katrina . 3 years later

So much has changed for us. Three years ago, we were just home from the hospital with Taryn, enjoying our beautiful little honeymoon baby. Our security, our lives as we knew it, our home, everything, was changed in an instant though.

Last year, I couldn’t face the anniversary of the storm. It was too much. Even two years later, living it every single day. Rebuilding took forever. Our normal, was a new normal. An unfair normal. One we resented. I still resent the fact that she stole Taryn’s early days of being a baby from us. That time we’ll never get back. She changed our children, our marriage. We went through so much, Jason and I. We got married in Hawaii, […]

Lyndsay Stradtner2008-08-28T21:02:06-05:00August 28th, 2008|My Family|

lovey

Teagan got a little crazy with the baby food this morning, so once again he needed a mid-day bath. He’s such a blankie boy, loves his lovey. He rubs his little face with it, snuggles with it, it’s the first thing he looks for when he wakes up, gets tired or gets out of his bath. I love it when he pulls it up over his head, it cracks me up when he’s sitting up and all of a sudden, he’s hidden under it, funny boy. I took this after his bath, he was rolling around on the bed, tangled up in his lovey.

Lyndsay Stradtner2008-08-29T08:14:41-05:00August 28th, 2008|My Family|

alright, let’s get this party started

First a photo by Ty and then a story about him…he took this with the 5D last week.

Ty came home from school on Monday and immediately let me know that the little girl responsible for the whole dog bite incident last year was in his class. Of course, this means we had to have him moved into another class. Both because Ty deserves to be in a peaceful and positive learning environment and because we are being forced into a a lawsuit with the family as they have refused to take responsibility with neither us nor the insurance company. It’s likely […]

Lyndsay Stradtner2008-08-27T19:43:43-05:00August 27th, 2008|My Family|