Kiai! (Hi-Yah!)

We have a little karate guy on our hands.

Happy Easter Video

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Baby K'Tan Wrap: BEST Wrap for Babies With Special Needs!

I originally saw this wrap with a mom at the library when I was 5 months pregnant. I asked her about it and I soon forgot what she said and the name of her wrap. I did that a lot during my pregnancy. LOL! So when people asked me what "baby essentials" I wanted I told them for sure I want a Moby Wrap. But once I tried to use it a couple of times just practicing with a stuffed animal, I quickly realized this isn't what I wanted. And I remembered the conversation I had with that sweet mama in the library. She was using a Moby alternative, so that's what I googled. I found the Baby K'Tan! That's what the mama used. There's NO wrapping. Ahhh...what a relief, for me. But the best part is that as I started researching the wrap I realized how special it is. It came to be from a mama who's son has Downs Syndrome. She was looking for an easier and less harmful way (due to the hypotonia) to baby wear her special needs son. I couldn't believe it! It's almost like God was telling me all along, little pieces here and there, that I too would have an extra special baby which I definitely wanted to "wear". Check out the link and read their story. So sorry Moby-I got a K'Tan...and WE LOVE IT! http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/11/michal-chesal-baby-ktan_n_1495666.html

Happy Easter

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What a Doll!

Sean can fit in Melanie's doll house! Right in the living room! What a cutie.

Glub, Glub, Glub

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Welcome To Holland

This is an excerpt from the Down Syndrome Partnership of North Texas. It sums up my feelings of my delivery of Sean and the shock I went through with him being in the hospital as well as my occasional feelings of uncertainty at raising a super special baby with special needs.

Welcome to Holland

I am often asked to describe the experience of raising a child with a disability – to try to help people who have not shared that unique experience to understand it, to imagine how it would feel. It’s like this… When you’re going to have a baby, it’s like planning a fabulous vacation trip – to Italy. You buy a bunch of guide books and make your wonderful plans. The Coliseum. The Michelangelo David. The gondolas in Venice. You may learn some handy phrases in Italian. It’s all very exciting. After months of eager anticipation, the day finally arrives. You pack your bags and off you go. Several hours later, the plane lands. The flight attendant comes in and says, “Welcome to Holland.” “Holland?!?” you say. “What do you mean Holland?? I signed up for Italy! I’m supposed to be in Italy. All my life I’ve dreamed of going to Italy.” But there’s been a change in the flight plan. They’ve landed in Holland and there you must stay. The important thing is that they haven’t taken you to a horrible, disgusting, filthy place, full of pestilence, famine and disease. It’s just a different place. So you must go out and buy new guide books. And you must learn a whole new language. And you will meet a whole new group of people you would never have met. It’s just a different place. It’s slower-paced than Italy, less flashy than Italy. But after you’ve been there for a while and you catch your breath, you look around…and you begin to notice that Holland has windmills…and Holland has tulips. Holland even has Rembrandts. But everyone you know is busy coming and going from Italy…and they’re all bragging about what a wonderful time they had there. And for the rest of your life, you will say “Yes, that’s where I was supposed to go. That’s what I had planned.” And the pain of that will never, ever, ever, ever go away…because the loss of that dream is a very, very significant loss. But…if you spend your life mourning the fact that you didn’t get to Italy, you may never be free to enjoy the very special, the very lovely things…about Holland.
by Emily Perl Kingsley
©1987. All Rights Reserved.

Everyone Loves a Baby Sean!

I don't think this baby gets put down very often. Maybe only when he's sleeping with us. - - - - -

Melanie Defends the Bakyard Against Robots?

I don't quite know where children get the ideas for certain things. However, I do LOVE the use of their imaginations. Just look at her costume! LOL!

Sweet Sibling Pictures

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Everyone LOVES the Daddy

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Sean Pics. & Possible Thinking Quotes

"Oh this people are sooo silly!" "Oh life in the McGurk House...tiring." "Hi World!"

Crazy Texas Weather

Check out this video from last week...CRAZY! Melanie was having a field day though. She was super intrigued at the hail. YIKES!

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Melanie Reads to Baby Sean

I love this, especially the prayer she's reading to him. So sweet!

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What A Sweet Big Sister

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An (almost) Toothless Grin

Melanie is really growing-up. She lost her first TOP tooth! She now wears that sweet, precious toothless smile. :-) She also has 2 more loose teeth. YIKES! At this rate she won't be able to eat food!

Smokey Sun Bathing

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My Breastfriend Pillow

Not only is this a really great pillow for breastfeeding, it's also a GREAT tray on the go! Melanie is a great waitress.

Sean's First Day Home Video

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Sean's First Day Home

We had such an AWESOME reception when we got home. Rebekah with her children & Melanie were with us & made a welcome sign and bought us balloons. Alli and her children were waiting for us with their welcome signs. Bahar and her son were waiting for us, along with my neighbor friend Ms. Eva. I couldn't believe the reception! So amazing!! It is such a miraculous feeling to be home! - - - Someone's alert & taking in all the new sights, smells & noise.

Sean's Going Home Pic 3-27-14