I could only boil 2011 down to 380 pictures

I’m pretty sure we’ll never be able to recreate the amazing that came from 2011. Jordan’s year started at Disney World and ended happily with a post-birthday party high at home. What happened in the middle was amazing. First, this website has grown along with our community on Facebook. It’s really an incredible gift to…

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Five tips I wish I knew six years ago

Six years ago Jordan came into our world and changed our perspective on what it’s like to raise a little girl. I’ve said this many times, but I’ll repeat it again. I asked the doctors if Jordan was okay after we discovered she was born with one hand… I looked up into Randy’s eyes and…

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Merry Christmas… Jordan was officially good

We have so many wonderful stories and photos from this holiday season. First, thank you again to the many AMAZING gifts in honor of Jordan’s December 29th birthday fundraiser. We had hoped to raise enough money for two kids to attend Camp No Limits next summer. You all helped make sure FIVE kids will go…

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Holiday time with the family

I can’t say any person in our family was ready to get back to the normal swing of things this morning… There’s something awesome about a long unscheduled holiday weekend. Sure, Jordan’s parents had to work a bit this past holiday, but that didn’t stop all of us from having fun and bringing the holidays…

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Three princess stories

There aren’t that many opportunities to grab your princess dress and watch three full classic stories of Disney favorites in our town… But that’s exactly what we got to do today. Jordan, her brother, her uncle and I headed to our nearby arena to watch Disney Live! presents Three Classic Fairy Tales. Uncle Jon brought…

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The great outdoors

I have a few traditions… I started them back when I had one child who was tiny and I wanted to get pictures of him for a family calendar. Now I have two kids, a popular and highly anticipated family calendar and an inner desire to have awesome pictures for it. So last week I…

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Lucky Fin Bracelet Winners!

Congrats to the five winners of Born Just Right’s first ever giveaway. I teamed up with Molly over at the Lucky Fin Project to offer you a chance to win one of her fabulous and special bracelets. And the five winners are: Janet Carlson Elle Ellis Patty Tracey Shannon DaGrossa I’m so excited! To the…

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Community links and more at #BlogHer11

Right after our big 504 plan meeting at Jordan’s school, I ran off to San Diego to attend the BlogHer conference. It’s my first time attending a massive blog-focused event like this. I got my first taste of talking to brands and how they might work with bloggers during the Midwest Media Moms conference in…

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It's the little things

You know when you get really focused on life and you don’t stop to look at the little things? We’re totally in that mode right now. The kids are attending camps, I’m going to work and afterwards I’m sending the kids to swimming lessons. They’re making progress and I don’t want to lose it while…

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Happy Father's Day

It’s a vacation Father’s Day!! I’m so thankful to have Randy in my world and especially happy to have him as the father of our two kids. They have picked up on all of the quirky personality traits that made me fall for him a long, long time ago. (Okay, not that long ago… but…

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