The Ups & Down (syndrome) of the Allred Family

I've been updating many of my blogs over the last several weeks, and it's given me an opportunity to walk down memory lane.  Some of...

This is my monthly post on Jacob's speech progression using Gemiini. Admittedly, we haven't been using Gemiini as often as I'd...

Holy Cow! Has it been almost 2 months since my last post?! Goodness!  I guess no news is good news?  Well. Sort of.  It does mean that Jacob...

Courtney has always been a rough-and-tumble girl.  From the minute she was born weighing in at 8 lbs 15 oz.  the nurses described her as ...

Now Jacob is no respecter of persons.  He doesn't care if you're Courtney, a 20-month-old toddler who has a propensity towards screa...

I won't lie.  Today was almost completely unproductive.  All those late nights have finally gotten to me and so I got almost nothing don...

Why is it that everything seems to take four times longer than it used to 2 years ago?  2 Years ago, I was working out 3 1/2 hours a day, ...

Today was the much anticipated day to visit the cardiologist.  We had been told by Dr. Jensen to expect to set a hard date for surgery and t...

Quick Note: OK, I fell asleep last night with Jacob in my arms and didn't wake up again until 4 a.m.  Soooo even though the time stamp s...

Down Right Living: Jacob hanging out with his daddy Is it strange of me to revel in the quiet days? Today was soooo nice.  It seemed alm...

Call me naive. Call me an eternal optimist. Call me down-right stupid.  I don't particularly care.  But I've decided that 2011 is go...

Just 24 hours after visiting our doctor and being told that Jacob is in excellent health, we were back in her office watching her intently l...

Christmas was wonderfully uneventful at the Allred home this year! Jacob laid on my chest as we watched our children and family open prese...

When all is said and done, today can be considered one of those good days. Last night I pulled an all-nighter (Yep! Not a wink of sleep...

I think we've hit a record....2 days and still no emergency room! Woo hoo!!!! ;) OK, maybe not a record, but it's been a nice, qui...

I apologize for not posting sooner.  Life around here has been crazy busy...as usual.  So, here's the update to let you know what's ...

Today I went to the hospital optimistic that today would be the day that Jacob would get to come home (again) to us.  Even though he had bee...

I'm beginning to wonder if my baby has a tendency to leave the hospital worse off than when he arrived. This morning after researching...