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March-iversaries

Mar 16, 2016

Every year on March 15th my mom reminds me to “beware the ides of March.”  Just kidding, right?  But no, seriously, in reality I basically brace myself every time I flip to this page on the calendar.  March is a month of remembrance for me, especially for very challenging experiences that have fallen on it’s pages. Yesterday (March 14th) was three years since Whitney...

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Motherhood
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Motherhood

Aug 3, 2015

I guess it’s only fitting to have a motherhood post after the fatherhood, sisterhood and brotherhood ones. The thing is, motherhood for me is an ebb and flow between the sane and the insane.  Fortunately most of the time we’re in the sane zone.  I’m good, I’m good, I’m good, and then all of a sudden I freak out, and then I’m good again. ...

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brotherhood.
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brotherhood.

Jul 27, 2015

I can’t believe it’s been more than 6 weeks since this moment……and of course I’ve had this post *almost* done for probably three weeks now.  A third child means I am three times as slow (and patient) right?  It’s an adjustment. Speaking of adjustments, I have been so pleased to see how Dylan has adjusted to becoming a BIG brother.  Perhaps 3 1/2 years...

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sisterhood.
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sisterhood.

Jul 14, 2015

Sisterhood.  Oh what joy I have already watching my two girls together.  I am pretty sure Leslie will grow up knowing deep in her soul that from her first breath she has had Whitney’s unfaltering love and devotion.  Whitney has adopted Leslie for her own and can’t get enough of baby time, always asking to hold her, declaring it’s time to change her diaper,...

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Welcome to the World, Little Leslie
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Our little bundle made her peaceful debut on Friday afternoon.   Leslie was due on June 3rd, and Tyler’s parents were able to be in town for a few days last week, so we were getting a bit impatient when baby hadn’t arrived.  I started googling old wive’s tale suggestions for convincing baby to get a move on.  Caster oil was out of the...

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Tale of a Tonsillectomy
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Whitney had her tonsils out.  Poor sweet girl didn’t know what was coming…and neither did we. Originally, we had a surgery scheduled just to put ear tubes in – an outpatient procedure, she’s done it before, involves anesthesia which nobody likes, but other than that a pretty simple deal.  She was getting tubes put in (again) because for the past 6 months she has...

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8/9/10 The Birth
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8/9/10 The Birth

Aug 14, 2013

Whitney’s Down syndrome was not a delivery room surprise.  We found out late in the 2nd trimester.  I wanted the delivery to be as normal and natural as possible, Down syndrome or not, birth is birth.  Monday morning, and the room was buzzing with medical staff in anticipation.  Buzzing because baby has Down syndrome and a known heart condition, and buzzing because Mama was...

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From Hole to Whole
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From Hole to Whole

Mar 27, 2013

Whitney’s homecoming from the hospital was a week ago yesterday. We are thrilled with how “normal” our life is already…the surgery successfully closed up the hole in her heart and her resilient little body is recovering quickly. Here’s a recount of the day-by-day… The night before the surgery…bath time with Gramby.   Day 1: Daybreak arrival. Happy drugs. Emotional parents not wanting to let...

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…..sike!
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…..sike!

Mar 9, 2013

sike: A misspelling of psych. Knowing Sonia was thirsty, Jonathan teased her with his soda. “Here, you can have a sip…psych!”  www.urbandictionary.com What a whirlwind.  The hospital cried wolf.  I feel like I had a baby.  Exhausted and yet euphoric. I escaped my worst nightmare. I woke up to a reality where my sweating,panic and screams fizzled into the “you’re safe, it can’t get...

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