World Down Syndrome Day (WDSD) is observed on March 21. On this day, people with Down syndrome and those who live and work with them throughout the world organize and participate in activities and events to raise public awareness and … Continue reading →
Sorry folks. With Jenna arriving just before Christmas I totally forgot a post with Christmas pictures in it. Thanks Mom Reid for reminding me! Christmas program at Pre-School: Lighting of Christmas lights at North Florida hospital: Family Pictures: Christmas Day: … Continue reading →
The birth of a child is the beginning of a journey into the unknown. Every parent wonders what the future will hold for the baby that has just come into the world. Every parent knows what they want for their … Continue reading →
We are proud to welcome Jenna Rose Dungan into our family. She was born 12/14/12 at 3:45 pm at North Florida Hospital in Gainesville, FL. She weighed in at 6 lbs 15 ounce and was 19 1/4 inches long. Mom … Continue reading →
We are in the process of remodeling our kitchen, here is how it looked when we moved in. Here is how it looked after we repainted (and how it has looked for the past 6 years). We tore out the … Continue reading →
Here are some pictures from Halloween 2012. Grant decided he wanted to be a dog for Halloween so Carol made him a costume. He also enjoyed making a jack-o-lantern. We went to our church’s trunk-or-treat again this year and also … Continue reading →
Ms. Davies, one of Grant’s teachers, sent us some great pictures of Grant at school. She says he is more comfortable and is doing great!
Continue reading →As some of you may know, I am a huge NFL football fan. And like many NFL football fans these days, I am a bit frustrated with the situation going on between the NFL Referees union and the NFL owners … Continue reading →
Grant started Pre-Kindergarten today at Stepping Stones. He will be going to school 5 days a week now, from 9 am to Noon. He was slightly less than excited to go today as he didn’t think it would be very … Continue reading →
On Sunday after breakfast, we drove over to St. Augustine and went through the Alligator Farm Zoological Park. It was quite a nice display of alligators and crocodiles from all over the world. They also had other kinds of reptiles … Continue reading →
Every Labor Day we try to get away from Gainesville and go somewhere fun. Last year we went to Tampa Bay and stayed in a fancy hotel. This year, Carol found a house in Crescent Beach that we could rent … Continue reading →
In July, we made a trip over to St. Augustine beach. As always, Grant enjoyed splashing in the waves and playing in the sand.
Continue reading →Grant took swimming lessons again this summer. He is much more comfortable in the water now and did a great job doing all the things that his teacher told him to do.
Continue reading →Grant really enjoys going to one of our city pools that has a splash park. On July 4th, we headed over to the pool for a couple of hours before heading home to throw some meat on the grill. After … Continue reading →
In late June and early July, Gramma and Pa visited from Nebraska. They brought along fun things to do, like a large cardboard house to color and a wood bird feeder to paint. Grant also enjoyed helping Pa assemble a … Continue reading →
Devil’s Millhopper is a large sinkhole in Gainesville which is a park. In June, we decided to go hiking in the park with Lucy. Grant wanted to go to the bottom of the sinkhole so we went down the roughly … Continue reading →
This year Grant’s birthday fell on a weekend so we turned the entire weekend into a birthday celebration. On Friday night, when I got home, Grant and I took apart his crib and moved his new “big boy bed” into … Continue reading →
Carol continues to perform with the Gainesville Civic Choristers. The group practices once a week leading up to a series of concerts at local retirement homes and other community centers. Today was the final concert of the summer concert series … Continue reading →
Tonight, I showed Grant another thing that balloons can be used for. After an initial failure, I wasn’t sure that Grant would want to continue the activity, but in the end I think he enjoyed it.
Continue reading →Easter was a relatively low-key affair this year. We didn’t go over to the big Easter egg hunt at our church this year and opted instead to just search for eggs in our backyard. Grant also got to dye some … Continue reading →
We traveled down to Long Key, FL recently to visit Nana Reid. We left on a Saturday morning and didn’t get off to a great start. About 10 minutes after getting on the Interstate we ran into a major traffic … Continue reading →
As you may know, Grant loves to pretend he is a dog. Tonight, Grant-dog started howling and Lucy joined in. I quickly got the camera and asked them to do it again. Of course, the howling by Lucy NOT caught … Continue reading →
Here are a couple of videos taken recently. The first is of Grant and Lucy playing together and the second is Grant learning to play a new instrument.
Continue reading →Here is a conversation that Grant and I had the other night.
Continue reading →Carol has taken tonight off for an early birthday celebration. She attempted to keep the plans a secret but I figured out what was going on (she rarely can keep secrets from me). Several weeks ago, while over on the … Continue reading →