A little piece of heaven

To all of my mommy friends and readers – Happy Mother’s Day! I can honestly say you are all amazing women. My wish for all of you on this mother’s day is that you give yourself the gift of “ME” time this year. You deserve it!

I am inspired by the amazing women that I have met in my journey – strong, valiant, courageous women who go above and beyond. I say this of all of you – SN and NT (neurotypical) moms alike. Thank you for sharing in this most precious gift – motherhood – with me.

Today would’ve been lovely if Owen hadn’t picked today for a fight…men… baaahhhhhhhhhumbug!

Despite Owen’s best attempts, I still felt deeply blessed and the real gifts were with me all day – Belle and Dorje. My mom and aunt and grandma, as well as brothers and their partners, came over to share the day with us. We had a lot of fun, especially Nathan – as usual. And now I am heading to bed as I am STILL in a lot of pain from the C-section. I really hope all of you were spoiled and had a lovely day today.

Cuteness X 3

Yesterday Nathan and Owen went to the Renaissance Faire while Belle and I stayed home and rested.

They had a blast!

Oh and Nathan did too 🙂

Princess Belle after a meeting with her personal stylist (AKA grandma)

I guess she didn’t mind being purtified.

She’s even posing for us already!

I bet they’d win a cuteness contest .. don’t you ?

Sexy aunt Jen

Nathan even had my brother’s dog smiling with him!

Wii finally capitulated and got a Wii a couple of months ago…for Nathan of course…it was the life of the party

Nathan was standing tall while playing Wii

While his sister showed no interest.

Grandma Nalga has good hands..she had Tinker Belle passed out and posing

While her brother wouldn’t miss any of the action

And we got to christen our new dining room!

Nathan reaching for a lollipop

This is Belle a few days ago before she got chubby cheeks. She makes me feel peaceful every time I see this picture.

Front-line view of the chubs! She’s over 8lbs already!

And cute as can be!

Sincerely,
One happy momma

I’m too tired to write…

This is Nathan when he was 3 weeks old…a little similar maybe???

I wanted to share another adaptation that I am really happy with. I found this through an ad on facebook and decided to check it out. I am really glad!

Even though Nathan keeps his hands fisted, when he wants to hold something, he lets go. This is the dystonia – his brain sends the opposite message of what he wants to do. When he wants to reach out and grab something, his hands curl into tight fists. If we put something in his hands and he wants to hold on, he lets go.

When we put him in the tricycle, this was a problem as his arms would pull tightly back against his body and his hands would let go of the handles.

This is where Active Hands Gloves come into the picture. It takes a few seconds to put on these gloves, and they basically make it so he CAN hold on to stuff for as long as the gloves are on. They work FABULOUSLY. Much better than the ones sold by Freedom Concepts (makers of the tricycle).

It can also be used for lots of other things – holding on to a pen, holding on to drumsticks or other musical instruments, holding on to crayons so he can color…basically, anything that requires holding anything, this facilitates. Even holding a spoon to facilitate self feeding!

I am really happy with this and thought I should pass on this adaptation. Enjoy!