Making Dinner
Recently the older kids have been helping to make dinner some of the time. I let them choose the meal, and then we prep it together. Then the three “lttle […]
Kristie
Pictures of the house
Greg posted recently and mentioned that we have finally tackled a thorough rearranging of the house. We threw away or donated a ton of stuff. (How did we end up […]
Four Years
Yesterday Isabelle and Hallie had appointments with their pediatrician. Greg stayed home with the other children, and I took the two girls to the doctor by myself. As I sat […]
A time of rest and a return to normal life
First of all, I want to wish everyone Happy World Down Syndrome Day. Because we have been blessed with three girls with Down Syndrome, this is always a day of […]
Yesterday’s Adventure
Matthias and Hallie both came down with colds over the weekend, so we had to change our plans for yesterday. We had planned to attend a birthday party for my […]
Saturday at the Godwin House
Today was a pretty normal Saturday at our house. Greg got up and made chocolate chip pancakes for breakfast, just like he does every Saturday. Then we started getting everyone […]
Settling in
We have been back home two and a half weeks now, and we are starting to settle in to a normal rhythm of life. We typically spend several days each […]
One Week Home
I can’t believe that we have already been home a week. Things are going incredibly well, but we are very tired, and life is hard in some ways. Once again, […]
Jonathan
Now that we have had our son for a full week, we feel like we are getting to know him a little bit. Obviously, he will continue to change as […]
In Guangzhou Now
The last few days have been busy and challenging for us, but they have been good too. On Thursday, after spending the morning at a local park with our guide, […]