Pretty Babies

Miscellaneous News

2012-02-12T12:20:00.001-05:00

When BJ and I learned last night that Whitney Houston had died (age 48), I said, "I just don't understand... why would anyone seek fame when it's so deadly? Look at all the celebrities who have died...

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Pardon Me While I Brag

2012-02-11T17:34:00.000-05:00

One of BJ's friends posted a picture of a girl on Facebook, in the style of those "Successories" posters. The girl in the picture is wearing very little clothing and making a sandwich (in the...

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Still Sickish

2012-02-10T21:52:00.001-05:00

Claire's virus was a little more impressive today. We had to run a bunch of errands in the snow in spite of it. Poor kiddo. I did buy her cinnamon rolls from McD's to thank her for being good and...

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Not Quite Enough

2012-02-09T14:50:00.002-05:00

Yesterday when I picked Claire up from school she felt warm, looked pale, and seemed kind of puny. Rather than get her things together to leave, she just wanted to snuggle and hide her face in my...

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Neighborhood Grandparents

2012-02-08T13:45:00.000-05:00

Jack is taking a nap. Polly is here cleaning (hooray!). I just sent the kids down to Grandpa's with a box of cookies. Who can resist cute kids with cookies? Not Grandpa, that's for sure. If you...

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My Kids Ruin Music

2012-02-07T20:02:00.001-05:00

After we went to Florida for our friend's wedding last fall, and we heard the song, "Someone Like You," on the radio a thousand times, I bought the CD. It's a beautiful song. The rest of the CD is...

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Susan

2012-02-06T19:13:00.002-05:00

High Flight Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of EarthAnd danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings;Sunward I've climbed, and joined the tumbling mirthOf sun-split clouds, — and done a hundred...

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My New Nickname

2012-02-05T21:49:00.000-05:00

Last night I put Jack to bed, and then called BJ. I went into a the front room of the B&B to talk to him. This B&B has lots of different levels - you go up three stairs here, down six...

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What a Man!

2012-02-05T15:17:00.001-05:00

This is what I came home to. And he has laundry going. What a mighty good man! Later I'll tell you why my new nickname is Vanilla Ice. Right now I need to snuggle my kids and unload my car.

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Nappanee 2

2012-02-04T15:00:00.001-05:00

So it turns out I'm kinda good at card making! Who knew?

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Scrapbooking Weekend

2012-02-03T18:28:00.001-05:00

In Nappanee, Indiana. For the record, I would make a terrible Amish person.

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Ceramic Tile

2012-02-02T12:40:00.001-05:00

I broke fewer dishes before we put tile in the kitchen.

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Free & Clear

2012-02-01T21:31:00.001-05:00

We finally made the last payment for Jack's birth today. I guess we'll keep him. (For the first time in my LIFE I have managed to keep a New Years Resolution for an entire twelfth of the year! I...

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Tis Only a Flesh Wound

2012-01-31T13:47:00.001-05:00

So it turns out that the kid with the newly-loosened tooth was jumping off of a piece of playground equipment when he landed on MG with his face. That makes a lot more sense - she's a head taller...

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Another First

2012-01-31T10:53:00.001-05:00

Another parental rite-of-passage - my very first phone call from the school nurse came this morning. "Hey Amy, it's Chris," (one of our business partners' wives, and she was a postpartum nurse at...

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Housework

2012-01-30T22:37:00.004-05:00

For about eleven seconds today, all of the laundry was done. I hate it when all the laundry is done, because then I start thinking about all the laundry that I never do. It's stupid to add to Mt....

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Surprises

2012-01-29T20:48:00.002-05:00

I'm going to have to be cryptic, because some secrets aren't mine to spill on the 'net. I was surprised today by a call from a dear friend. I thought she was very far away, but it turns out she was...

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Saturday

2012-01-28T22:12:00.002-05:00

I made these brown sugar banana bread pancakes that I found on Pinterest for breakfast. Oh my! I added an egg and a bunch of milk, but I think it was because my bananas were smaller and/or less...

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New shoes

2012-01-27T17:38:00.001-05:00

He's even faster in these!

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Works for Me!

2012-01-26T12:40:00.003-05:00

My wonderful cleaning lady has been out of town for a couple of weeks, and she just called and said that she can't come tomorrow either. I have to wait until MONDAY! Quelle horror!...

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Soooo Big!

2012-01-25T19:45:00.001-05:00

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Why I Don't Watch Daytime TV

2012-01-24T21:37:00.002-05:00

I turned on Dr. Phil yesterday while Mary Grace was at school and I was home with Jack and Claire. I don't know why. I almost never watch television. I wasn't even really paying attention to it,...

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Normal's Just a Town in Illinois

2012-01-23T17:01:00.001-05:00

Bloodwork = normal. He FINALLY did the reflux cough in front of the doctor, and the doctor was unimpressed. "He could just be clearing his throat. My youngest does something like that,...

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For Whymommy

2012-01-22T23:12:00.001-05:00

Sending love and praying for your comfort. Holding your sons close to my heart. You have been so brave.

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It's Gonna Be a Long Day

2012-01-22T09:58:00.003-05:00

Friday night we tried to put Jack to bed at his usual 7. He slept for a few minutes, then woke up. This went on, and on, and on. He finally fell asleep sometime around 10 pm. After that he woke...

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