Pretty Babies

Happy Birthday Kate!!!

2013-05-09T05:08:00.005-04:00

Dear Kate, You are ONE! I just can't believe it, because this... ...seems like just yesterday. All babies change and grow so much during their first year of life, and you are...

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Speech

2013-05-01T07:54:00.001-04:00

Jack learned the phrase "I want" yesterday, and at bedtime we were talking about all the things one can "want." After a few minutes we settled down, and I thought he was falling asleep. Then out of...

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Determined to Run

2013-04-16T08:59:00.003-04:00

Hey, remember the other day when I told you about Jen and Ricky and how he needs to raise money for charity to run the Chicago Marathon? I texted with Jen this morning, and they're not going to let...

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Cream of Soup

2013-04-09T22:24:00.004-04:00

I learned something new the other day... BJ hates mushrooms. He makes gagging noises if I even cook them in the house. This puts a real damper on casseroles because every single one in the history...

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The Chicago Marathon

2013-04-08T10:00:00.000-04:00

No, no, I will not be running the Chicago Marathon - are you insane? I can't even run around the block without leaving moderately-vital organs in my wake. But my friend Jen and her boyfriend Ricky...

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No

2013-04-03T22:34:00.001-04:00

Dear Universe, I know you think you're really cute with the irony, the Murphy's law, and the other-shoes that drop, but I have to tell you that if the cramping, heartburn, and competition-level...

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Breaking news...

2013-04-02T10:09:00.001-04:00

That MRI that I mentioned the other day, the expensive one? Everything looks normal. No need to worry about physical brain problems. Now, if we could only figure out why my migraines are so much...

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Mama

2013-04-01T17:11:00.002-04:00

I've been trying to teach Jack to say "I love you.""Jack, can you say, 'I love you,'?" "Mama." "Say 'I love you!'" "Mama." "I love you!" "Mama." "I love you." "MAMA!" And then it occurred to...

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Bedtime

2013-03-28T20:58:00.001-04:00

Dear Jack, When I am putting you to bed and I gently whisper "hush" to you, kindly refrain from shouting "HUSH" in my ear for the next seven minutes. It kind of defeats the purpose. Love, Mom

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Things I Actually Said

2013-03-21T13:45:00.000-04:00

So I need an MRI of my head*, and my health insurance isn't being very helpy. I find myself calling around town and talking to various MRI-scanners asking for price quotes, and they range from about...

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History!

2013-03-18T19:50:00.001-04:00

"Hey, you're a pirate, Grandpa. You always say 'arr arr arr!'" ~Mary Grace

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Science!

2013-03-18T19:43:00.002-04:00

"Roy G. Biv is the guy who invented the rainbow." ~Mary Grace

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Red Handed

2013-03-18T08:57:00.001-04:00

Jack helped himself to Claire's leftover birthday cake this morning. I caught him red handed. Haha!

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Dinner

2013-03-14T17:33:00.004-04:00

Mary Grace: Mommy, what's for dinner? Me: Well, I can either make "rotten" potatoes (au gratin potatoes) and sausage or sausage and spicy rice (Zatarains Jambalaya). Mary Grace: That's not...

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Happy Sixth Birthday Claire!

2013-03-13T08:00:00.000-04:00

Dear Claire, Holy cow, you're six. How time flies! You are doing wonderfully in school. You have the same teacher that Mary Grace had for Kindergarten, and we all love her. You are...

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Busy days

2013-03-10T11:14:00.004-04:00

I finalized my reports for the troop's Girl Scout Cookie sales and turned in my report last week, and it was a huge weight off of my shoulders. Jack can't be trusted around iDevices of any kind - he...

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Bedtime Stories

2013-03-03T20:25:00.000-05:00

One of the girls chose a songbook for her bedtime story, so BJ is reading it, but he refuses to sing. So he is sort of tonelessly saying 'woah woah woah' in his baritone voice. I can't decide if this...

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Called In Sick

2013-02-20T09:40:00.000-05:00

I did something that no one else has ever done before yesterday. I called in sick to a doctor's appointment. We had a tummy bug - MG had it really badly, Jack had a milder case, BJ was queasy...

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What Would You Do?

2013-02-18T15:18:00.002-05:00

The kids had today off from school for President's Day, and once I gave them a bath and trimmed all their gnarly toenails (motherhood is glamorous), made them clean up the toyroom, and got the...

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Spoiled Rotten

2013-02-14T13:23:00.001-05:00

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Lee and Teetee

2013-02-11T09:13:00.001-05:00

Jack, who is this? (point to Claire) "Lee!" Jack, who is this? (point to Mary Grace) "Teetee!" Jack, who is this? (point to Jack) "Baby!" It's kind of funny, because Lee is a family name....

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Actually, it should be CDO

2013-02-06T20:09:00.000-05:00

Jack's speech therapist is a very nice, very enthusiastic woman who does not share my anxieties. I learned this today when she brought out a bag of hats to play with. "Off!" "On!" "Hat!" she...

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Yay!!

2013-02-04T09:45:00.001-05:00

We went to Purdue to get Jack's hearing tested this morning. It is normal!

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Sledding

2013-02-03T19:54:00.001-05:00

We took the kids sledding for a little while this afternoon. Jack enjoyed it a lot, and liked the yelling "wheeeeee!" all the way down. Mary Grace did a great job and probably went down the hill...

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Week In Review

2013-01-27T10:52:00.002-05:00

I've been sick again. Just a cold, but it gave me a headache for a few days that I had to work hard to power through. We got new furniture, in spite of being sick, and it's awesome. I have to fix...

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