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Milestone week

Jack, Arch and I went to the NICU last friday. We walked in the entrance and announced, “it’s Jack” and all of sudden there were nurses pouring out of doors, or at least it felt that way. His two primary nurses were there and it was remarkable to us how much they remembered of our [...]

9:02 AM

Jack is still sleeping.  And so, I naval gaze, um, blog.
Oh wait, actually I am going to totally punt and just post some  pictures (we finally got a new camera after months of agonizing, Canon, Nikon, Canon, Nikon? A question for the ages…)those who know me well know that I am oddly, and to a fault, [...]

Anniversary Part Deux

Tomorrow is the two year anniversary of when we went into the hospital. And, as advertised, it is much more muted than last year what with the general hysterics and all.
While much has changed, one thing remains the same – We live our lives with this feeling of amazing gratitude because everyday, we get to wake up [...]

papa-razzo

He won’t even let the kid play in peace! I wonder what will happen when he gets his NEW camara?
 

Delayed

We’ve been pretty low key about the speech delay thing around Jack. But the fact is, the kid is delayed, apparently about 37% delayed per Early Intervention.  So. We’ve been pretty creative with the communication with him. We greet each new word with excitement, including the word, “no.”
That’s right. Jack has recently learned the word, “no.” [...]