After three fun filled days at our local children’s hospital, we were finally on our way home! We were all packed up, and with the nurses help, we found a wheelchair to place our large group of bags to carry downstairs to our car.

Walking out the door, we stopped by to have a visit with Mr. Ronald McDonald parked right in front of the Ronald McDonald House next door to the hospital for a quick photo op. This visit was probably the highlight of our visit to the hospital, but we didn’t stay long because we both wanted to get home and take bathes. We were both fairly ripe smelling after three days in the hospital. [More]

This is part two of a three part series of articles discussing my three year old daughter’s (now four years old!) diagnoses of Type 1 Diabetes and our ensuing adventures. Last week we talked about being told that she had diabetes by our pediatrician. [More]

Every so often in a person’s life, life changing events happen that completely and utterly turn your world upside down. Maybe it’s a death in the family, a major natural disaster, or simply having children. One of the most feared occurrences in life are diseases that one has no control over. Occurrences like this are devastating on their own if they happen to you, but doubly so when and if it happens to your children. Your children are your BABIES, and, generally speaking, they are born perfect and flawless in your eyes. You want them to grow up with as few challenges as possible and you will take things on to yourself that you would have never done back in your single days in order to make their lives easier. [More]

Ummm, Hi There! It’s been awhile, hasn’t it? Looking at the old blog clock, it looks like it’s been since last October. Yeah, about that, my bad! I’ve dusted this old blog off, updated the software to the newest version to try to get rid of these one hundred plus spam comments I get everyday and I’ve applied a brand new coat of paint. So, if you’ve been with us before, you’ll notice a whole other look to things around here. [More]

We went to Legoland this weekend for the kids’ first time and had a blast. We’ve been promising Legoland for awhile now, so this was the kids big pay off. We live just down the road from Legoland in California, so there really isn’t any excuse for us not to go. Well, besides it being expensive and all our other normal day to day things we do. [More]