Our son Joshua was born at 30 weeks gestation and later diagnosed with spastic quadraparesis cerebral palsy and PVL - periventricular leukomalacia.

We were so fortunate to have many resources online when Josh was first diagnosed and we want to give something back -- hopefully helping someone else along the way.

Josh is now 10 years old and is a wonderful kid. He's in a typical 5th grade classroom with an aide to help him with the physical things he can't do easily. He uses a power wheelchair but still is a GameCube and Playstation II fanatic! His favorite past time is using his new Apple Powerbook that he got for Christmas or using the telephone. He has memorized at least 100 phone numbers!

Josh has a sister named MacKenzie who is quite a character. She is in first grade at Montessori. She loves to paint, draw, dance and ride horses. She is full of life, to say the least.

In December 2004, we had our 3rd child, Emma-Grace. She was born via c-section and weighed 10lbs 1oz. She was born at 36 weeks due to the fact I had toxemia. She spent a week in the NICU for breathing and eating issues but got to come home the day after Christmas! She's such a perfect angel. Truly a blessing.

For parents who may be finding out about a diagnosis of CP, we want to share some information about what types of CP there are, some common treatments of CP and detail some support resources that you might find helpful.

My hobbies include taking tons of pictures of our kids - and making photo-safe scrapbooks for my children (and their future children, too!) I hope you'll take a look at some of our family photos and read more about scrapbooking. It's a wonderful hobby that preserves all the beautiful times you spend with your children - and that is priceless.

Please sign our guestbook and let us know you stopped by -- and drop us an email if you would like! 

Click here for the 2004 Photos of the kids