Archive | Valor

John ~ 03 September 2010 ~ 7 Comments

one small step

one small step

In the NICU, James had a therapist named Phil who once told me, “Walking is just controlled falling.” Somewhere in between holding on and lunging forward comes a step or two in the right direction.

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Abby ~ 27 August 2010 ~ 14 Comments

Snips and snails and puppy-dog tails

Snips and snails and puppy-dog tails

Today all the Supergrands gathered for a very special occasion. Today Valor (who is already wearing 24 mo. clothes) officially graduated from being a baby into being a little boy (and one who likes cake!)

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Abby ~ 14 July 2010 ~ 3 Comments

69 seconds of fame

69 seconds of fame

Valor’s Superman video was recently featured on our friend Jen’s new blog, EPBOT. He shares the post with his young ninja friend, Isaiah (or “Mister I”) who used to come play with us once a week. Step back in time a moment and remember how… Those buddies used to laugh together… Cry together… And recount [...]

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Abby ~ 06 July 2010 ~ 7 Comments

leaps and bounds

leaps and bounds

After a month or two of backing up, Valor passed the 10-month mark and sprang into action, developmentally speaking. First, he was able to sit up by himself (from a lying down position). I walked into his room after his nap one day and found him sitting up. Then a week went by before he [...]

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John ~ 19 June 2010 ~ 10 Comments

up in the air

up in the air

Patient readers have endured my rambling about wealth management and Abby’s meditation on Dora and aging, and you are thinking: where is the main attraction? I will try to remedy this. One of the fun things about the small town atmosphere is the variety of small town things to do. We already wrote about Fiddle [...]

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