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May 28th, Fun and the Return to Java Gym

May 28th, like the title says. How did Nina get in this chair? Wait for a couple entries and you will see her awesome “climb” video! See this image larger. Paging Dr. Nina! See this image larger. Peek-a-boo!!! See this image larger. Hi kids! Where are you? See this image larger. Oh they’re going on […]

Presently: Nina Update

Mommy updated Nina’s Care Page with some news I had yet to write out in the blog… for those of you not subscribed to it, here is what she wrote, because I couldn’t have said it better myself! June 24, 2011–Open Heart Surgery Postponed! Nina went back to the cardiologist today for another echo and […]

Dialogue and Milestones

Time for our dialogue update. You’ll see this runs the gambit from a bit ago to more recently… I will continue the main timeline from where we left off last entry, as usual. Here we go! April 24th, 2011 Nina – “Button.” April 25th, 2011 Nina – “Blankie!!” April 26th, 2011 Ian – “See that? […]

More May

The kids freshly returned from a walk in the wagon on May 24th. See this image larger. Not sure if that license plate has been photoshopped. 😉 See this image larger. Finding peace. See this image larger. The Chapmans on the move! See this image larger. Ian shows off super-hero strength! See this image larger. […]

May 23rd, a Long Summer Day

May 23rd, Ian and Nina gather around the very popular iPad2 to watch a video or play a game. Both of them are as addicted as they are intrigued. They love that thing. See this image larger. Nina getting some quality TV time in. See this image larger. I also had a great video of […]

Humor Me.

Something I’ve had the pleasure to enjoy with both of our kids is watching them develop a sense of humor. It is also extremely important to me as a milestone and as an attribute in a human being. I guess I’m saying, if any person lacks a sense of humor, we’re generally not going to […]

Nina in her Automobile

Music video time! Check out Nina in her automobile on May 20th! Video Click here to see Nina driving around. This is a really large video, sort of on par with Ian’s “Born to be Wild” trip to the park when he was younger. Check it out! (Watch for the part where I provide the […]

Dr. Lee Checkup

May 19th, we’re back at Dr. Lee’s for Nina’s heart check-up… kinda breaks your heart seeing her like this doesn’t it? See this image larger. Video Click here to see Nina writing in a notebook at the appointment… look at her grip on that pen! Awesome! Want to know what we found out at the […]

iPad2, an Unexpected Surprise

So by now, Ian’s on his third swimming class (May 12th) and he was still doing amazing. Sadly this was not to last, but we’ll get to that later. Although I had my new iPad for about 4 or 5 days by the time May 13th showed up, I hadn’t really done much with the […]

May Continues…

May 8th, Mommy and Ian read through a book in the sunroom. See this image larger. Nina happily plays with a toy. See this image larger. Sad that I didn’t get a smile with one of these shots… See this image larger. … because I love this sweater on lil Nina! See this image larger. […]

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