Gwendolyn loves music. She always has. Her favorite is to play music in the car (loudly and with the sunroof open) and to dance like crazy as we roll up to preschool or therapy. But she doesn't like any old song -- she likes a beat. She's so spe ...
Good Things For Gwendolyn: A Slumber Party with Hayden
Oh these two girls...they are just too much!Gwendolyn and Hayden just love each other and we were so excited to spend the weekend at Hayden's house -- a three day slumber party filled with fun, fun, fun! The Calafiores live about four hours north ...
Disneyland…Again
I can't believe we haven't posted about this yet because -- it was AWESOME! Last Monday we packed up for four days of Disneyland fun and we met the Calafiore family for some BFF fun -- a sequel to Gwendolyn's birthday trip in October, only ...
Saying Goodbye
I've been a little quiet around here and that is because I've been saying goodbye to one of the most important people in my life -- Grandpa Harry. Losing Harry (and yes, I called him by his name -- everyone did) has been extremely hard. There ar ...
Easter 2011
What an awesome Easter! Easter egg decorating, playing, more playing. A Gramma slumber party. Easter egg hunting, Easter basket opening, more Easter basket opening, more Easter egg basket opening, more Easter basket opening. A beautiful walk to the p ...
Life Really Is Short: Cherishing My Special Daddy Days
The reality and gravity of Gwendolyn's SMA diagnosis three years ago has completely turned my personal balance sheet on its head. Things that used to be important, aren't so much any more. Priorities have shifted. Focus has become much more micr ...
First Picnic of the Year
The weather is finally warming up. Okay, I know I can't complain too much in comparison to my friends further east where the weather has just been so darn ornery this year. But per Santa Barbara standards, it has been too rainy and too chilly for too ...
Fee-fi-fo-fum
Fee-fi-fo-fum.Have you met Giant Gwendolyn?She stomps and thunders(and squeals and giggles)And she's heading your way to give you tickles It's the little things...
Calling Nurse Gwendolyn STAT
Remember "Career Day"? Well, our fabulously thoughtful friends Heather, Wade, Reagan and Kendall read that blog post and quietly got to work making sweet G's career dream come true. A package arrived in the mail with a note that read:Gwendolyn, You c ...
Good Things For Gwendolyn: Our Animal Whisperer and A Half Birthday
Today Gwendolyn is 3 1/2 and I can't believe it! 3.5! I can't believe it has already been six months since her big 3rd birthday celebrations -- her first trip to Disneyland, the month-long "Birthday Bonanza" giveaways, the $36 for 36 months camp ...