This is a sponsored conversation written by me on behalf of Gillette at Walmart. The opinions and text are all mine. Every night as we put our son, Henry to bed we always read a book and then “talk”. He gets to pick the topic of the “talk”. His top 3 topics are Space Shuttles, …
Today marks 1 year since Henry had his first surgery. He had his lip/nose/gumline repaired April 1, 2014. In the cleft community it is usually referred to as their “Smileversary.” It’s the day we said goodbye to his old smile, and fell in love with his second smile. When I found out at my 20 …
This week is one year since my first post about Henry’s journey so I thought maybe some of you would want an update on how he is doing. Since his palate repair in October he has been amazing! He eats great and now only wants to feed himself with a spoon. It’s sometimes messy but …
I don’t know what the word is for that huge lump of weight that has been sitting on your shoulders for a year finally sliding off is, but that is what I want to to type in the largest font possible right now. Last Monday was the day I had been looking forward to for …
What an awesome summer we had with Little Henry! (Even though I think my biggest highlight was finally being done with his nose stents on August 20th) I know the nose stents are a necessary evil, but boy did I HATE them! Anyway, now we have a whole other hurdle to jump over. Palate …
Are you excited!? That was one of the first things people would ask me when I mentioned that Henry’s surgery was coming up. How do I answer…am I excited about no more NAM and taping everyday? Yes. Am I excited that my son will be put through a 7.5 hour surgery, have a “three” week …
When Henry was born he was taken to the Nursery for monitoring because his heart rate would speed up and then drop. We were told by our cleft team that many hospitals would always just take cleft babies into the NICU. The cleft team was very adamant that if the only reason the baby was …
I love natural elements, anyone will tell you that I’m obsessed with rocks and anything nature. So for our little Henry’s nursery I wanted to add some of these elements and here is what I came up with. I am in absolute love with these. They are my favorite things in the nursery! So …