Praying for Parker

Charlie the Cockatiel

The last couple of weeks my oldest daughter and her husband have been staying with us while their new condo was being finished. Along with my daughter and son in law came Charlie the Cockatiel. I could never figure out why people chose birds as pets....

Published Wed, Oct 16 2013 8:35 PM by Praying For Parker

Filed under: Family and Friends, special needs parenting, cockatiel food, cockatiel care, cockatiel sounds

Stuck On You

We were in the basement with just a simple point and shoot camera and really bad lighting. We were trying to convince an unhappy, cranky and tired Brave Hero that this really was fun. He wasn’t convinced. There was a lot of fun had though. And I...

Published Sun, Feb 13 2011 5:58 PM by Praying For Parker

Filed under: A Day In Our Life, Fantabulous-ness, down syndrome, People I Love, Stuck on You, Sugarland

One Step Forward…..Then A Million Miles Back.

Want to enter to win a 2009 Scentsy Candle Warmer and a brick of their amazing scented wax donated by Parker’s friends Katie and Kaylene? It’s pretty simple. Feel free to spread the word with others too! TWO people will both win an warmer...

Published Tue, Oct 06 2009 11:01 AM by Praying For Parker

Filed under: Uncategorized

Cake Mix Play Dough Recipe

I’m always looking for new sensory experiences for Parker. It has taken years, but the kid finally appreciates a good play dough recipe. Our latest adventure? A Cake Mix Play Dough Recipe. I only had plain yellow cake mixes downstairs, however they...

Published Wed, May 01 2013 7:59 PM by Praying For Parker

Filed under: Special Needs Homeschooling, alphabet activities, Art Activities, Meeting a kid's sensory needs., tactile activities, oogey gooey lady, cake mix play dough recipe, playdough recipe, special needs home schooling

How To Tell If You Have a Genuine Hodson Boy

If the shirt fits….. Oh, yeah. He’s one of mine alright. Interestingly enough, I wouldn’t have it any other way. Parker’s Raffle Have you entered yet? Read More...

Published Wed, Oct 07 2009 8:36 AM by Praying For Parker

Filed under: Fantabulous-ness

CBC Results

We got the call we’ve been waiting (and waiting and waiting and waiting) for. The results? Well, let’s just say that the words “beautiful” and “perfect” were used to describe our Brave Hero’s blood work. Uh. ‘Scuse...

Published Wed, Mar 24 2010 5:38 PM by Praying For Parker

Filed under: Fantabulous-ness, down syndrome, rsv, pneumonia, leukemia, CBC

When Life Gives You Garden Produce…

freeze it! I knew we were looking at a hard frost that would most likely take out my garden (and it did!) so I went out the day before and gathered in the rest of my tomatoes. I wanted to make a huge batch of red sauce for the freezer. I could have canned...

Published Thu, Oct 08 2009 9:16 AM by Praying For Parker

Filed under: Totally Worth The Calories, Garden Goddess

And just like that, my prayer was answered.

They say that answers to prayer comes in all different forms and fashions. Yesterday was a testament to that. We have yet to discover exactly what Parker can hear. Can he hear me when I read a book to him? Can he hear when I sing to him...

Published Fri, Sep 07 2012 7:59 AM by Praying For Parker

Filed under: Holding On Tight To My Faith, answers to prayers, hearing loss

Cornbellys: A Night of Fun

It’s been a tradition in our family for Dad to take the kids to the corn maze each October. It’s been since Parker was born that I’ve been able to go. But last night, for the first time in a loooong time, we decided to change things...

Published Tue, Oct 11 2011 6:17 PM by Praying For Parker

Filed under: Corn Belly's Corn Maze, Family and Friends

A Winner!

The winner of our Rosie Hippo contest is AngelaH! She was chosen by random.org. Congrats! Angela, I left a comment your Angela’s blog. I’ll need you to email me your mailing addy to pass on the the wonderful people at Rosie Hippo! Read More...

Published Mon, Sep 28 2009 1:45 PM by Praying For Parker

Filed under: A Day In Our Life

Time To Lock And Load

This wasn’t the most relaxing of weekends. Lots of worry. Lots of questions. Lots of prayer. Reed already had planned to be out of town Saturday and Sunday.. way before Parker’s cath had been scheduled, so my sweet Mom came to stay overnight...

Published Mon, Sep 28 2009 2:14 PM by Praying For Parker

Filed under: Frequent Flyin At The PCMC, A Day In Our Life

Mark Ewing, Alaska’s kids with SN deserve so much better than you.

Mark Ewing, an Alaska State House hopeful, and self proclaimed torch carrier of conservative common sense, described one way to help a strapped state budget: ” the state should consider moves to stop providing education to “children that...

Published Tue, Aug 07 2012 7:50 AM by Praying For Parker

Filed under: Politics of Special Needs, Mark Ewing sucks.

A Blendtec Review

We do a lot of blending around these joints. Parker’s blenderized diet. Smoothies for the athlete. Grinding grain for all the baking I do. But what blender does all of this? Thanks to Bendtec I now know. One blender to do it...

Published Tue, Oct 09 2012 4:40 PM by Praying For Parker

Filed under: Stuff We LOVE!, Blendtec

On being a Special Needs Mama

I get a lot of questions from those around me asking “how do you do it?” I’m always perplexed by this question. How could I NOT do it? How do I love my kid? Seriously? Have you seen this face? What’s NOT to love? How do I survive...

Published Tue, Nov 08 2011 7:54 PM by Praying For Parker

Filed under: down syndrome, Life With Special Needs

Coping with a diagnosis: Advice for a new Mom

Kendra left this comment on my post: Things I’ve learned from being a special needs Mama. Hi, I stumbled onto this and felt that I could relate to you the most… My daughter Livi just turned 4 weeks and I feel horrible because she doesn’t have any...

Published Sun, Jun 12 2011 8:49 PM by Praying For Parker

Filed under: A Day In Our Life, Advocacy, down syndrome, Special Needs, diagnosis, how to cope with a new diagnosis

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