New Glasses- Nice Day

Tyson got a new more stylin pair of glasses today-



With big sis Alina


Making sure she is ok after she bumped her arm


Courtney and Kenzie digging in the mud

Birthday Weekend

This weekend was my best friends's birthday. Her husband took her boys out of town, my husband watched the kids overnight so we could go out and then sleep at Steph's house....yes an empty house with no kids...I got to sleep in for once!
Here is Steph opening her gifts


Angela and I


The girls getting ready to go out

We had a lot of fun- too much if you know what I mean but Skip was nice enough to let me sleep it off today... but this is what happens when Daddy is in charge. Skip is a heavy sleeper so Tyson got up in the morning and roamed the house by himself. Then the girls got up, didn't bother to wake Skip up until Tyson bumped his head.


Then Tyson and Daddy took an afternoon nap...


A night with good friends, a morning to sleep in.....good good weekend!

It's Always Something

Within the past month or so Tyson has calmed down quite a bit. I can actually leave the room for a little and come back with it looking the same. But of course something else has to happen



He has learned to climb on the dining room and kitchen table....and he likes to stand on them! Now I can't leave anything on the table.

Out Of The Bubble

For 2 years I feel like I've been in this bubble- the down syndrome bubble as I may say. 2 years I feel like everything was surrounded by my son having ds. 2 years of grieving,crying, worrying, wondering about his future. Of course all of these feelings are normal- On top of Tyson having ds he also had a very rough first year medically. A year of healthiness has gone by. A year to see him progress with everyday activities has gone by. And it's been a great year for him. Im tired of my focus being about my son having ds. I think it just took him getting a little older and seeing what he could do to make me realize he is not all that "different" He amazes me everyday with new things he does. I will still say it today- his best teachers are his three sisters who can't keep their hands off of that little cutie. They have no idea the good they are doing for him- but I do see the good he does for them. Time to move on as I may say- get my life back together, just get a life in general! lol Treat him no different, stop babying him when he falls as if he can't take care of himself- he is one strong tough little guy. Bruiser is his nickname. The biggest thing I need to get over is feeling sorry for him- He's happy, he's healthy, he's learning, he WILL do everything everybody else can...so why feel sorry for him.
Spring is coming and with spring brings happy times. Time to realize that with of course my children being my main focus, I can also focus on myself....otherwise I'll be more insane than I already am! It is time...time to get out of the bubble


Buddy watching Alina play with her IPod touch