Jellybean And Peanut

[...] issues with Jellybean, we decided (with his doctors) that it was necessary for him to have a sleep study done to help us determine whether or not Jellybean needs to have surgery to get his tonsils and [...]

[...] triggered this pain crisis. In my gut, I am sure it is related to the lack of sleep from the sleep study the night before. And I am sure it is also possible it had something to do with the anxiety he [...]

[...] Over the past couple of months, we've had some un-fun stuff to deal with. Don't get me wrong, we've had some really fun things going on, too...but for at [...]

(I have to preface this by saying that I normally wouldn't post such personal details about the boys' lives online...but over the past few weeks I've [...]

[...] 'm kind of liking the big blocks as it is, but we'll see. Hopefully he likes it, too. (you can click the photo to make it bigger [...]

[...] her to try to teach me the basics. We spent a weekend making my very first quilt. One with big blocks, large pieces of fabric...and it was flannel. It is proudly hanging on the quilt rack in my [...]

[...] /AIDS travel ban October 30, 2009 5:23 p.m. EDT "If we want to be the global leader in combating HIV/AIDS, we need to act like it," President Obama said Friday. "If we want to be the [...]

[...] the first thing I heard from Jellybean last evening when I picked him up from the after-school program. Unfortunately, its something I've heard several times over the past few weeks. [...]

[...] a continuation of THIS POST. After the boys finished with school and headed off to their after-school program, I got a phone call that Jellybean wasn't feeling well...So I headed off to pick him up [...]

[...] the lake...and there are a surprising number of quilt shops in the area! ;o) Here are some random photos from our trip. We loved it...we ate lots of fish...hiked around along the shoreline...got wet [...]

[...] Here are a couple random photos from this week. Jellybean finally finished the Lego creation he's been working on. Z and I got [...]

[...] because of the weather. This time its because Jellybean is suffering from the effects of Sickle Cell Disease. We've been pretty lucky so far with Jellybean and his Sickle Cell. In the 2 years the boys [...]

[...] is sticking with me. After Jellybean and Peanut came home, we learned that Jellybean had sickle cell disease. It wouldn't have mattered to us had we learned about it before the boys came home, but it [...]

[...] Birthday" to Jellybean. He thought we were nuts, but it was fun. Can you believe how grown-up Jellybean looks now? Its crazy. He got glasses this past week and is getting used to wearing them so [...]