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Seven is a lucky number
Where do I begin? Tommy has been in our family now for seven years. He is the sweetest, most imaginative, curious, bright, vibrant, focused, intelligent boy. Here he is loving Toby, our new adopted dog. A boy and his dog. He loves his siblings, and he loves learning. Everything. He doesn’t have just one favorite
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Carla’s Coming!
Carly has been with us now for four months. I am going to do my best to remember the circumstances surrounding her birth because they are important to me. Before this delivery, I had five epidurals. Two of them went very smoothly and the other three did not. The epidural with Matthew’s delivery I couldn’t
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Once in a Lifetime
I have been meaning to write this post for about a week. Hopefully I can remember the events that took place well enough, despite my procrastination. The solar eclipse that took place on August 21, 2017 across North America was something that we had on our calendars for months. As the time drew near, we
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Preparing for Baby
I have less than 10 weeks until my due date now. It is Christmas time. Or at least for me, it feels more exciting than Christmas. This is the part where the pregnancy begins to be more uncomfortable. I can’t reach my feet to tighten my new sandals. I can hardly get up from a
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Fractured arm, but not a fractured spirit
This last week we had an exciting event happen in our family. We were at our weekly outing with one of our favorite families, The Hanifords. It was a beautiful sunny February 16th and we had decided to meet at a new playground so the kids could get some exercise and fresh air. One of
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Little Bubby Boy
I have been thinking a lot about the personality of this little boy lately. He is really finding his place in the world right now. He keeps me on my toes. I have known since I was in labor with this boy that he would would not want to be pulled and pushed and
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OK Spring Break – AKA Awesome Vacation in Oklahoma and Missouri
For spring break this year we decided we needed to get out of town, out of the house, away from the sickness that seemed to plague us after Christmas this year. We had wanted to visit cousins in Oklahoma and Missouri for a long time. So we made it happen. Tom couldn’t come because he
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Opposition in all things
So I am behind in other posts I should have written already. But I need to write this. For myself mostly. And to remember. This is a picture of me a day before I found out that things were not going to turn out the way I thought. And since this is one of the
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UGA Veterinarian Day
For one of our homeschooling field trips this spring we were able to attend the Veterinarian Day in Athens put on by the College of Veterinary Medicine at UGA. We were able to go with the Hanifords, our favorite homeschooling family. 😉 Everything was free and they had jars everywhere to donate money for the
