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		<title>On how we came to be an Army family</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2009 02:28:44 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Army Life]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Meeting people on an Army post is much like meeting people in college.  Everybody always has the same conversation.  In college, it&#8217;s about your hometown, your major, and whether or not you&#8217;re involved with anyone.  In the Army, it&#8217;s about the soldier&#8217;s MOS (occupation), where you&#8217;re from, and how you and your soldier decided to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=damselandfamily.wordpress.com&blog=3117795&post=244&subd=damselandfamily&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>We’re here!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2009 16:51:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I don&#8217;t really know what I expected &#8220;settling in&#8221; to be like, once we arrived in New Jersey.  I think I was worried about homesickness, missing my parents and friends, learning my way around a new town&#8230;  and while all of those are valid concerns, life has been good in the (nearly) two months since [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=damselandfamily.wordpress.com&blog=3117795&post=241&subd=damselandfamily&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Ready.</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2009 18:17:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[So much for writing more often.     Time to stretch the writing muscles and try again!
Quite a bit has happened since the last time I&#8217;ve been here at the ol&#8217; blog&#8230;.


Knight joined the Army last October and completed both BCT (Basic Combat Training) and AIT (Advanced Individual Training) as of last week.
Our precious daughter [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=damselandfamily.wordpress.com&blog=3117795&post=237&subd=damselandfamily&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>*swoon*</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Sep 2008 02:24:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[First, a little background:
Knight sort of lost his job early last spring when the company he was working for sort of began something of a slow death.  He has career plans in the form of joining the Army (hopefully by the end of this month, which I am very excited about, but that&#8217;s not the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=damselandfamily.wordpress.com&blog=3117795&post=231&subd=damselandfamily&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Good News!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Sep 2008 23:30:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s a GIRL!!!!!
We went back to the doctor today, and he said all is well.  Healthy baby, healthy mama!
And now the Great Name Debate begins in earnest.   
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		<title>Look!  Quick!  Over here!  A POST!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Sep 2008 01:16:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A great big &#8220;Hi There!&#8221; to all my friends who live in the computer&#8230; and to all of them who don&#8217;t but read here anyway for some reason!
I can explain the hiatus from posting, sort of, but that might just bore you to tears, so why don&#8217;t we just move on to the good stuff?
The [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=damselandfamily.wordpress.com&blog=3117795&post=226&subd=damselandfamily&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Updates</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Jul 2008 14:59:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I thought I&#8217;d start with the kidney thing.  My doctor did put me on antibiotics, and I finally came around to taking them.  My pharmacist went over the specifics about what possible harm could come to the baby with me.  She&#8217;s fantastic, and I really trust her.  (If you&#8217;re interested, the insert with the antibiotic [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=damselandfamily.wordpress.com&blog=3117795&post=224&subd=damselandfamily&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Logic</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 13:56:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our conversation this morning:
J: Can I have a snack?
D: You need some breakfast first.
J: No&#8230;  You know why I don&#8217;t need waffles or a sausage biscuit?
D: *shakes head no*
J:  *holds up right hand* &#8216;Cause this arm hurts.  That&#8217;s why I only need a snack.
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I have our niece Little Daisy (2 years old) with us [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=damselandfamily.wordpress.com&blog=3117795&post=222&subd=damselandfamily&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Oy, the questions!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Jul 2008 21:43:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I know that the questions are how Jet learns.  The teacher in me gets that.  However, the mommy in me is driven up the wall by the questions.
It&#8217;s not the number of questions, per se&#8230; it&#8217;s the repetition.  It seems like he&#8217;s not satisfied until he&#8217;s asked the same question ten times in a row.
He&#8217;s [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=damselandfamily.wordpress.com&blog=3117795&post=219&subd=damselandfamily&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Spelling</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2008 17:40:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jet really doesn&#8217;t have that many &#8220;baby&#8221; words anymore.  He&#8217;s straightened most of them out, and corrects us when we say &#8220;lasterday&#8221;.  However, he consistently replaces the &#8220;re-&#8221; sound at the beginning of words with a &#8220;yer&#8221; sound.
He&#8217;s also very into spelling words.
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