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What am I going to do now?
Last night we had just sat down at the dinner table and Tom, who is very perseptive, asked me if something wrong. I didn’t really know why, but I was feeling a little upset. So I sat there thinking for a couple of minutes and realized that I have been shoving feelings for about two…
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The Bobble-Head
I am not exactly sure why Lucy does this. Jenny did it too when she was this age, only not quite so vigorously. Maybe it is because she likes the dizzy feeling she gets when she stops. Or maybe she knows she is just funny. This post is especially for Rachel and Casey and for…
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Kidisms
I still haven’t posted anything from my sister Beck’s wedding (June 20), but I will get to that as time permits. I just wanted to write down a couple of funny things the kids have been doing/saying lately. We have many mosquitoes here in Laramie and it never fails that Matthew and Jenny wake up…
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For the Father of My Children
I know it is a few days since Father’s Day, but I still want to post something. It has been seven and a half years since Tom and I were married and six and a half years that Tom has been a father. And in all that time, there has never been a time that…
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Lucy’s Moves
Lucy is becoming more and more mobile. She enjoys rolling clear across the floor now and putting little pieces of ?!?! in her mouth. Here you can see her teething on her finger. She enjoys making the floor her own creative space. I’m not sure how long it will be before she decides to start…
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A Camping We Did Go. . .
For the past while we have been planning a big camping trip in the mountains outside Laramie. This last weekend we packed up our gear and headed up. We prepared tinfoil dinners ahead of time and these turned out great over our wet-wood fire (we have had much rain in the last few weeks). You…
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Not a Sitter. . .Yet
Lucinda is now seven months old. But one wouldn’t know it by the fact that she doesn’t want to sit yet. I captured a picture of her “reclining” in the boppy. The only way she will sit for a bit (meaning a minute or less) is if she is completely distracted by a toy or…
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Goodbye, Thumbs!
It has been a battle and one that Tom and I finally figured out that we couldn’t win on our own terms. For those of you who know Jenny Wren, you know that she has had a problem sucking her thumbs. And you probably also know of her determined will. So in the last year…
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Being a Mother
I have been very reflective today on what it means and what it really feels like to be a mother.And it is really hard to put into words. I do want to share some thoughts though. I didn’t have the most flashy day, but it was perfect. The things that my family did for me…
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From the mouths of babes
I have been thinking a lot about something lately. I think most people are constantly searching for a way to improve themselves, their life, or both. So I guess that has been it. How do I change the things about myself that are less than desirable or bad? How do I get rid of all…