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!
June 1, 2009
5-year marital bliss
Mama and I celebrated our 5 year wedding anniversary last weekend. (It actually took me a week to finish this blog, so…
May 3, 2009
Jonny’s first trip to Safeco Field
[video src="http://www.atouchofausome.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/P1010150.MOV.mp4" /] My friends were up visiting from…
February 19, 2009
Crazy Kid!
Hi I’m Jonny. I can now pound my toys on the floor (…walls, the desk, daddy’s head) to listen to what sound it makes. I…
February 13, 2009
Lost Sleep
I always feel compelled to blog when I've lost sleep over my kid. I think it is to get some sort of validation for…
February 10, 2009
25 Random Things About Jason
I was "tagged" in a blog on facebook to post 25 random facts about me but I thought I'd re-post my version on my own…
January 8, 2009
Jonny Feeding!
I've been trying to figure out this camcorder forever. I've taken some good video, but it takes a couple extra steps to…
December 22, 2008
Winter Wonder-Land?
Well here’s my obligatory snow pics. We probably got 7-9 inches total. But it is a layer of soft snow with a layer of…
December 22, 2008
Jonny without his cast!
Jonny is progressing well with his cast off. He LOVES kicking his legs around again, is much more content to be playing…
December 20, 2008
No more cast!
Pictures are coming soon. He did really well, once we got home. He screamed bloody murder while the cast was being cut…
December 14, 2008
Thoughts before bed…
"Whatever designer decided to put buttons on a baby's outfit (that you actually have to button up) has obviously never…
December 7, 2008
New Pics & update
We are counting down the days until Jonny finally gets his cast off. December 19th at 1:20. T-minus 12 days and his 12…
December 4, 2008
That’s never good…
So an update on the computer... I thought that the power supply had blown, which would have been about $100 to fix but…