An Ordinary Family with Three Special Kids
Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 4th, 2012
You know that lock-down is creating a bit of cabin fever when Karli gets excited about accompanying Drew and me to Gillette. On Monday I mentioned that we would be going on Friday. Thereafter, every few hours she asked me to count the days. You would think we were heading off on a Disney cruise. [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 2nd, 2012
We continue to take a picture of Karli each day. Actually we usually end up with several images. The only days we have missed since her birth were a couple when Drew was in PICU. The following pictures (along with the story of each image) are some of my favorites from the last few days: [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 1st, 2012
Drew loves the Draz Fam Animoto videos. Last weekend he asked me to export them all to YouTube so that he can watch them without scrolling through the blog to find his favorites. Now he can go to my YouTube channel (NanaMeland) and quickly select any video. On Saturday Drew decided to make an Animoto [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 28th, 2012
When Drew and Ry were little, they always said, “Drew does the thinking and Ry does the doing.” Of course, Ry continues to do most of the “doing” when they play. However, the other day there was an interesting twist on this. They were playing a current favorite iPad app. The game required some skill [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 25th, 2012
I’m going to begin this post about Ryan with a statement about Drew. Despite Drew’s considerable physical disabilities, his quality of life is amazing; no one who knows Drew would dispute that fact. What may be surprising to some readers is the identity of the person I feel is most responsible. While Drew’s parents, aunts [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 17th, 2012
Three quick stories: 1. Karli’s big-girl bed. When Jen was about six she decided that she HAD to have a canopy bed. After an extensive search we found the perfect one. She loved it so much that I was determined so save it in case she had a little girl of her own. Every time [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 16th, 2012
On Wednesday Drew had several appointments at Gillette Children’s Specialty Center. Drew, Karli and I dropped Ry off at the bus stop and then headed for Gillette. We saw three doctors and two technicians; every single one of these professionals were amazing. They are competent, compassionate, creative and open-minded. They listen, ask questions and confer [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 10th, 2012
With the holidays over and lock-down in full force I thought it might be fun to blog a typical January weekend. I began taking pictures early Saturday morning. As it turned out, the weekend wasn’t exactly typical as we had more visitors than usual. The children started the day with a pancake breakfast. Soon Auntie [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 6th, 2012
After considerable discussion, the Draz Fam has arrived at the top 11 events of the past year. So, in no particular order, imagine a drum roll… 1. The Draz Fam visited the San Diego Zoo. 2. Drew and Ry went to Zoo Camp. 3. Jen got promoted to Senior Human Resources Manager, Assistant Vice President [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 3rd, 2012
New Year’s Eve: Last year we were able to fool the children. We set the clocks ahead a few hours. When they read 12:00 we watched the ball fall (a previous year’s celebration on YouTube) and headed for bed. Drew was confused when he noticed the clock on my nightstand read 9:30; I pleaded ignorance. [...]