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January 2008



on the mend

Wednesday, 30 January 2008 7:32 P GMT-08
Tate is doing much better today.  He is back to his happy self.  The floodgates have opened so to speak, so we have to change his diaper every half hour, but other than that he is on the mend.  He has wanted to play doctor all day, so

i think all your prayers worked

Tuesday, 29 January 2008 8:19 P GMT-08
I can't tell you how touching it was to log on and read all your wonderful messages -- thank you from the bottom of my heart.  Really, it means so much to me.  We are home from CHOC now and Tate is doing just fine.  It was not intu

if you pray, now would be the time

Monday, 28 January 2008 10:59 P GMT-08
Today has been a nightmare of epic proportions -- definitely the most stressful day of my (almost four) years of parenting.  Tate kept complaining about abdominal pain this morning and it kept getting increasingly worse -- much worse than t

Tate's Christmas Story, age 3

Friday, 18 January 2008 8:53 P GMT-08
Okay, I know it's the middle of January and I'm still writing about Christmas.  But this is too cute not to share!A little background first: When we were growing up as kids, every December my mom made my brothers and me write o

a hairy ordeal

Wednesday, 16 January 2008 8:38 P GMT-08
You know your kids are follically-blessed when your nine-month old baby requires detangler for her hair. Speaking of which, Miss Felicity is getting her first haircut next week!  Can you believe it??  I'm actually a little sad abou

sweetest moment ever.

Sunday, 13 January 2008 8:28 P GMT-08
Tonite we were sitting in the kitchen and I gave Felicity a few of those Gerber sweet potato puffs (also known as "Baby Crack").  Tate came over to the side of her high chair and got *so* excited about watching her grab the p

stupidest quiz ever.

Saturday, 12 January 2008 2:04 P GMT-08
Jeremy never sends me forwards or quizzes, but this time he sent me a Leader Quiz:http://similarminds.com/leader.htmlI took this quiz twice, and both times I ended up being Hitler!  What Famous Leader Are You?personality tests by similarminds.co

my craptacular day

Wednesday, 9 January 2008 8:12 A GMT-08
The day began with both kids screaming.  Felicity was crying because -- well, I don't know exactly why she was crying; she seems to have hit a difficult phase where she is always unhappy.  I used to blame it on teething, or being sick,

Presidential Candidate Matching Quiz

Sunday, 6 January 2008 7:20 P GMT-08
Interesting!75% John Edwards73% Hillary Clinton73% Barack Obama69% Dennis Kucinich69% Chris Dodd68% Bill Richardson64% Mike Gravel64% Joe Biden39% Rudy Giuliani35% John McCain32% Mitt Romney29% Mike Huckabee23% Tom Tancredo20% Fred Thompson12% Ron Pa