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!


Here comes anta-Say, aus-Clay?


*Spoiler alert for the kiddies or those still young at heart* Ok, this blog was long in the making. Mama and I have…

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A conundrum…


I haven't blogged much lately. Last week we had a power hiccup and when the power returned...my computer died. No, not…

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I’m flying!


I was going to write a lengthy, yet witty blog about our happenings, but it is late already and I am resorting to a…

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Need a 2nd opinion…or 3rd?


Jonny has been a little more fussy than usual for no particular reason and we noticed a slight discoloration on his…

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Jonny’s Recasting


I am happy to say that I have nothing to really report about Jonny's recasting other than it went as expected. The…

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A good day.


I've just read through my entire blog front to back and noticed that I tend to report more when things are not going…

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Here’s to friends!


Thank you!! Yesterday was an absolute blast. Sunday and Monday we saw our good friends from college who are also…

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An eventful day…


Well, today was certainly eventful. Jonny has miraculously switched his sleeping schedule to sleep from around 7:00pm…

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New Pics…and old ones


Fall photos!

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Honor Where Honor is Due


This blog is long overdue, but I thought I'd stop and say thank you to everyone who has helped us along the way. THANK…

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Jeepers Sleepers!


Mama's back to work again so I have the entire night shift. So last night went like this... Jonny slept from…

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Quite a week…


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Day of Surgery clips


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*revised* Post-Op and Regression


*After reading this initially my sister pointed out that this was pretty negative (I’m tired and generally get whiny…

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Jonny’s Surgery


It’s 6:00 Tuesday. Jonny’s surgery got pushed back from 1:00 to 5:00. He has been in surgery almost an hour. Basically…

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Jonny’s hips


Jonny went in for his checkup for his hips a couple days ago. He has a ‘bilateral hip click’ or hip dysplasia where the…

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Playtime!


Daddy is working and Mommy just got up. So Daddy had the lil' guy on his 'worm' to play in the office. Jonny likes to…

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Jonny’s first shots


…Were awful. He was soooo happy the whole appointment. He didn’t fuss or cry at all when the doctor was measuring and…

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