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!


Getting ready for the REAL world


Today Jonny is 8 weeks! old…which also means Mama has only 4 weeks left until we have to get back to the ‘real world.’…

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"modeling photos?"


Daddy having fun with the camera… He was more awake for this session so Daddy played around with lighting more……

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New Pics & updates


Things are infinitely better since my last post. Things seem so much worse when you are tired and I was plenty of that…

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Medical Shenanigans 2


So today we took Jonny to the doctors office. Not the orthopedic specialist (that's on Monday), not the cleft palate…

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Working for Sleep


So Jonny is a month and a day old today! Sooooo big. He now weighs 9lbs 3oz, which means he's gained a whole pound…

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Meeting the rest of the fam.


Jonny had an absolutely marvelous weekend with his cousins and Auntie S. and Uncle G. He went to the zoo, went to…

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New Pics! (7/27)


Ahh yes, the sponge bath. An absolutely wretched experience. Jonny abhors…

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Medical Shenanigans..


We are now making appointments to see 5 different specialists for various “abnormalities” regarding Jonny since birth.…

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A night with the baby…


Well, we are slowly adjusting to having a baby in our lives. Watching a newborn parenting video, the instructor says,…

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Tummy Time!!


Here are a few pics of Jonny getting some tummy time on the boppy. Today he is 8 days old! His neck is as strong as…

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More Pics!


Jonny and Auntie D (my cousin)

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The birth of our son


For those of you who didn't get my updates, here is the story. Mama's water broke at about 2:00 am or so July 11. Labor…

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