I failed and it was all my fault.

Thursday, 28 February 2013

Like many posts that I write that begin with a disclaimer, I should probably just go ahead and trash this now... but alas, the stubborn Polish-German girl inside of me is just going to keep going and hope I have a few friends once I'm done.I've made it n

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Positive Things About Down Syndrome

Thursday, 28 February 2013

Someone landed on my blog yesterday by searching for "What are some positive things about people living with Down syndrome?" I'm glad to know someone was searching out the positive things ... and I hope they found what they were looking for. Of

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Whitney's What the? Wednesday

Wednesday, 27 February 2013

Well hey there Wednesday, we meet again.I just spent a good portion of my morning at an office furniture store in search of the perfect desk chair for my new office. My boss legitimately made me sit in about 40 desk chairs, which turned out to be incredi

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Trying Too Hard

Tuesday, 26 February 2013

Trying too hard.Those are three words that never fail to leave me confused. What does that even mean anyways? All through life, as far as I can remember, people always seemed to throw that little phrase around like it was the ultimate dis and I just don't understand it. Why is trying hard a negativ

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Height Advantage

Monday, 25 February 2013

Kayla and Lucas are 4.5 yrs apart; although you probably couldn't tell it by their size. They look like they could be only 2 yrs apart. Kayla isn't very tall. She's taller than Lucas, but not by much. I imagine in a few years Lucas will be taller than he

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NYComa

Monday, 25 February 2013

If you're here for an Oscars recap you're in the wrong place, but I think most of you probably know that.My flight didn't get back until 11:15 last night which was fine until I came to find out that my luggage decided it wanted to spend the night in 

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And He's Five!

Saturday, 23 February 2013

Five years ago Joe, very briefly, took over my blog to announce that Lucas was born. How can this little boy be ready to start Kindergarten in about six months? He's growing too fast!The breakfast in bed for the birthday boy this morning:Lucas, you're st

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"Thread Between Shears"

Friday, 22 February 2013

"Thread Between Shears"I am not yet.I've no regretsbut I need substantiated purpose.The surface it seemsIs riddled with seamsYet to be sewn together.Strewn together like leiPlaced on the broad shoulders of today.I will but I'm not ready.Solid rock but no

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Go Fix Your Hair

Friday, 22 February 2013

Good morning, sweet bunnyflies. And by good morning I mean that I have already been awake for 6 hours and if I'm not actually hammered drunk, pretending to be Carrie Bradshaw, by the time this posts it will be a very bad morning. You will just

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Is ombre still a thing? {tutorial}

Thursday, 21 February 2013

So last night, while I was putting off the pile of work I need to finish before I jetset off to NYC tomorrow, I found myself on Pinterest. Big mistake. Obviously I know better.Or not. Same old story, I found a project I wanted to try, I st

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Readers' Choice Award Finalist

Wednesday, 20 February 2013

I am honored that my blog is a finalist in About.com's 2013 Reader's Choice Award for Favorite Special Needs Parenting Blog!Just in the time for this nomination I've managed to give myself a little blog makeover. Well, just the header. It was time for a

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