VIDEO: Santa's Message to Jordan

It’s that time of the year when Santa is excellent leverage for good behavior. It seems to be working with Jordan. She and her brother have gotten along this week… They held hands, they played games together. Heck, the read a couple of books together. These things do not normally happen without the idea of…

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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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Santa Time!

I have a thing for taking the kids to see Santa… It’s cute and I’m running out of years where this tradition is exciting. Cameron has figured it all out… But he and I have made a pact to keep it away from Jordan for at least this year. So when we took pictures with…

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A Santa message

I had a chance to get the kids to call Santa today… It’s so sweet to have a recording of the kids talking about their Santa list. Here’s Jordan’s: By the way, I get the call by getting a code from TelSanta.com. It’s very cool.

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Christmas Day

How exciting can life get when Santa brings you the princess pajamas, pink camera and pink Crocs you asked for? Well… For Jordan it also meant a chance to go to Disney World for two days! The thrill of Santa was alive and well in my parents’ house on Christmas morning. To make the day…

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Santa!!

I took Jordan and Cameron to see Santa – I go early because I put together a family calendar every year and this is the last needed photo for the project. Anyway… This is the first time Jordan hasn’t cried with the jolly guy. She seemed a little skeptical about her safety at first… but…

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Ho Ho Ho!

Jordan is having fun with all this time without the push and pull of school and therapy and Mom’s work schedule… I put her in a dress I bought for her before she was born two years ago. The funny thing is I thought of this dress not long after her birth and I thought:…

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Santa!!

Proof that Jordan just doesn’t like Santa. Maybe next year she’ll change her mind. This year Jordan was so unhappy about sitting on Santa’s lap, I had to sit with him too. By the way – I know I’m crazy, but I just like getting the Santa visit out of the way. The mall had…

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Baby's first visit with Santa

Santa smiles and tears Originally uploaded by Nerdy Mom. She didn’t like it. She didn’t like it one bit. And Cam tried SO hard to smile, but it’s chaos when a baby is crying and thrashing for her Mommy. Poor kids. I plopped them on Santa’s lap today because I wanted to get the last…

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