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2 Years of Speech
SJ said her first word just barely over two years ago, when she was three years old. She said "up" and pointed to go upstairs. I freaked out. Just a little bit. From then on [...]
My Loud Dishwasher
Most of my adult life I have been washing dishes by hand. I know it shocking that there are people in AMERICA in the 21st century that do not have dishwashers, but it's true! I [...]
Meeting a Project Runway Fashion Designer
A couple years ago my best friend called me to let me know that there was a deaf designer on Project Runway that signed and had a cochlear implant. I had never watched the show [...]

Mini Van!? Help!

By Natalie|2015-09-24T09:29:38+00:00September 24, 2015|Categories: My Life, Simple Living|Tags: baby #4, cars, family, four kids, minivan, toyota, vehicle|

What is significant about September 24th? For me it's that my due date is November 24th and that means 2 months from now I will more than likely be holding my baby girl. So things are starting to get real [...]

Breakthrough!

By Natalie|2015-09-21T10:48:27+00:00September 21, 2015|Categories: My Life|

I have a major announcement that has been years in the making. Today is a big day for our family and it makes me so happy to get to share this with all of you. I know that most of [...]

More Laundry Headed My Way

By Natalie|2015-09-18T12:57:56+00:00September 18, 2015|Categories: Babies, Babies & Toddlers, Frugal Living, Natural Living, Parenting Tips|Tags: baby clothes, cloth diapers, detergent, eco nuts, environment, green, laundry, natural, organic, soap, soap nuts|

With a family 5 I do my fair share of laundry, and I am about to do even more. First of all I've got these itty bitty baby girl clothes to wash. Aside from the items I got from Carter's [...]

My #1 Son

By Natalie|2015-09-04T00:02:00+00:00September 4, 2015|Categories: Motherhood, My Life|Tags: 8, birthday, milestones, Z|

There really isn't anything significant about turning 8 and yet somehow Z is changing so much all of the sudden! It really snuck up on me, but I first noticed it when I did my run down of asking [...]

Thoughts From My 7 Year Old

By Natalie|2015-09-03T14:17:01+00:00September 3, 2015|Categories: Family, My Life, Uncategorized|Tags: 7 year old, birthday, look back and laugh, Z|

Tomorrow Z turns 8. This will be the last time I do a post about the funny things he said through the year. He's getting so mature I don't want to embarrass him when he is in 3rd grade and [...]

Living in Holland (Thoughts From a Special Needs Mom)

By Natalie|2023-06-12T06:26:27+00:00August 31, 2015|Categories: Cochlear Implants, Hearing Loss, Motherhood, My Life, Our Hearing Loss Journey, Parenting Tips, Special Needs, Uncategorized|Tags: cochlear implants, deaf, diagnosis, disability, hearing loss, holland, implants, motherhood, special needs, stages|

If you have a child diagnosed with some form of special needs then you have probably come across the "Welcome To Holland" essay by Emily Perl Kingsley. Basically it compares the shock of finding out your child has a disability to [...]

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