Ellie at the tea party

tea party 029 Originally uploaded by jennifer_byrd.
Ellie attended a birthday party recently. Each of the 5-year-old guests dressed up in dresses, hats and make-up and had a tea party, with real china dishes. I was more than a little bit nervous when I found out that Ellie was going to be using real [...]

And behind door number two…

So, have I mentioned that I’m going deaf?
That is actually a true statement, not just hyperbole. I literally can’t use my left ear to talk on the phone because I have an 80% hearing loss in my left ear. I can currently hear and understand 20% of what someone is saying.
My audiologist was [...]

Move over, MacGyver…

One-legged crawl Originally uploaded by jennifer_byrd.
Phillip has mastered the art of moving around the room, by crawling and cruising. Walking is just around the corner. He crawls with one foot flat on the floor, so that he can pull up as quickly as possible when he reaches any upright object (the wall, my [...]

How did I ever make it to adulthood without his advice?

Total number of blog posts for June: 1
Does that make me lazy or busy? Probably both.
Today I was celebrating the victory of getting to work on time, but my celebration was short-lived. I managed to take my son to swimming practice at 7:00 a.m., with baby in tow, then rush home to [...]