Mom’s aren’t supposed to get sick!  I wish it was true but even germs and icky critters take us down for the count.  Over the weekend, my husband finally convinced me to go see a doctor when I told him that I woke up around 4 AM on Saturday morning with a pounding headache.  It wasn’t your [...]

• 05, 13, 2013
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• /  Posted By Christy
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I remember when I was pregnant with my very first baby in 1996 and on Mother’s Day that year, it dawned on me that I was going to be a mom later than year.  I was excited, scared, and nervous at the same time.  If you are a mom, I am sure that you can [...]

• 05, 11, 2013
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• /  Posted By Christy
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If you have been following along in the monthly photo challenges, things are changing up a bit for the month of May.  Instead of daily photos that people often forget to post, myself included.  I apologize for the late post and hope that you will participate for the remainder of the month.  There will be a theme [...]

• 05, 08, 2013
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After my daughter received her cochlear implant in 2001, she has continued to have ongoing speech and language delays.  These delays are a direct result of my own personal decision to wait so long to  have her surgery.  Looking back, I would have done things differently and I wouldn’t have waited so long to give [...]

• 05, 06, 2013
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My daughter was finally scheduled for her cochlear implant surgery after several months of procedures, tests, and evaluations.  I was very nervous going into this surgery because i knew that it would be several hours long.  Plus, she was going to have surgery on a very delicate area near her brain.  We were having her [...]

• 05, 03, 2013
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I moved from Texas to North Carolina, when my daughter was almost 5 months old.  It took us about a month to get settled into our new home.  After we got settle it was time to begin determining what the next step was to correct my daughter’s hearing loss.  Being new to the area, I [...]

• 05, 02, 2013
• /  Category Blogs From Mom, Parenting, The First Year, Toddler, Young Children
• /  Posted By Christy
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Once I received news that my daughter failed her repeat newborn hearing screening, we were quickly referred to the local children’s hospital and to an ear, nose, and throat (ENT) doctor for further evaluation.  Things moved fairly quickly and my daughter was scheduled to have another type of hearing test to determine how much hearing [...]

• 05, 01, 2013
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• /  Posted By Christy
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I remember the day that I went into labor with my daughter, we were out celebrating my mother’s birthday and just as I was getting ready to crawl into bed.  I heard a pop and knew instantly that my water had broke.  Of course, I should have known better but I immediately ran to the [...]

• 04, 30, 2013
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• /  Posted By Christy
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Do you want to give the mother in your life a mother’s ring?  A mother’s ring is a great piece of jewelry that displays each of her child’s birthstone and make a great surprise gift.  A birthstone can represent a child that is living or one that has passed on.  I know that mom’s around [...]

• 04, 22, 2013
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I wanted to make my Sister-in-Law a diaper cake for her baby shower.  I didn’t want to make a traditional diaper cake.  I got an idea that I saw on Pinterest and decided to try and make her a diaper cake motorcycle.  Since she is having a little boy, I thought it would be perfect.  I [...]

• 04, 17, 2013
• /  Category Blogs From Mom, Craft Projects
• /  Posted By Christy
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