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How cool would that be? &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone&lt;br /&gt;</description><link>http://theabelings.blogspot.com/2014/01/spider-man-sheep.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Adventures in Abelingland)</author><thr:total>1</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9094979855665340112.post-399853428228032564</guid><pubDate>Sat, 14 Dec 2013 06:50:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2013-12-14T00:50:07.750-06:00</atom:updated><title>I LOVE You</title><description>Me + You. 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Brandon spent the night at Papa and Grandma Booba&#39;s last night&lt;/div&gt;
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we couldn&#39;t tell Luke&lt;/div&gt;
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He would have been jealous.&lt;/div&gt;
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Brandon had a great time&lt;/div&gt;
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and here he is&lt;/div&gt;
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our Caper Crusader ready for school today!&lt;/div&gt;
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it can be hard for a 5 year old&lt;br /&gt;
Facebook is making my life easy&lt;br /&gt;
it just posted a section called&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.facebook.com/yearinreview/victoria.abeling&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Year in REVIEW&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
this was one of my top 20 moments&lt;br /&gt;
I love it.&lt;br /&gt;
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Back in May I lost some of my spirit and needed to focus on &amp;nbsp;my family, work, and priorities. I put my blog last. But coming up on year end I realized that I will never forgive myself if I stop documenting the boys ADVENTURES and continue to make those &lt;a href=&quot;http://theabelings.blogspot.com/2010/01/why-i-started-my-blog.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;blog books like I promised&lt;/a&gt;. I may not be able to keep it up forever and once they get to high school, I am sure there isn&#39;t a lot they will let me write about. But for now, while they are little, I will continue.&lt;br /&gt;
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I&#39;ve made some progress, but I&#39;ve completely missed, May - November. I have a lot to catch up on.&lt;br /&gt;
I have to get through the boys birthday, their joint mass party....&lt;br /&gt;
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I have to get through Mother&#39;s Day and &amp;nbsp;Finley&#39;s visit&lt;br /&gt;
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Nicky&#39;s first LOST tooth and then his second one...&lt;br /&gt;
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My trip to Arkansas and my first attempt at Paint Ball....can you see me in all that camo?&lt;br /&gt;
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Luke growing up so fast, turning 2 and climbing out of the crib...&lt;br /&gt;
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and Father&#39;s Day...&lt;br /&gt;
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and this is just June! I have to document birthdays and babies, and trips, and family time. I&#39;ll get there. And some will be redundant for those that follow me on Facebook and Instagram. But I have a book to make!&lt;br /&gt;
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So much more to go before we ring in 2014.&lt;br /&gt;
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1. I don&#39;t know how you do it&lt;br /&gt;
2. followed by - Ages and Boys or Girls?&lt;br /&gt;
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When I tell them that I have three boys ages 5, 4, and 2and a half, they look at me and say 2 things&lt;br /&gt;
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1. I don&#39;t know how you do it&lt;br /&gt;
2. Did you try for a girl?&lt;br /&gt;
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Those of you who know me, you know how badly I wanted a girl. And if you didn&#39;t know that. I DID. Badly.&lt;br /&gt;
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I respond saying, &lt;u&gt;I tried every time&lt;/u&gt;. I probably cried at every ultrasound too. I just really really REALLY really wanted a girl. I joke that Dan can&#39;t make girls. I think it is true. I think it is pay back...or maybe God knows what he is doing...because I have three B O Y S....and I wouldn&#39;t trade them for the world.&lt;br /&gt;
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My kids never had any interest in their thumbs&lt;br /&gt;
they preferred their &lt;a href=&quot;http://theabelings.blogspot.com/2010/06/missing-horsey-bay.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&quot;bays&quot;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
their &lt;a href=&quot;http://theabelings.blogspot.com/2012/08/and-there-goes-last-nini.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;ninis&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
their &lt;a href=&quot;http://theabelings.blogspot.com/2013/03/the-blanket-post.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;blankets&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
that was OK with us&lt;br /&gt;
however, breaking up with NINI was impossible&lt;br /&gt;
with a lot of angst, blood, sweat, and tears.&lt;br /&gt;
but we made it past the pacifier stage when Luke was 9 months old&lt;br /&gt;
and then...&lt;br /&gt;
a year later...&lt;br /&gt;
after Brandon&#39;s 4th birthday, the unexpected happened!&lt;br /&gt;
He came home one day and told us a little boy at nap time sucks his thumb&lt;br /&gt;
and he showed us&lt;br /&gt;
- see mom, like this!-&lt;br /&gt;
at first we didn&#39;t know it was going to be a &quot;thing&quot;&lt;br /&gt;
it just happened&lt;br /&gt;
and at 4?&lt;br /&gt;
we let it go for a while&lt;br /&gt;
constantly telling him to take his thumb out&lt;br /&gt;
At first I was a little embarrassed &quot;I have a thumb sucker&quot;&lt;br /&gt;
But not really sure why&lt;br /&gt;
lots of kids did&lt;br /&gt;
and for Brandon, who has a history of needing things to comfort him&lt;br /&gt;
it wasn&#39;t THAT unusual I guess&lt;br /&gt;
we were successful over the summer, about 2 months after it started&lt;br /&gt;
we got that nail bit STOP and put it on his nails&lt;br /&gt;
it was horrible, even I tried it.&lt;br /&gt;
YUCK&lt;br /&gt;
it worked - &amp;nbsp;for about a month&lt;br /&gt;
and then it happened again!&lt;br /&gt;
and it hasn&#39;t left&lt;br /&gt;
right now we have an agreement&lt;br /&gt;
only suck your thumb at naptime and bedtime&lt;br /&gt;
sometimes listens&lt;br /&gt;
sometimes we find him alone sucking his thumb&lt;br /&gt;
he finds comfort, it self soothes, he needs it right now&lt;br /&gt;
we&#39;ve asked his therapist and the Dr&#39;s if we should be worried&lt;br /&gt;
about his teeth, his speech, etc.&lt;br /&gt;
they both say to let him grow out of it and it will get better&lt;br /&gt;
for now, the war wages on.&lt;br /&gt;
Daddy and I are planning and plotting&lt;br /&gt;
until next time thumb!&lt;br /&gt;
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3 little Rattles&lt;br /&gt;
in a baggie&lt;br /&gt;
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and all was right in Abelingland&lt;br /&gt;
for now.&lt;br /&gt;
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In November, Grandpa Vic and Grandma Ellen came to visit&lt;/div&gt;
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the boys had not seen them in years&lt;/div&gt;
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and didn&#39;t come with me when I went to visit them earlier in the year&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;a href=&quot;http://theabelings.blogspot.com/2013/03/adventures-in-grassvalley.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Luke met them for the first time in&amp;nbsp;Feb&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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My Dad had back surgery he is up and walking&lt;/div&gt;
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good as new!&lt;/div&gt;
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better than ever!&lt;/div&gt;
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Nicky was so excited a real life Marine was coming to visit.&lt;/div&gt;
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He couldn&#39;t wait to talk guns.&lt;/div&gt;
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he couldnt wait to talk rattle snakes.&lt;/div&gt;
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It was a lovley visit&lt;/div&gt;
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Lots of football, wine, and chaos.&lt;/div&gt;
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I think Ellen can personally confirm now why I drink&lt;/div&gt;
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Unfortunately, the weather turned cold and an artic freeze hit and we had to cut the trip short&lt;/div&gt;
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before they left we had a great lunch at the County Line to celebrate and couldn&#39;t pass us feeding the turtles&lt;/div&gt;
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what could be better.&lt;/div&gt;
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{thanks Grandma Booba}&lt;/div&gt;
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Scene: Sunday morning at 8:32 am&lt;/div&gt;
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Nicky: Mom, come with me&lt;/div&gt;
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Mommy: Ok, Nick&lt;/div&gt;
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*I follow Nicky into my bathroom*&lt;/div&gt;
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Nicky: Mom, please take a shower&lt;/div&gt;
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Mommy: uh.....why?&lt;/div&gt;
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Nicky: You will look better after you shower&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;br /&gt;</description><link>http://theabelings.blogspot.com/2013/12/inside-head-of-master-nicholas-shower.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Adventures in Abelingland)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ4tm6Qqr1eCJvNxkeIYwhI9SmFs8cIyv8TaIH5KrOaq3qXNJBY-8t5PrS-1IwYAnpoJ1GcoSE3E7BUBE1q9EK_8CJglobA4NTkxZ6wRofZTZWut6UW7CT-y3l19PT20zpAW5B-4fztfE/s72-c/IMG_5989.JPG" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9094979855665340112.post-3141616849029496707</guid><pubDate>Mon, 09 Dec 2013 01:11:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2013-12-08T19:11:21.642-06:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">bobsled</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">finley</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">gymnastics</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">iwouldgivehertheworld</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">olympics</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Sochi</category><title>{Insta.gram} Cuteness - future Olympian</title><description>Her mommies were silver medalists in the 2006 Winter Olympics. It&#39;s in her blood. It&#39;s in our spirit. This winter, while all eyes are on Sochi, I&#39;m placing my bets on summer 2028; a future gymnast in the making. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;center&gt;&lt;a href=&#39;http://photo.blogpressapp.com/show_photo.php?p=13/12/08/1968.jpg&#39;&gt;&lt;img src=&#39;http://photo.blogpressapp.com/photos/13/12/08/s_1968.jpg&#39; border=&#39;0&#39; width=&#39;640&#39; height=&#39;640&#39; style=&#39;margin:5px&#39;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone&lt;br /&gt;</description><link>http://theabelings.blogspot.com/2013/12/instagram-cuteness-future-olympian.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Adventures in Abelingland)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9094979855665340112.post-5682485941300566256</guid><pubDate>Sun, 08 Dec 2013 16:56:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2013-12-08T10:56:44.231-06:00</atom:updated><title>One of my favorite things</title><description>I have a little secret. When I&#39;m in the bath, I&#39;ll turn on the kids monitor and listen to Dan play with the boys upstairs. They truly have so much fun making up games, playing karate, being secret ninja forces, cooking, and playing hide and seek. The laughter is infectious. It might possibly be one of the most satisfying sounds. The boys have no idea how lucky they are. I&#39;m pretty lucky too.&lt;br /&gt;{daddy and lukey last night}&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;center&gt;&lt;a href=&#39;http://photo.blogpressapp.com/show_photo.php?p=13/12/08/900.jpg&#39;&gt;&lt;img src=&#39;http://photo.blogpressapp.com/photos/13/12/08/s_900.jpg&#39; border=&#39;0&#39; width=&#39;210&#39; height=&#39;281&#39; style=&#39;margin:5px&#39;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone&lt;br /&gt;</description><link>http://theabelings.blogspot.com/2013/12/one-of-my-favorite-things.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Adventures in Abelingland)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9094979855665340112.post-101546829977345311</guid><pubDate>Thu, 05 Dec 2013 12:24:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2013-12-05T07:07:11.963-06:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">atlanta</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">bariapps</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">business</category><title>A New Venture</title><description>&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;
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&quot;Honey, one day I am going to have my own business.&quot;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;
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over the last 12 years there have been many ideas...&lt;/div&gt;
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and I&#39;ve had to make a decision to throw it all in and support one of my baby&#39;s crazy ideas....&lt;/div&gt;
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Usually it went something like&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;
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Book Visors?&lt;/div&gt;
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No&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;
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{still laughing at the prototype}&lt;/div&gt;
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ScrubTies?&lt;/div&gt;
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no&lt;br /&gt;
{but practical}&lt;/div&gt;
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Mini Dolphins?&lt;/div&gt;
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YES! but how?&lt;/div&gt;
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{who wouldn&#39;t want a pack of mini dolphins in their fish tank??}&lt;/div&gt;
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then it got interesting...&lt;/div&gt;
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Dan has worked for a top surgical device company for 8 years&lt;/div&gt;
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He has spent many days on his feet&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;
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watching surgeries&lt;/div&gt;
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Usually thinking he could do them better&lt;/div&gt;
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and he had an idea&lt;/div&gt;
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One that would solve a very unique problem&lt;/div&gt;
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and make us a lot of money&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;
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{we hope}&lt;/div&gt;
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So back in Jan, he took &lt;strike&gt;some&lt;/strike&gt;&amp;nbsp;A LOT of money&lt;/div&gt;
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Started getting up at 4:00 am&lt;/div&gt;
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...every morning...&lt;/div&gt;
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He made some drawings, put the idea to paper&lt;/div&gt;
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Contracted with a designer and a developer&lt;/div&gt;
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I did a lot of reading&lt;/div&gt;
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and approving&lt;/div&gt;
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and questioning&lt;/div&gt;
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But in 6 months&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;voila!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.bariapps.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Bariapps&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;was born!&lt;/div&gt;
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A smartphone app for Bariatrics&lt;/div&gt;
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Dan started pitching it to local hospitals and clinics&lt;/div&gt;
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and...&lt;/div&gt;
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They wanted it!&lt;/div&gt;
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and would pay for it&lt;/div&gt;
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I made him a cake and we celebrated his first customer&lt;/div&gt;
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We downloaded it on iTunes&lt;/div&gt;
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and its now on my phone.&lt;/div&gt;
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We are so proud of you Dan!&lt;/div&gt;
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So&amp;nbsp;&lt;strike&gt;we&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strike&gt;&amp;nbsp;he put a plan together and a strategy to launch this at Obesity Week&lt;/div&gt;
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The largest convention for Bariatric and Medical Weight-loss professionals and Drs in the world&lt;/div&gt;
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&amp;nbsp;He started preparing for a week in Atlanta {just last month in November}&lt;/div&gt;
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He built a booth&lt;/div&gt;
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He booked our tickets&lt;/div&gt;
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He picked up another 5-6 customers&lt;/div&gt;
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We were ready to go&lt;/div&gt;
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With one last hurdle&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;u&gt;his Job.&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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So we made the leap and&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;
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&amp;nbsp;On Nov 1st, Dan quit his 8 year career with his company&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;
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&amp;nbsp;He never looked back.&lt;/div&gt;
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We left the kids with my mom and Tiffy&lt;/div&gt;
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and flew to Atlanta to launch BARIAPPS&lt;/div&gt;
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I was impressed!&lt;/div&gt;
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He had the &quot;IDEA&quot; of the conference&lt;/div&gt;
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he was the upstart&lt;/div&gt;
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people were jealous&lt;br /&gt;
Dan by far had the best booth of the vendors...&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;u&gt;He was also the best looking guy there&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: x-small;&quot;&gt;because, you know...that matters ;)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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Within hours we had people lined up&lt;/div&gt;
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A famous clinic had just hosted a meeting with Bariatric coordinators and mentioned how their app&lt;/div&gt;
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gets the 33% more leads&lt;/div&gt;
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They all want an app!&lt;/div&gt;
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We gave demos, we talked&lt;/div&gt;
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2 of us was not enough&lt;/div&gt;
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Dan ran into some Dr&#39;s that would have never spoken to him when he was with his other company&lt;/div&gt;
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They wanted one&lt;/div&gt;
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Watching Dan shine in his element was overwhelming and I was filled with pride&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: xx-small;&quot;&gt;{and great for the marriage *hint*}&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&amp;nbsp;I was the &quot;cheap&quot; booth babe&lt;/div&gt;
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I learned more about bariatric surgery than I ever cared to&lt;/div&gt;
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I ate a lot of protein bars&lt;/div&gt;
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We left with hundreds of leads&lt;/div&gt;
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A possible new partnership&lt;/div&gt;
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Lots of new feature ideas&lt;/div&gt;
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And even better....&lt;/div&gt;
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3 signed up on the spot&lt;/div&gt;
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Now we are working to manage the level of new customers and interest&lt;/div&gt;
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It&#39;s amazing to see something Dan created contribute to the family&lt;/div&gt;
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and possibly take over BOTH our income.&lt;/div&gt;
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So wish us luck in our new venture!&lt;/div&gt;
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</description><link>http://theabelings.blogspot.com/2013/12/a-new-venture.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Adventures in Abelingland)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYPTpnJwoc8k-cUlVZJbzYULk9odyOE62_tCvnQhHFovF_gicgV8zaPBEdhhcRIUQCK_v5yMRw3LMEm9lWv91hFciuY3vmfpe47Q-M1IKgea88gAe-eMAsSZfbDVA-YxqpPMKTuFvMiKw/s72-c/bariappcollage.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9094979855665340112.post-257052137676201288</guid><pubDate>Wed, 04 Dec 2013 22:53:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2013-12-04T16:53:39.483-06:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">ailens</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">misstiffany</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">photobooth</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">tiffy</category><title>BEST.APP.EVER</title><description>&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;
This might be the BEST.APP.EVER&lt;/div&gt;
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Ms. Tiffy is the best&lt;/div&gt;
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she takes the sweetest pictures of my boys&lt;/div&gt;
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they look like&lt;/div&gt;
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{Luke&#39;s is my favorite}&lt;/div&gt;
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Nicky has become quite the artist&lt;/div&gt;
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he drew me a dinosaur&lt;/div&gt;
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in fact it was a Brachiosaurus&lt;/div&gt;
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eating leaves from a tree&lt;/div&gt;
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Luke loves school&lt;/div&gt;
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he loves his teachers&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;
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he has a best friend&lt;/div&gt;
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who looks so much like him&lt;/div&gt;
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they could be twins&lt;/div&gt;
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every month the lead teacher sends pictures of the kids playing at a school and working hard&lt;/div&gt;
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I got these today&lt;/div&gt;
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the J O Y on his face is preiceless&lt;/div&gt;
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knowing how happy he is, makes leaving him so much easier&lt;/div&gt;
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we love SITH.&lt;/div&gt;
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I love you Lukey.&lt;/div&gt;
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</description><link>http://theabelings.blogspot.com/2013/12/lukey-goes-to-school.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Adventures in Abelingland)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhypyfqE7Rd5mjSfXg9bfpmBTQmZNmOXRLIX-40wAHGALVuCpFSljeYOGBSsEE7zu8xhMBLHrYlZNBNVuB2pp3JRObeUcmgnAJ12GPsALCQNs7uHpaLnS25ou9X9Ak7FZV2ZRKtF_N1Ze8/s72-c/IMG_5575.JPG" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9094979855665340112.post-1936948401970039746</guid><pubDate>Wed, 04 Dec 2013 20:44:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2013-12-04T14:44:39.350-06:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">christmas card</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">christmas2013</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">life is sweet</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">minted.com</category><title>Annnnd....its Christmas Card time!</title><description>&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;
It&#39;s that time of the year!&lt;/div&gt;
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If you know me AT ALL&lt;/div&gt;
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{which isn&#39;t hard - I am an open book}&lt;/div&gt;
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I LOVE Christmas Cards!!&lt;/div&gt;
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I love RECEIVING them just as much as sending them&lt;/div&gt;
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I spend hours picking out a perfect card, with perfect pictures&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;
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{as perfect as can be with 3 little boys}&lt;/div&gt;
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Here is one of my favorite pictures from our annual pictures with Tara&lt;/div&gt;
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More to come next week&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;a href=&quot;http://lifeissweetphoto.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: x-small;&quot;&gt;Life is Sweet Photo Boutique&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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and here is a sneak peak from our 2013 Christmas Card!&lt;/div&gt;
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they should be sent out this week and I cant wait for you all to get them&lt;/div&gt;
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Happy Holiday Season!!&lt;/div&gt;
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And here are my cards from the last 5 years!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;
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Oh how the kids {and family} have changed!&lt;/div&gt;
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Sunday, March 10, 2013&lt;/div&gt;
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Our 2012 Christmas Card {book}&lt;/div&gt;
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We love and miss you Roxy and Eleanor and will never forget you&lt;/div&gt;
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To our Friends and Family, may you have the most wonderful time of the year,&lt;/div&gt;
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and from the last 3 years......&lt;/div&gt;
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It&#39;s no secret that I adore&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://theabelings.blogspot.com/2009/11/holiday-pictures.html&quot; style=&quot;color: #2c5271; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Christmas&lt;/a&gt;. One of my guilty pleasures in life is taking pictures and creating the perfect Christmas&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://theabelings.blogspot.com/2009/12/ho-ho-ho.html&quot; style=&quot;color: #2c5271; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;card&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;nbsp; This year we made a last minute decision and took some recent pictures of the boys for our card. I will post 2010 card closer to Christmas, after I send them out. Here is a look back at 2 years of Christmas cards....&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;color: #990000; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;
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82 in December is becoming a trend&lt;/div&gt;
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It&#39;s been over 80 degrees all week&lt;/div&gt;
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and then a cold front comes in and drops to 40 on Friday&lt;/div&gt;
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last year we were swimming same time last year!&lt;/div&gt;
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Its a good time as any to start posting again. Most of 2012 will be lacking, but I am going to make a great effort to catch up before end of year. So bear with me&lt;/div&gt;
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Its tradition the weekend after Thanksgiving to go see Santa.&lt;/div&gt;
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2013 might be the best picture since Nicky&#39;s first visit back in 2008 and then all three of them in 2011...&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;
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There were no tears, there was matching outfits, and 2.5 smiles.&lt;/div&gt;
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it was a gorgeous day, a great looking Santa and thanks to&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;
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Millie &amp;amp; Mox&lt;/div&gt;
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we didnt even have to leave Steiner Ranch!&lt;/div&gt;
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I love the Holidays and all the festivities that come with it!!&lt;/div&gt;
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Tuesday, December 20, 2011&lt;/div&gt;
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For the last 3 years I have documented our annual visit with Santa. Each year seems to represent my (or Dans) enthusiasm (or lack of) for the event. 2008 was our first experience and I don&#39;t think we could ever replicate how adorable Nicky would looked, his perfect reaction, and how charming the picture turned out. 2009 and 2010 were um ....considerably LESS festive. No matching outfits, no professional pictures. Although they never cried, they didn&#39;t really compare too 2008. However, my boys are always adorable.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Well, now I have three babies, and this year I was determined to get a good picture. If not, at least they would look cute. (even that is debatable according to Dan and Shauna)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I dressed them in matching Harajuku Mini plaid pants and Luke in the cutest bow-tie tuxedo pantsuit.&amp;nbsp; - And to be clear, I had to bride Nicky with three lollipops, a new army truck, and 5 presents to get him to put the pants on. I actually sat on him and pulled his feet through. Followed by a chase and lots of laughs, they were finally dressed.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;
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&lt;br /&gt;We went to Lakeline Mall and brought Grandma Booba along. We waited in line for an hour. The had a great time racing across the mall, making some new friends. To pass the time, we went to a balloon twister, and both boys asked for orange guns (of course they did. they by in front of us asked for a monkey on a tree.) She couldn&#39;t make a gun (engage Meltdown Mode 3 - 2- 1-....) BUT she made them swords! (Meltdown avoided!) They were happy little campers....until Brandon popped Nicky&#39;s. (repeat Meltdown)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When it was finally our turn, I prayed, held my breath, hoped for some smiles, and handed them over to Santa; the santa with the cowboy boots and the largest hands in history of all Santas. really, take a look.&lt;br /&gt;And what do you know....they smiled! all three of them. PHEW. Here is their 2011 Christmas with Santa Picture.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;
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I thought this was cute too - We captured Luke in the same shot as Nicky from back in 2008.&lt;/div&gt;
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When Nicky was 7 months old, we got him all dressed up in his Christmas best, went over to Hillsdale Mall in San Mateo and waiting in line for 2 HOURS to see Santa Clause on Christmas Eve.&amp;nbsp; I think Dan was scarred for life. But it was worth it just to see the pictures. This was when he loved the word Poo Poo. So that smile was all of us shouting &quot;Say Poo Poo&quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;
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The next year, we avoided the malls like the plague, but managed to sneak in a shot of the boys with Santa at the always fabulous (ghetto) Steiner Ranch Christmas Bazaar. Steiner, pulled out all the stops and made it really fun and festive. I kid. And as you can see, I made a real big attempt to get them in some Christmas outfits this year....at least they were matching&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.polkadotpatch.com/pluto-tees-big-brother-boys-long-sleeve-shirt.html&quot; style=&quot;color: #2c5271; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Pluto T-shirts&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;
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&lt;br /&gt;Fast forward to last Sunday at the famous&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.oasis-austin.com/&quot; style=&quot;color: #2c5271; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Oasis overlooking Lake Travis&amp;nbsp;&lt;/a&gt;in Austin..One of the best Santas I&#39;d ever seen, was taking complimentary pictures if you brought your camera. We again failed miserably at dressing the boys in anything that resembled matching, Christmas outfits, or non scruffy clothes. We defined this outing a success, because while we may not have gotten many smiles, we didn&#39;t get tears. And we did get some mysterious sign language from Nicholas.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;
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&lt;br /&gt;Merry Christmas!&lt;/div&gt;
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</description><link>http://theabelings.blogspot.com/2013/12/santa-babies-2013.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Adventures in Abelingland)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEel0MwuI8sxe9KJtAjOHd_b61aT7hufrN_9qOEHE-rX3dVeAkV1zVyTmqld-o-0_W5YYmvx-FsvIopBzq8sScW9vYQQX2c9v2o45aOPpQyL96U8tOTFuZtPKa5QSQHr3MMi6h-5lz2KA/s72-c/IMG_6832%5B1%5D.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9094979855665340112.post-7581259726366151901</guid><pubDate>Wed, 21 Aug 2013 14:49:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2013-08-21T09:49:42.564-05:00</atom:updated><title>It&amp;#39;s been a while</title><description>Hi Abelingland,&lt;br /&gt;It&#39;s been a while and tomorrow marks my 4 year anniversary since I started writing and documenting my families journey in this blog. &lt;br /&gt;I missed all of May, June, July, and most of August.   It will be impossible to catch up but I need to get at it again ;) &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So for now here are the boys at 5,4,2. More to come! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;center&gt;&lt;a href=&#39;http://photo.blogpressapp.com/show_photo.php?p=13/08/21/557.jpg&#39;&gt;&lt;img src=&#39;http://photo.blogpressapp.com/photos/13/08/21/s_557.jpg&#39; border=&#39;0&#39; width=&#39;611&#39; height=&#39;611&#39; style=&#39;margin:5px&#39;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone&lt;br /&gt;</description><link>http://theabelings.blogspot.com/2013/08/it-been-while.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Adventures in Abelingland)</author><thr:total>1</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9094979855665340112.post-5553827411018767602</guid><pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 13:38:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2013-05-10T08:38:41.073-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">5yearsold</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">birth</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">nicklepickle</category><title>Nicky&#39;s Birth Story</title><description>&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;
I posted this a could years ago....but I thought I would share Nick&#39;s story again.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;
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FIVE years ago I met the man of my dreams when I held him for the first time.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;
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I am so proud of the most amazing thing I have ever created.&lt;/div&gt;
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Three (five) years ago, I was sitting in my room, exactly where I am right now, so disappointed that a morning trip to the Hospital was dubbed a &quot;false alarm&quot;. So disappointed that I was not holding a baby already.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It all started when I woke up on May 9th and assumed my water broke! I will spare everyone details but for those in the know, &quot;the plug&quot; came out! I ran into the guest bedroom where my mom was sleeping. I excitedly told her the news! It&#39;s time. Baby Nicholas is coming.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We called Bob and Val to catch a flight out, and I made Dan return as fast as he could from a trip to La Grange for work. I jumped in the shower, blew my hair dry, applied makeup, grabbed my bag, and jumped in the car.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;{I should have known it was a false alarm when I had time to put on makeup. :)}&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dan met us in Labor and Delivery at Seton Main, and they checked me in. Sadly, 2 hours later, I was discharged and while feasting on the best smoked Gouda and apple wood bacon burger fromChez Zee, I realized it could be another week or so before I met my first born.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;That evening, I walked around the block a couple times, massaged my ankles, and pouted. I was so sure he was coming, but it wasn&#39;t meant to be..&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Three years ago, I had no idea what was about to happen. I had no idea how my life would change. How I would soon realize that there is no love like a mother&#39;s love for their babies. Little did I know, I didn&#39;t have to wait much longer...because at 4 am the very next morning...May 10....my water broke!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;
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&lt;a href=&quot;http://theabelings.blogspot.com/2011/05/false-alarm-continued.html&quot; style=&quot;color: #2c5271; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;FALSE ALARM CONTINUED...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
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Friday, May 13, 2011&lt;/div&gt;
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Earlier in the week, I began to tell the story of Nicholas&#39; birth, which started for me on May 9th. .I left off saying that I had no idea what was in store....&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Around 3 am the morning of May 10th, Dan and I were still drifting on and off to sleep, anxious and worried. Wondering how long we had to wait and excited because soon we would get to meet Baby Nicholas!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;All night I felt like I was leaking, and finally at 4 am I got up to get my computer and do some research. As soon as I stood up, I&amp;nbsp; heard a gurgle and felt this huge wooosh. This time there was no question: MY WATER BROKE! and then the contractions started. My adrenaline started pumping, I screamed at Dan to get up, the water kept coming out, I was soaked. There was no time to shower, do my hair, or even put on make up. I grabbed a pair of sweats and changed and a towel because I was soaked again in an instant. We woke my mom and Bob up off we went to the hospital. The contractions were coming closer and closer and I felt huge amounts of pressure. I was already exhausted and it was such a different experience from the day before. I was exhilarated too. I was finally going to meet him!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Back then, Austin Area OBGYN was at Seton Main on 38th, so we drove down and parked in the expecting mothers parking. That gave me such a thrill! We checked in and got all set up. I was aiming for no medicine. IV&#39;s scared me, and I would rather poke my eyes out than have a large needle stuck into my spinal column.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Let me take a step back and mention how during your birthing classes, the instructors make out natural births to be so glamorous and exotic and relaxing:&amp;nbsp; birthing tubs and showers, exercise balls, massage oils, music, husbandly massages, and lots of support. The idea that I wasn&#39;t tied down to a bed was something else that made me consider going natural. So in my mind, I was going to go at it naturally...at least that&#39;s what I told myself.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Once the Dr came in to check me, I was about 50% effaced and 5 or 6 centimeters dilated. They told me I won&#39;t have much time to decide if I want an epidural or not. I could progress rapidly so I needed to decide. At this point the contractions took a lot out of you, they left you breathless and tired. In the room was Dan, Mom, Bob, and Ray. Valerie and Shauna were on their way. It was hard for me to talk to anyone and I was getting tired.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The next time the Dr came in, he said I needed to decide as I progressed some more and soon I would be past the point of a successful epidural. After talking to Dan and evaluating the pain I was in, I decided to go for it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I was terrified, I got my IV, which hurt like hell after they couldn&#39;t get a vein to work. both hands were poked until they found a good source. I curled up into a ball, put my feet on Dan&#39;s knees , tried not to cry or flinch as they swabbed my back and prayed that the Anesthesiologist would not hit a nerve or paralyze me.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I didn&#39;t really feel a thing. He was a god send, and I almost kissed him.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Immediately my legs felt heavy and numb, I needed people to help me move. I was so glad I didn&#39;t feel the catheter go in...Soon I started shaking with the chills because I had a reaction to the medicine, but at least I was comfortable and I didn&#39;t feel much after that...and then we waited.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dan, the genius Dr he is, would read the baby monitor and tell me about Nicky&#39;s heart beats and mine. He would tell me I was having a contraction, even when I didn&#39;t know it. How strong they were, how many. He was such a good support. I fell asleep. Around 11 am, I was fully effaced but only 9 centimeters dilated.He was also head down, but facing UP towards my belly rather than my backside.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dr. Uribe (Dr. Phillips was off) made the decision to give me pitocin to see if my contractions would get stronger and help me fully dilate, and turn him around. Around 12:45 pm, Dan was watching the heart beat monitors, looking really concerned. My contractions were getting really strong and he noticed Nicky&#39;s heart rate was dropping. He called the nurses who came in, looked at the monitor, and then they called Dr. Uribe. With in minutes, I was being wheeled to the OR - for a c- section! They had to get Nicky out quick - he was in distress.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I was rolled into a room, arms spread out, given anti-nausea pain medication. Things are fuzzy at this point, but the next thing I knew Dan was holding my hand telling me how wonderful and beautiful I was, I felt a ton of pressure in my belly and then I heard him for the first time. Nicholas! It was 1:03 pm.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;They held him up so I could look at him...and he was the most beautiful baby I had ever seen. He was perfect 8 lbs, 11 ounces and 21 inches. Incredible. Dan was taken away with Nicky to the nursery to wash up and I was left alone. I drifted to sleep again, and I woke up in recovery. I kept asking for Nicky, and I found out later they &quot;lost me&quot;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;About 30 minutes later they rolled me into my room and brought him to me. My life changed the minute I held him in my arms for the first time. I am so happy to be his Mommy.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nicholas&#39; first video below!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;iframe allowfullscreen=&quot;&quot; frameborder=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;344&quot; src=&quot;http://www.youtube.com/embed/MZjIkfBTV1M?fs=1&quot; width=&quot;425&quot;&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;His first day on camera: http://www.flickr.com/photos/victoriaabeling/sets/72157605081582885/with/2494798183/&lt;/div&gt;
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</description><link>http://theabelings.blogspot.com/2013/05/nickys-birth-story.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Adventures in Abelingland)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://img.youtube.com/vi/MZjIkfBTV1M/default.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9094979855665340112.post-7740809512900921307</guid><pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 02:49:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2013-05-08T21:49:16.268-05:00</atom:updated><title>Finley is here!!</title><description>&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;center&gt;&lt;a href=&#39;http://photo.blogpressapp.com/show_photo.php?p=13/05/08/2781.jpg&#39;&gt;&lt;img src=&#39;http://photo.blogpressapp.com/photos/13/05/08/s_2781.jpg&#39; border=&#39;0&#39; width=&#39;400&#39; height=&#39;400&#39; style=&#39;margin:5px&#39;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone&lt;br /&gt;</description><link>http://theabelings.blogspot.com/2013/05/finley-is-here.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Adventures in Abelingland)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9094979855665340112.post-8638333378006620560</guid><pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2013 14:44:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2013-05-01T09:44:13.304-05:00</atom:updated><title>Hand, Foot, Mouth &amp;amp; Power Rangers</title><description>When ever I travel one of the boys gets sick. Poor Luke has blisters all over his mouth and legs and has Hand, Foot, &amp; Mouth disease and has been home all week. I hate being away from him when he&#39;s sad and sick.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I&#39;m excited to see them tonight, especially my other 2 crazy power rangers. They are the best&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p align=&#39;center&#39;&gt;&lt;object type=&quot;application/x-shockwave-flash&quot; data=&quot;http://www.youtube.com/v/qqnw9n1Xq9I&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; height=&quot;300&quot;&gt;&lt;param name=&quot;movie&quot; value=&quot;http://www.youtube.com/v/qqnw9n1Xq9I&quot; /&gt;&lt;param name=&quot;quality&quot; value=&quot;high&quot; /&gt;&lt;param name=&quot;allowFullScreen&quot; value=&quot;true&quot; /&gt;&lt;!-- Fallback content --&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqnw9n1Xq9I&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://img.youtube.com/vi/qqnw9n1Xq9I/0.jpg&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; height=&quot;300&quot; /&gt;YouTube Video&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;/p&gt;- Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone&lt;br /&gt;</description><link>http://theabelings.blogspot.com/2013/05/hand-foot-mouth-power-rangers.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Adventures in Abelingland)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9094979855665340112.post-4241925667180240263</guid><pubDate>Sat, 20 Apr 2013 19:45:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2013-04-20T14:45:33.435-05:00</atom:updated><title>No Training Wheels!</title><description>Another first before Nicky turns 5!&lt;br /&gt;I came home and discovered the training wheels were off and my oldest little man was riding a bike! So proud! Go Nickle Pickle!! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p align=&#39;center&#39;&gt;&lt;object type=&quot;application/x-shockwave-flash&quot; data=&quot;http://www.youtube.com/v/OxrxASRU1L0&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; height=&quot;300&quot;&gt;&lt;param name=&quot;movie&quot; value=&quot;http://www.youtube.com/v/OxrxASRU1L0&quot; /&gt;&lt;param name=&quot;quality&quot; value=&quot;high&quot; /&gt;&lt;param name=&quot;allowFullScreen&quot; value=&quot;true&quot; /&gt;&lt;!-- Fallback content --&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OxrxASRU1L0&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://img.youtube.com/vi/OxrxASRU1L0/0.jpg&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; height=&quot;300&quot; /&gt;YouTube Video&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;/p&gt;- Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone&lt;br /&gt;</description><link>http://theabelings.blogspot.com/2013/04/no-training-wheels.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Adventures in Abelingland)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item></channel></rss>