Merry Christmas to Nicole

Surprise, it’s Drew.  After more than a year of blogging from All The Marletts, I am writing my first post.  Hello to all of you I know, and nice to meet all of you I don’t. Let me start by saying that it is very difficult to surprise Nicole with any gift.  So this year, I decided to give her a gift that I didn’t have to hide.  I love that Nicole blogs.  It keeps us connected...

Let it Snow, Let it Snow, Let it Snow

It has been snowing since 1:41 am.  How, you wonder, do I know that this is the time it started snowing,  well….I was awake folding laundry and nursing a sick child.  Yes,  Lucy is sick and not sleeping well(that’s putting it mildly). Three of  our kiddos and I have some sort of a runny nose head congestion thing; but Lucy is just miserable and not her normal mostly happy...

You’d Better Not Pout…

I have a mountain a literal mountain of laundry to fold, more laundry to do, Christmas shopping to still finish, cards to order and address, a baby who has not slept a decent night in over two months which means I haven’t slept well either,  this same baby seems to have the beginnings of a cold so now we are on “ready and alert” for anything out of the ordinary with her,  an appointment...

It was Like… Magic (Chapter 1)

It was the Monday before Thanksgiving and we were off to yet another appointment with Lucy’s GI.  It was a very productive appointment in the sense that we discussed some “what if” scenarios with her doc for the first time in Lucy’s life.  For most people, these types of discussions are not what you want to have with your doctor; but for Drew and I it was a relief to hear what his thoughts...

We’re Back!

We are home, we had an absolutely fabulous time, and we are exhausted!  We had a great vacation and have so many memories that we want to share with you, but for tonight we just wanted to let you know we’re back. We left that,   and came home to this! ...

A little of this and a little of that…

On Friday night our family of six celebrated Thanksgiving, aka Thanksgiving Jr. according to Jack or Thanksgiving practice according to Sophie,  with all of our usual favorites plus a few extras.  The kids realized that because we will be at my sister’s for Thanksgiving I was not going to be cooking all of the food.  This caused quite a stir in our house since it is our family tradition...

Where has the time gone?

We’re still here, we’ve just been a little busy living life these past few weeks.  We have been appointment free for the last 18 days!  That is the longest break from the medical world we have had in over a year!  These last few weeks have been a much needed break for all of us!  Health wise we are all “healthy” including Lucy, somebody please knock on wood or something like...

Smile :)

Do you Notice anything different about Megan, besides the fact that she is not wearing her glasses? Now do you notice anything different ? This little lovey lost her first top tooth on Sunday morning and another bottom tooth on Monday evening.  The tooth fairy lost $2.00, that is the going rate for two lost  teeth in the Marlett house. Teeth is the reoccurring theme in our lives right...

An Inspiration

Last year we were blessed to meet a family in the hospital whose son had mitochondrial disease.  It was obvious from the moment we met this family that they had a familiarity with the hospital environment that was comfortable to them, but to most is unfamiliar.  We were in the beginning of our search for answers and they were in the midst of fighting an uphill battle with this baffling disease. ...

Trick or Treat

What do you get when you have one Wizard, two Cinderella's, a Sleeping Beauty, six pumpkins, and one Brett Favre…Halloween at our house!  Add to that one little doggie, princess Mulan, a rock star, and one adorable ladybug and you get…. a whole lot of trick or treaters! The night before we had pizza and played games. Lucy and Abby were wise and stayed out of the...

Today is My Day!

All those times I have wished for more time in a day, well…today is that day.  It is officially 12:00AM and I just remembered that day light savings begins NOW!  Don’t forget to set your clocks back.   I’ll write more later, right now I am going to bed.  Good night :)...

A Wizard, a Scarecrow, and a Firefighter

Oh my!  This morning things were a little different than our usual routine, each kiddo had an event at their school in which they could come dressed in some sort of costume.  Jack’s school allows them to come dressed in their Halloween costume as long as they do not wear a mask, paint their face, bring a weapon, or have glitter.  That sounded fairly reasonable to me.  Jack dressed...

What did we do today?

A lot of laundry, went to music class, ran an errand, did homework with the kids, allowed Lucy to sleep all afternoon, cleaned the refrigerator,  made dinner, and went to NO medical appointments!  Yes, we had a pretty normal day which we were all grateful for!  Yesterday morning I took all of the kids to our pediatrician’s office to get their H1N1 vaccine, and apparently so did...

A Very Bad Hair Day

BEFORE AFTER My hair hurts just looking at her… Does anyone have any suggestions for getting super glue out of hair?...

On your marks, get set, go…

What a crazy busy day, week, month we have had!  Yesterday was one of those days where I there was no room for error in the schedule.  I had just enough time to get from here to there without stopping or being delayed by even the smelliest dirty diaper. The 24 hours of having Lucy’s head wired and wrapped in gauze all the while carrying around an few extra pound bag over my shoulder went...

Heart to Head

Lucy had a long and exhausting day, which means that we all had a long and exhausting day!   After carefully orchestrating who was going to be where and when today, Drew and Lucy and I met at DuPont for appointments with cardiology and neurology. Lucy’s neuro referred us to this specific cardiologist because she has experience with patients with mitochondrial disease.  It was a relief...

Hot Wheels!

Yesterday we had an appointment at DuPont to pick up Lucy’s new adaptive stroller/pediatric wheelchair/adaptive seating system/Hot Wheels!   For those of you who know me well or have seen our garage, know that I am a bit of a stroller aficionado.  Like a fine craftsman, I have to have the right tool for the right job.  Notice how I phrased this in terms that my husband can understand,...

When I grow up…

Mommy, when I grow up I want to work in a restaurant. Ok Soph, what do you want your job to be in the restaurant… the cook, a waiter, the table setter, dishwasher… No Mommy, I want to be the balloon maker! We eat at too many kids eat free restaurants....

Weekends

I love weekends, I wish they were longer!  I love being home all together as a family.  I love that we eat big breakfasts late in the morning, hoping to fill the kids up so that we can go on an adventure with all of them before they need to eat again.  Almost always someone is hungry again before we even arrive at our destination.   This weekend our weather was cold and rainy,...

Happy Monday!

Yes, I’m trying to make an effort at celebrating the everyday, so happy Monday!  This week we have several doctors appointments (that will take up most of a day), a trip back to CHOP to have Lucy’s tube fixed and/or replaced,  soccer practice and a game, therapy times three, music classes times four, Jack’s heritage day at school on Friday morning, a session with an infant massage therapist(Lucy...

A Picture Says a 1000 Words

So what do a lot of pictures say?  Enjoy…   ...