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Cowgirl Up!: July 2013
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Tuesday, July 16, 2013. Trying to Explain What it is Like Being "The One" and Joey's Next Surgery: August 8th. Super Joe led us down quite a path last week. Starting with a 102-103 temperature for a few days, not eating or drinking, laying around almost constantly and then ending up with an un-diagnosed and inexplicable rash on his trunk, back, neck and face. I asked the doctor, "Is it Stephen Johnson Syndrome. Which is a rare, serious reaction to medication. Nope. Is it Scarlet fever. For him to get his...
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Cowgirl Up!: September 2013
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Monday, September 23, 2013. How I Failed as a Parent and an Advocate - An IEP Lesson Learned the Hard Way. How is school going? I was asked by a friend. Um, well. That's a really good question. Up until September 11th I thought school was going really well. That is, the four days that Joey had been in the public school Early Learning Program. Of course I would stay after school and talk about Joey and what he is learning to do, what he has tried to do, what he is working on. I can't even begin to list th...
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Cowgirl Up!: Cowgirl Up is Back! The Power of Two and a Baby Bjorn Giveaway
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Tuesday, March 3, 2015. Cowgirl Up is Back! The Power of Two and a Baby Bjorn Giveaway. If you are a child of the 80's/90's you may remember the Indigo Girls song "Power of Two". It always stood out in my mind because it was such a testament to how life's challenges are much more manageable when shared. When halved. The line in the song goes, "Multiply life by the power of two.". Could we handle another pregnancy filled with endless doctors' appointments and ultrasounds? Could we do this all again? It is...
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Cowgirl Up!: December 2013
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Tuesday, December 10, 2013. Will Joey Ever Walk? I have had our Christmas cards for over two weeks, but every time I sit down to try and write this year's Christmas letter I find myself too sad, too conflicted and too confused to talk about the past year. The problem is that each year I start with last year's Christmas card and then write about the changes the next year has brought. In 2011 Joey was not crawling and had just started sitting up at 18 months. Why can't he just get a break? Tommy in turn sp...
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Cowgirl Up!: October 2013
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Thursday, October 3, 2013. Mamalode Buddy Walk Giveaway Happy Down Syndrome Awareness Month! As we celebrate October and Down Syndrome Awareness Month, here is a chance to win some amazing prizes from Mamalode.com. Which is having a major giveaway of past Mamalode issues! If you participated in a Buddy Walk this year and as a team raised at least $50, you are eligible to win a great prize! Have you heard of Mamalode? Here is a little of what they are about. There is room for it all at mamalode. Which is ...
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Cowgirl Up!: Baby Carrier One WINNER!!!
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Tuesday, March 10, 2015. Baby Carrier One WINNER! What a way to come back to the blogging world! A huge thank you to Baby Bjorn for sponsoring this first contest and for giving such an incredible prize. The program used to select the winner is called Random Picker. And each entry was put into this program and the computer program generates the winner. When I started the blog almost 4 years ago I was putting slips of paper into a hat, but we are way more legit now! Cowgirl Up Baby bjorn. What is Down Synd...
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Cowgirl Up!: March 2015
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Tuesday, March 10, 2015. Baby Carrier One WINNER! What a way to come back to the blogging world! A huge thank you to Baby Bjorn for sponsoring this first contest and for giving such an incredible prize. The program used to select the winner is called Random Picker. And each entry was put into this program and the computer program generates the winner. When I started the blog almost 4 years ago I was putting slips of paper into a hat, but we are way more legit now! Cowgirl Up Baby bjorn. The Power of Two ...
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Cowgirl Up!: August 2014
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Tuesday, August 26, 2014. Happy 4th Birthday Super Joe! Joey has a new trick among others right now. It involves him leaving the room and rushing back in and saying "I'm back! Getting ready to brush Rufus at Victory Gallop. The other big news that has occurred since April 17th is that we are expecting our 3rd baby! The ruptured appendix while being pregnant adventure is a story for another day. And what a story it is! Today is not the time to go into the wild adventure our family has been on since April.
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Cowgirl Up!: March 2014
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Thursday, March 20, 2014. Celebrating 2014 World Down Syndrome Day- No More Worries! Almost exactly four years ago we found out during our second pregnancy that our baby boy, Joseph David, had Down syndrome. We had a prenatal diagnosis and to this day I will never forget the geneticist telling my husband and I that our son did indeed have an extra 21st Chromosome. Trisomy 21. Down syndrome. Words I had never thought about before. How would he get along with his brother? Would he be funny? What we learned...
