Some of you may know, but I’ve been blogging for a long time…

a VERY long time.

Back before the prevalence of social media, I set up a little blog in 2008 just to share what was going on with our family. I called it the “Reynolds Rap.” (I used “Reynolds Latest” because “Reynolds Rap” was taken on Blogger). I wrote mostly for family and friends. This was way before we knew anything about parenthood. I had no idea what “parenthood” would turn into… No idea what “parenthood” even WAS.

This was before all the diagnoses. Before “autism.” Before we knew anything about Kabuki Syndrome.

This chronicles the beginning of our parenting journey as we tried to piece together all the “ins” and “outs” of parenthood. It shows the ups and downs we experienced figuring out “life” as young marrieds and young parents.

It shows us just trying to navigate things like the numerous medical issues with Jonny, the 3AM whine-fests, and random thoughts that would pop into my head before the age you could just post them as “status updates.”

I had to edit and redact a lot of it for privacy concerns, but the heart of the blog is still here. This ran sporadically from 2008, until I set up “A Touch of Ausome” back in 2016. There were some periods I would post multiple times a day… and some periods I would post once or twice a YEAR.

In any case, here it is.

ENJOY!


Easter 2010


For Easter, we decided to go to the Saturday night service and had ‘brinner’ (brunch-dinner) afterwards.…

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A weekend of fun


Last weekend we went to visit the relatives 4 hours away and Jonny had an absolute blast. We ate lots of unhealthy…

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Some more updates


Those of you that follow me on Facebook may already have these updates. First of all, I can upload all my photos…

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An update….and a random pic…


Since my camera is …somewhere and I don’t have any new pics for you, here is a random pic…and I do…

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Jonny’s New Do…


Jonny’s currently sitting on my lap so updates to come later but for now… Enjoy…

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Sleep? who needs it…


When Jonny was born, I secretly hoped that he would sleep through the night on his own at like 6 weeks...and he would…

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18-mo stats for Jonny


So we had Jonny's 18 month checkup today. We waited about 20 min before the pediatrician saw us and Jonny kept signing…

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It’s just a hole-in-the-wall…


So, funny story, I was changing Jonny, not expecting to find any suprises since at night, his diaper will end up very…

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Post 101…


Welcome to my 101’th post of this blog…and my 3rd cup of coffee today. Ahh where to start. Jonny is cutting…

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3am Rocking Chair Blues


Oh man. Is it even possible for a kid to cut 4 teeth in 3 weeks, wait 2 days, and start 4 more? I'm thinking of writing…

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Christmas 2009


Merry Christmas!

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Zoo Lights!


We took Jonny to the Pointe Defiance Zoo & Aquarium over the weekend and caught the zoo lights show they have up.…

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I should blog… *edit* Wha’ts your fav. Christmas Song?


So I was totally gonna blog. But then I realized, man I need to write out my end of the year Christmas Newsletter. Then…

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‘Tis the season!


I took a series of about 15 pics trying to get a good family portrait and still have yet to get one I am ‘happy’ with.…

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We are late for church.


9:12 am. Church starts at 9am. So why am I choosing to blog now?... well for one, I haven't in a while... but the more…

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Quintessential Jonny


crawling on a regular basis…

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Halloween fun!


Pre-halloween fun… getting the kitty.

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Jonny dancing and crawling


…and our new carpet………

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