no other symptoms. It’s pretty annoying when she gets sent home from school for a fever and there’s really nothing we can do about it. She really doesn’t seem to mind the high fever except for when it hits…
Read More +Summer time
I’m already overwhelmed about what we’re headed into this summer. My calendar is full of juggling travel, summer camps, baseball games, dance classes and work meetings. I keep looking at it and thinking about everything we have to do… I’m excited and looking forward to our adventures but I’m also trying to figure out how…
Read More +Trying to help a bit
Ever since I posted about my thoughts about young amputees in Haiti, I’ve been on a quest to see how I can help… And an idea popped into my mind: Camp No Limits. It’s the awesome camp the kids and I attended last year and will attend again next month in Missouri. There will be…
Read More +Time together again
Jordan and I had a chance to go to a picnic with a whole bunch of limb different kids and their families this weekend. It was a lot like the impromptu gathering we had last year except this time it was a little further away from our house and we had even more families! It…
Read More +Dance baby dance!
Tomorrow is the big day for Miss Jordan the dancer. She’s getting her chance to dance in her dance studio’s big Spring recital for the first time. She’s danced there for two full years at this point – but this is the first year she was old enough to perform in the big show. Today…
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