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	<title>Suzy Q Homemaker: motherly musings</title>
	
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		<title>From waiting to more waiting</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 17:25:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lizzie</dc:creator>
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				<content:encoded><![CDATA[&#160; First off, I&#8217;ll state the obvious: Willow is freaking adorable in her new glasses!  I&#8217;ve been bowling people over everywhere I go.  Even the nurse at her pediatrician&#8217;s office was practically shrieking, &#8220;I CAN&#8217;T STAND IT!&#8221; because she was so overwhelmed...<br/>
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		<title>Wordless Wednesday: Honeysuckle Season</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 21:29:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lizzie</dc:creator>
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		<title>Trying to stay on the bright side</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2013 18:35:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lizzie</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.suzyqhomemaker.com/blog/?p=3966</guid>
		
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[First a happy thing: Willow has now rolled over a few times.  She is incredibly surprised and upset when it happens.  At six-and-a-half months, she still detests tummy time.  It&#8217;s hard for her to push herself up much further than her elbows.  But we try. The other things I&#8217;ve been...<br/>
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		<title>MAJOR SURGERY</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Apr 2013 11:43:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lizzie</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.suzyqhomemaker.com/blog/?p=3962</guid>
		
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[YOU HAD MAJOR SURGERY! This is essentially what I have been hearing from everyone and what I have been telling myself for the past six months. Can you believe it&#8217;s been that long? I can&#8217;t. Part of my disbelief lies in the recesses of my mind&#8211;I have a girl and we are both...<br/>
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		<title>Routines</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Apr 2013 15:04:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lizzie</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.suzyqhomemaker.com/blog/?p=3947</guid>
		
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[I need a morning routine. So far, the only definitive weekday agenda is as follows: Wake up Brush teeth Break up fights Drink coffee Send kids to school Drink a protein smoothie Feed the two kids left at home Change diapers Watch Nick Jr. ALL DAY LONG At least once every few weeks I try [...]<br/>
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		<title>It’s been a while</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Mar 2013 13:16:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lizzie</dc:creator>
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				<content:encoded><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve had my hands quite full for the last five months.  In fact, putting Willow on the floor to play is just now becoming a regular thing.  We&#8217;re working on tummy time, holding toys, and I&#8217;m sure she will finally be rolling or moving around in some way soon.  At least that&#8217;s...<br/>
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		<title>the things that hurt</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Nov 2012 19:55:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lizzie</dc:creator>
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				<content:encoded><![CDATA[Besides the obvious physical pain of recovery, this cesarean has been hard on me in ways I didn&#8217;t think possible.  Every day I&#8217;m feeling a little bit better but I am still sore around the incision.  It&#8217;s been three weeks since my body was opened and my insides pulled out.  I often...<br/>
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		<title>My Homebirth Cesarean</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Oct 2012 11:54:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lizzie</dc:creator>
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				<content:encoded><![CDATA[On Wednesday, October 17, I woke up around 6:30 with a back ache. Since I still wasn&#8217;t &#8220;due&#8221; for another couple days and I historically have my babies after 40 weeks, I figured I had slept awkwardly. I got up and started getting the boys ready for school, taking passive notice of...<br/>
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		<title>when things got ugly</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Oct 2012 19:49:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lizzie</dc:creator>
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				<content:encoded><![CDATA[I&#8217;ll admit I was already planning on a few down moments during choir retreat this year.  In fact, I had prepared myself already for endless checking-in to see how I am feeling, constant offers to drive me around, and other pregnancy-related nonsense.  What I did not expect was a mini-meltdown...<br/>
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		<title>Post-baby eating</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Sep 2012 15:15:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lizzie</dc:creator>
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				<content:encoded><![CDATA[Because I don&#8217;t think, talk, or write about food enough, I thought I&#8217;d give a quick run-down of all the horribly delicious things I plan to eat once this baby arrives. In my freezer is a &#8220;family size&#8221; lasagna for eating after the birth.  In truth, the family-size lasagna...<br/>
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