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one step at a time...

Saturday, 7 November 2009 9:13 P GMT-08
The medicine saga continues.  We tried a half a dozen more methods today to see if he could get the medicine down.  The good news is (knock on wood) I think I finally cracked his code.He WILL take this medicine, but only if it is in *extrem
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IT'S A TEASPOON.

Friday, 6 November 2009 10:24 P GMT-08
I am so exhausted and frustrated I don't even know if I have the mental fortitude to write about it.  Here is the Reader's Digest version:  Tate. Double ear infection. 104 temp.  Miserable, miserable, MISERABLE. 
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You know it's been a rough day when...

Wednesday, 4 November 2009 8:02 P GMT-08
...you find yourself at the end of the day downing three Motrin and a fistful of Halloween candy with a glass of pear cider. The kids have been driving me nuts this week.  Aside from fighting over everything including air space, they are getting

Well at least he's consistent.

Tuesday, 3 November 2009 7:53 P GMT-08
So by now -- November 3 -- Tate has sifted and picked his way through his entire Halloween treat bag and managed to eat all of the little M&M bags.  Which means he is now left with 5 pounds of "other" types of candy.  For a no
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Goodbye preschool...Hello world...

Thursday, 6 August 2009 6:46 A GMT-08
Today was Tate's last day of summer school and last day EVER of preschool!  I can hardly believe it, the time flew by so fast.So I managed to hold it together until I pulled into the parking lot this morning to drop him off.  And then I
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gives new meaning to the word HIGH chair...

Monday, 1 December 2008 8:32 P GMT-08
So tonite Jeremy made the mistake of moving Felicity's high chair while she was still sitting in it.  Oh my word,
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Way off target.

Wednesday, 26 November 2008 9:59 P GMT-08
So yesterday afternoon I decided to tackle the small task of taking both kids to Target.  I didn't really want to go, but I had a couple of returns to make, plus I had a raging sinus headache and we were out of Motrin at home.  So off w
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TMI, people. Consider yourself forewarned...

Thursday, 13 November 2008 7:05 A GMT-08
So this morning I was abruptly awakened by Tate, who apparently had to urgently take a dump at 5am.   There I was enjoying a peaceful slumber when all of a sudden I hear, "MAMA!!  I NEED HELP WIPING!!"Good lord, no.  Of
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conversation with a 4-year old

Wednesday, 12 November 2008 11:51 P GMT-08
3:00 p.m.Tate: "Is the sun going down?"*Me: "No, not yet."Tate: "YES IT IS!"Me: "Um, okay.  Yes, the sun *is* going down."Tate: "NO!!!!!!!!!  I DON'T WANT THE SUN GOING DOWN!!!!!!!!"&nbs
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LA County Fair

Friday, 19 September 2008 9:07 P GMT-08
This week I took the kids out to Pomona for the LA County Fair.  Some may say I'm crazy for taking the kids there by myself, but I met up with my friend Danielle who brought her FOUR kids (under age 5), including two-week old twins!! &n
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they can't really be this incompetent, right?

Monday, 14 July 2008 6:52 P GMT-08
Part of our Sunday evening ritual includes giving the kids a bath.  Felicity is far too slippery and self-tretcherous so I usually throw on a bathing suit and bathe with her so I can get a better grip.   Tate, not one to be left out of
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Rotavirus, revisited.

Monday, 23 June 2008 7:55 A GMT-08
Ah, Rotavirus has decided to pay another visit to our house!  Fortunately, it's not quite as bad as the last visit a few years ago.  However I did notice that all of our house plants are suddenly brown and wilting
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Happy Birthday, baby girl.

Thursday, 10 April 2008 6:12 A GMT-08
Miss Felicity turns one year old today.  ONE YEAR!  I am in complete denial about this.  Wasn't I just in the delivery room last week?This birthday is bittersweet.  I'm thrilled to have such an adorable, happy, fun-loving&
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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,
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shoot.

Sunday, 2 December 2007 9:35 P GMT-08
This weekend we took our annual family photo for the Christmas card.  OMG, why do we do this to ourselves every year?  It's like it takes 364 days to forget about the pain of such an experience, yet on December 1st we conveniently
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blog therapy

Tuesday, 27 November 2007 2:32 P GMT-08
I am having one of those mornings where I am self-medicating with a piece of pie for breakfast.  It is one of those days where you think, "This is going to be a bad day," and it isn't even 7am yet.  Please indulge me while I u
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Official Halloween Recap

Friday, 2 November 2007 3:34 P GMT-08
Okay, I have a lot of Halloween-related recapping to do, including Tate's Halloween Songfest at preschool and our weekend at Legoland's "Brick-or-Treat" extravaganza.  But for now, let me recap the actual Halloween night...Ever
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sleep is a precious commodity in this house.

Tuesday, 2 October 2007 10:19 A GMT-08
So my grand plan was to use my Tues/Thurs mornings to blog while Tate is in preschool.  Ummmm....doesn't work so well when your three-year old brings home the Plague from preschool and infects the entire house!!We are on week two of the Plag
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Day #2 of preschool

Thursday, 13 September 2007 8:22 P GMT-08
Well I'm happy to report that Day 2 of preschool was as successful as the first!This time we brought Dada and Felicity with us so Tate could introduce them to his teacher.  He barely had time to do this though, as he was running off almost i
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a long overdue Tate update

Sunday, 19 August 2007 6:53 A GMT-08
I thought it required a lot of patience to code an entire dissertation in HTML format.I imagine it took a lot of patience to build the Great Wall of China.I bet it took a tremendous amount of patience for the Incas to hand-push solid stones uphill in
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long overdue.

Friday, 17 August 2007 8:37 P GMT-08
I promised myself I was going to be better about posting updates after having baby #2....So far I am 0-1.  Better get cracking, 'cause Lord knows this is the only living semblance of a baby book I have for these kids. (Unless you count the n
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unheard of!

Friday, 10 August 2007 10:02 P GMT-08
We have now had TWO kid-free nights in a row this week -- unheard of!  Well, actually, that's not entirely true.  Last night we were kid-free until 9pm when our cpr class ended.  And tonite Tate is spending the night at Grams, so w
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six week update...

Monday, 21 May 2007 7:15 P GMT-08
*  Miss Felicity smiled at me for the first time today!  (six weeks old tomorrow.)  She has been smiling in her sleep for a while now, but today was the first time she did it awake.  She also had her first bottle yesterday and too
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Felicity's birth story

Monday, 9 April 2007 12:37 P GMT-08
Monday,  9 April 2007,  10:13 p.m.It is a peaceful evening, two days prior to my scheduled c-section date on Wednesday.   I have positioned myself lengthwise in our bed to settle in and watch TV before passing out into a
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New job, new era

Wednesday, 17 August 2005 9:29 P GMT-08
August marks my first month in my new role: as a full-time parent.  Yes, I left my job last month so I can be at home to parent Tate full time.  It's been a looooong road to making this decision.  Some of my reasons are professional, due to a ge
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