tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-87839213362888586082024-03-19T10:11:55.124-07:00The life of we three...And then there were only three. The three of us united to handle whatever life threw at us. Myself and my two little boys. This blog covers my time of moving on from divorce, dating, and then re-marrying a wonderful man and welcoming his children into my life and into the lives of my two wonderful boys. I hope whatever I share can help you in some way.ARChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02889772401442335832noreply@blogger.comBlogger77125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8783921336288858608.post-6874484343549438262013-01-23T11:54:00.000-08:002013-01-23T11:54:09.927-08:00Zephyr"I don't YIKE it. Well, I do YIKE that A YOT!" He's obsessed with drinkable yogurts and SUGAR. It's a constant negotiation over sugar. We now have a saying when we're skiing..."Sugar free until you SKI!"ARChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02889772401442335832noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8783921336288858608.post-2755253716628841002013-01-23T11:50:00.001-08:002013-01-23T11:50:31.688-08:00<h5 class="uiStreamMessage userContentWrapper" data-ft="{"type":1,"tn":"K"}">
<span class="messageBody" data-ft="{"type":3}"><span class="userContent">Joe
picked Zephyr up for me, and unbeknownst to Joe while he was working
downstairs, Zephyr went upstairs and decided to fix his spikey hair that
had fallen flat during his school day. He used a whole bottle of
hairspray, an entire tube of jell, AND all of my perfume. Here are the
results.</span></span></h5>
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<span class="messageBody" data-ft="{"type":3}"><span class="userContent">Before school:</span></span></h5>
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After he "fixed"it:<br />
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ARChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02889772401442335832noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8783921336288858608.post-69019003215552902952013-01-16T19:12:00.000-08:002013-01-23T11:52:14.288-08:002009 - Funny stories about the boys from Facebook:<div class="_3dp _29k">
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<span class="fcg"><span class="fwb"><span class="userContent">asked..."Odin, is there anything I can do to be a better mommy?" Odin: "Get some sleep."</span> </span></span></h5>
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<span class="fcg"><span class="fwb"><a data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/user.php?id=705801078" href="http://www.facebook.com/starconnor">Alastar Connor</a></span></span></h5>
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<a class="uiLinkSubtle" href="http://www.facebook.com/starconnor/posts/95957926709"><abbr data-utime="1244478919" title="Monday, June 8, 2009 at 9:35am">June 8, 2009</abbr></a></div>
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<span class="userContent">is kidless from 10:30AM-5:30PM for only the second time since my first child was born three years ago...</span></div>
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<span class="fcg"><span class="fwb"><a data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/user.php?id=705801078" href="http://www.facebook.com/starconnor">Alastar Connor</a></span></span></h5>
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<a class="uiLinkSubtle" href="http://www.facebook.com/starconnor/posts/219152445297"><abbr data-utime="1245729817" title="Monday, June 22, 2009 at 9:03pm">June 22, 2009</abbr></a></div>
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<span class="userContent">is
watching J&K + 8 with tears rolling down my cheeks...it all sounds
familiar...let's believe the statistic I read today... "80% of divorced
people under the age of 45 get remarried within 4 years of their
divorce..." Only 3 and a half years to go...I ca</span></div>
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<span class="fcg"><span class="fwb"><a data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/user.php?id=705801078" href="http://www.facebook.com/starconnor">Alastar Connor</a></span></span></h5>
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<a class="uiLinkSubtle" href="http://www.facebook.com/starconnor/posts/109226853509"><abbr data-utime="1249270114" title="Sunday, August 2, 2009 at 8:28pm">August 2, 2009</abbr></a></div>
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<span class="userContent">is on day 4 of antibiotics and still feeling like crap. Argh!</span></div>
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<span class="userContent"><span class="userContent"><span class="userContent"><span class="userContent">"Mom, my ears are SO loud now!" "That's
because we went down a hill and your ears popped." "Does that mean
there's gravity in my EARS???"</span> </span></span></span><br />
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<span class="userContent"><span class="userContent"><span class="userContent">Z slept all the way till 7:30AM and lay awake babbling to himself! Just delicious!</span> </span></span><br />
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<span class="userContent"><span class="userContent">"What's that Odin?" "Oh, nothing Mommy, I was just talking to my finger."</span> </span><br />
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<span class="userContent">"Mom, can I help u load the dishwasher? We
can clean up the family room together! We'll be a team! Thanks mommy,
that was so helpful of you!"</span><br />
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<span class="messageBody" data-ft="{"type":3}"><span class="userContent"><span class="userContent">is sitting at MY kitchen table enjoying my second beer that I opened with a key for the first time EVER! Here's to firsts!!!!!</span> </span></span></h5>
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<span class="messageBody" data-ft="{"type":3}"><span class="userContent">Is having her "boys in the bath" 15 minute break on iPhone. :)</span></span></h5>
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<span class="userContent"><span class="userContent"><span class="userContent"><span class="userContent"><span class="userContent"><span class="userContent"><span class="userContent">Wow. I'm good. I knew that Click the Camera on Go Diego Go was the voice of Rosie Perez.</span> </span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span class="userContent"><span class="userContent"><span class="userContent"><span class="userContent"><span class="userContent"><span class="userContent">Odin, "Mom, yesterday was the BEST Thanksgiving EVER!" (Translation: He doesn't even remember last Thanksgiving ;) )</span> </span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span class="userContent"><span class="userContent"><span class="userContent"><span class="userContent"><span class="userContent">Was a very good Mommy today...breakfast,
gymnastics, open gym, grocery store playdate, lunch, nap, library,
dinner, bath, clean house, and stories!!!!!!</span> </span></span></span></span><br />
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<span class="userContent"><span class="userContent"><span class="userContent"><span class="userContent">s taking a break from being a mom today to go embrace the beauty of being pale and suck some blood in the broad daylight.</span> </span></span></span><br />
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<span class="userContent"><span class="userContent"><span class="userContent">A morning in the life of a single mom of two, stacking wood while listening to whine, cry, whine, cry, whine. Ho hum.</span> </span></span><br />
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<span class="userContent"><span class="userContent">Had the BEST day!!!! Saw Santa arrive by
boat, amazing gingerbread houses, TWO church fairs, fabulous clam
chowda, kids crafts, cookie making station, wonderful outdoor play area,
then went with my friend and the kids to another friend's bead store,
picked out materials for x-mas presents, kids played in the "kids' room"
and topped the evening off with yummy Chinese food!!!!! What an
AMAZING day!!!!!</span> </span><br />
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<span class="userContent">Zephyr's new word: Bup!!! (Translation: Up!
You have to imagine how funny it is though to hear him say Bup Bup
Bup!!!! with his arms stretched toward me)</span>ARChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02889772401442335832noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8783921336288858608.post-73690571012873730212013-01-16T18:53:00.001-08:002013-01-23T11:52:45.614-08:002010 - Funny stories about the boys from Facebook:<span class="userContent">Funny stories about the boys from Facebook: </span><br />
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<span class="userContent"> Zephyr used to call granola bars "gumballs" or something that sounded
like that. Odin used to call Lemonade something that sounded like
"yummy eggs". </span><br />
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<span class="userContent">The boys are watching a movie together in
complete peace while I watch the Grammy's. Am I dreaming?!?!?
BTW...Odin said, "I HATE the Grammy's! I want MY GRAMMY!"</span><br />
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<span class="userContent"><span class="userContent">"Where are you going Mommy?" "Out with some
other mom's to make some new friends. I'm going to be brave and meet
new people just like you did today at school!" "Well, how am I supposed
to go out and make new friends if I have to stay home with a babysitter
every night?!?!?!"</span></span><br />
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<span class="userContent"><span class="userContent"><span class="userContent">"Odin...did you like your first day at preschool?" "Ya...it was fun. It's still a work in progress...here and there."</span> </span></span><br />
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<span class="userContent"><span class="userContent"><span class="userContent">Got Z back to sleep from 4-6:30 and thoroughly
enjoyed that extra 2.5 hrs even though it meant I slept in a toddler
bed with a stuffed animal for a pillow!</span></span></span><br />
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<span class="userContent"><span class="userContent"><span class="userContent"><span data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" id=".reactRoot[406].[1][2][1]{comment321316487690_11293277}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2]"><span class="UFICommentBody" id=".reactRoot[406].[1][2][1]{comment321316487690_11293277}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0"><span id=".reactRoot[406].[1][2][1]{comment321316487690_11293277}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0.[0]">Mommy,
are you gonna have another baby in your tummy? Why are you asking
Odin? Because I want more babies in our family. Then you could play
with Zephyr and I could play with the new baby! Really? Well, I guess
I'll have to find a new husband then! I'll help you...Spiderman can
find you one! Maybe I can find you a husband that already has a baby
for us! How many babies would you like in our family Odin? I don't
know...three...maybe 5? Ok then Odie...I'll work on that <span class="emoticon emoticon_wink"></span></span></span></span> </span> </span></span><br />
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<span class="userContent"><span class="userContent"><span class="userContent">I spend time every night making a nice dinner
for the boys and then spend the next 3 hours trying to get them to eat
it. Argh!!!!!!</span></span></span><br />
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<span class="userContent"><span class="userContent"><span class="userContent"><span class="userContent">Last week I kept the house clean ALL week...unfortunately, that doesn't earn me a credit toward this week. :(</span> </span> </span></span><br />
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<span class="userContent"><span class="userContent"><span class="userContent">sometimes gets bummed that there's no one
coming home from work in the evening to adore us and to want to hear all
about our day. Instant Family available for rent.</span></span></span><br />
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<span class="messageBody" data-ft="{"type":3}"><span class="userContent">Is enjoying a Mojito in the hotel lobby bar in my pj's just cause I can...last night on vacation...back to real life tomorrow!</span></span></h5>
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<span class="messageBody" data-ft="{"type":3}"><span class="userContent"><span class="userContent">was up TOO EARLY due to project "Bottles All-Gone." Good thing my boys are so cute!</span></span></span></h5>
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<span class="messageBody" data-ft="{"type":3}"><span class="userContent"><span class="userContent"><span class="userContent">"Odin, see all the books I need to read! How
am I going to get them all read?" "Well, Mom, you just read one book,
once a day, each day and you will read them all!"</span></span></span></span></h5>
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<span class="messageBody" data-ft="{"type":3}"><span class="userContent"><span class="userContent"><span class="userContent"><span class="userContent">Whatever. Rollerskating down the halls with
the boys, having a Lady Gaga dance party, and some snuggle story time
and I'm ready for whatever is coming my way.</span></span></span></span></span></h5>
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<span class="messageBody" data-ft="{"type":3}"><span class="userContent"><span class="userContent"><span class="userContent"><span class="userContent"><span class="userContent">Fed O & Z cantaloupe, pineapple,
strawberries, and orange. Silence as they ate. Asked O if he was in
heaven and he says, "No, I'm in a land called Honalee."</span> </span> </span> </span></span></span></h5>
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<span class="messageBody" data-ft="{"type":3}"><span class="userContent"><span class="userContent">April 2010 end antibiotics?</span></span></span></h5>
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<span class="messageBody" data-ft="{"type":3}"><span class="userContent"><span class="userContent"><span class="userContent">is heading out on a date to toast a with a
real drink to my house selling, my good court hearing, and the end of my
antibiotics!!!! Odin also whispered to me in an aside that our new
babysitter is GREAT! :)</span> </span></span></span></h5>
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<span class="messageBody" data-ft="{"type":3}"><span class="userContent"><span class="userContent"><span class="userContent">took a rainy day nap with both the boys in my cozy bed under the down comforter...what a lovely thing!</span> </span></span></span></h5>
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<span class="messageBody" data-ft="{"type":3}"><span class="userContent"><span class="userContent"><span class="userContent">Odin just kissed Zephyr like the fake french
kisses that movie stars do...open mouth, no tongue, hand on the back of
the head, heads swaying...priceless.</span></span></span></span></h5>
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<span class="messageBody" data-ft="{"type":3}"><span class="userContent"><span class="userContent"><span class="userContent"> </span></span></span></span><span class="messageBody" data-ft="{"type":3}"><span class="userContent"><span class="userContent"><span class="userContent"><span class="userContent">White elephant morning date with my boys!</span></span></span></span></span></h5>
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<span class="messageBody" data-ft="{"type":3}"><span class="userContent"><span class="userContent"><span class="userContent"><span class="userContent"> </span></span></span></span></span><span class="messageBody" data-ft="{"type":3}"><span class="userContent"><span class="userContent"><span class="userContent"><span class="userContent"><span class="userContent">There's something to be said for the family bed...I slept sandwiched between my boys but the whole family slept till 7!!!!</span></span></span></span></span></span></h5>
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<span class="messageBody" data-ft="{"type":3}"><span class="userContent"><span class="userContent"><span class="userContent"><span class="userContent"><span class="userContent"><span class="userContent">"Mom, Z wouldn't stop crying so I sang the Cradle Will Rock song but he didn't stop crying."</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></h5>
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<span class="messageBody" data-ft="{"type":3}"><span class="userContent"><span class="userContent"><span class="userContent"><span class="userContent"><span class="userContent"><span class="userContent"><span class="userContent">Is lying on a blanket outside in the sun while Z feeds me grapes and O tells me knock knock jokes.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></h5>
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<span class="messageBody" data-ft="{"type":3}"><span class="userContent"><span class="userContent"><span class="userContent"><span class="userContent"><span class="userContent"><span class="userContent"><span class="userContent"><span class="userContent">Just when I say...oh thank god...this day is
almost over...my 1.5 year old opens the fridge and dumps an entire
gallon of pink kool-aid all over my fridge and kitchen floor. I'm not
gonna lie...single parenting sucks.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></h5>
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<span class="messageBody" data-ft="{"type":3}"><span class="userContent"><span class="userContent"><span class="userContent"><span class="userContent"><span class="userContent"><span class="userContent"><span class="userContent"><span class="userContent"><span class="userContent">Chillin' in bed with my Z boy. He is such a
wonderful sweetie :). He doesn't want us to get up! Just wants to play
in bed with his bumble bee n cuddle!</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></h5>
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<span class="messageBody" data-ft="{"type":3}"><span class="userContent"><span class="userContent"><span class="userContent"><span class="userContent"><span class="userContent"><span class="userContent"><span class="userContent"><span class="userContent"><span class="userContent"><span class="userContent">Why is it that almost 4 year olds have a pension for naughty behavior? It's like my son is occasionally possessed.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></h5>
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<span class="userContent"><span class="userContent">What a FANTASTIC day in York, ME. We had
SOOOOOO much fun! Easiest bedtime EVER as kids were sound asleep and
transferred right into their beds! Time to toast a day well spent :)</span></span></div>
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<span class="userContent"><span class="userContent"><span class="userContent">Coffee with whipped cream cause my whole
gallon of milk went sour...mmmmmmmm. Did I subconsciously let it go
sour on purpose just so I could use whipped cream instead? Possible.</span></span></span></div>
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<span class="userContent"><span class="userContent"><span class="userContent"><span class="userContent">Zephyr just told me that it's ok that he
spilled his cereal in our family room because the birdies will get it.
Guess we've been eating outside a lot!</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span class="userContent"><span class="userContent"><span class="userContent"><span class="userContent"><span class="userContent">As Henry said, after recovering from his
seasickness said, "This isn't the worst day ever...it could be worse, we
could get hit by a car...!". I love kids! Such a great attitude :).
You know you're in a great relationship when you can still look at each
other in the midst of puking kids and smile cause you're still happy :)</span> </span> </span> </span> </span></div>
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that I'm inspired to add a little more rock star style to our Marblehead
preppy life ;)</span></h5>
<span class="userContent"><span class="userContent"><span class="userContent"> </span> Aug 2010 antibiotics</span></span><br />
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<span class="userContent"><span class="userContent"><span class="userContent">Had big plans to be productive tonight...was
foiled by a 2 yr old! He insisted on falling asleep with me in my bed
after us arguing about bedtime for over an hour. How is a parent
supposed to resist their bed in the dark?!? I was powerless!!!!</span></span></span><br />
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<span class="userContent"><span class="userContent"><span class="userContent"><span class="userContent">Chased 4 kids around at Lego KidsFest with at
LEAST 25,000 people and STILL had a great time, despite one peanut
allergy reaction and later ride home meltdowns ;)</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span class="userContent"><span class="userContent"><span class="userContent"><span class="userContent"><span class="userContent">Tonight is an "eat a bottom of the barrel
grocery dinner in front of the tv" night. What an action-packed
weekend! School & Grammie's visit Friday, soccer, Audubon,
Newburyport all on Saturday, Sunday school, Renaissance Festival, all
with 4 kids on Sunday :) Fun but exhausting!!!!!!! :)</span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span class="userContent"><span class="userContent"><span class="userContent"><span class="userContent"><span class="userContent"><span class="userContent">Here goes soccer Take 2. Let's hope today
goes better than yesterday's debacle! Even if we just leave out me
getting peed on I will be happy!</span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span class="userContent"><span class="userContent"><span class="userContent"><span class="userContent"><span class="userContent"><span class="userContent"><span class="userContent">The boys both had a GREAT first full real day
of school :) Zephyr loved it and charmed the pants off his teacher as
was expected and Odin had the normal boy response..."I liked seeing my
friends but I didn't want to have to go to school to play with them." </span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span class="userContent"><span class="userContent"><span class="userContent"><span class="userContent"><span class="userContent"><span class="userContent"><span class="userContent"><span class="userContent">Mom...this guy can be a real pirate and he can be 9, no...12, no 16. He'll be 16.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span class="userContent"><span class="userContent"><span class="userContent"><span class="userContent"><span class="userContent"><span class="userContent"><span class="userContent"><span class="userContent"><span class="userContent">Mom...my teachers at school embarrass me when they put their hands in their back pockets where their BUTT is.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span class="userContent"><span class="userContent"><span class="userContent"><span class="userContent"><span class="userContent"><span class="userContent"><span class="userContent"><span class="userContent"><span class="userContent"><span class="userContent">Zephyr: Juice, Mommy!<br /> Me: What's the word you say after juice?<br /> Zephyr: Por favor?</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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Odin crying at preschool...? That hasn't happened since last year. He
was a mess. No idea what that was all about. In front of all of his
friends too. Wierd.</span></div>
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<span class="userContent"><span class="userContent"><span class="userContent">Up at 5:30 due to 2 year old wanting to hold
my hair and me having to say no...at least I discovered a new coffee
trick..heat mug...then put milk in to take chill out...then poor in
coffee! Pumpkin Spice Latte!</span> </span></span></div>
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<span class="userContent"><span class="userContent"><span class="userContent">Up at 5:30 due to 2 year old wanting to hold
my hair and me having to say no...at least I discovered a new coffee
trick..heat mug...then put milk in to take chill out...then poor in
coffee! Pumpkin Spice Latte!</span></span></span></div>
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<span class="userContent"><span class="userContent"><span class="userContent"><span class="userContent">No Mom, there's no pretend crying in this game. We're only making sad faces. Ok...now we're making happy faces.</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span class="userContent"><span class="userContent"><span class="userContent"><span class="userContent"><span class="userContent">Had leftover squash soup for lunch, mom's beef
stew leftovers for dinner while making a chicken soup from leftover
pre-cooked chickens. Huh? Must be the Depression again!</span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span class="userContent"><span class="userContent"><span class="userContent"><span class="userContent"><span class="userContent"><span class="userContent">Boys snowed in up in ME...going to be a tough
night of stressing but do get to have my first night kidless with
Joe...bittersweet...</span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span class="userContent"><span class="userContent"><span class="userContent"><span class="userContent"><span class="userContent"><span class="userContent"><span class="userContent"><span class="userContent">Ok. Here's the plan. Take the boys to the
Burlington Mall for lunch and playing at the indoor playground and then
go see Tangled at 1PM. Anyone see any potential hazards with that plan?
Hoping they both fall asleep on the way home.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span class="userContent"><span class="userContent"><span class="userContent"><span class="userContent"><span class="userContent"><span class="userContent"><span class="userContent"><span class="userContent"><span class="userContent">Food poisoning, a sleep over, rehearsal for
Christmas Pageant, Doctor's Appointment, Odin with double ear
infections, and The Nutcracker. All on 2 bananas. Time for me to go to
bed. Phew. How do you plan something expensive like The Nutcracker
when you don't know if you will end up with a sick kid? Poor Odin
endured but fell fast asleep during the second half.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span class="userContent"><span class="userContent"><span class="userContent"><span class="userContent"><span class="userContent"><span class="userContent"><span class="userContent"><span class="userContent"><span class="userContent"><span class="userContent">"love you Zephyr.". "love u mommy...so so much."</span> </span> </span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span class="userContent"><span class="userContent"><span class="userContent"><span class="userContent"><span class="userContent"><span class="userContent"><span class="userContent">Yup. TWO hours to get 30 minutes worth. Yes
to traffic and weather but I've never seen anything like that. Movie
was NOT worth two hours in the car :( Otherwise a great time was had by
all. Can't believe both kids sit through a whole movie!</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span class="userContent"><span class="userContent"><span class="userContent"><span class="userContent"><span class="userContent"><span class="userContent"><span class="userContent"><span class="userContent">Did a perfect double pirouette today at Ballet
:) Yay me! Now we're watching The Polar Express which I LOVE and Odin
STILL doesn't remember from last year. I'll be sad when he finally
remembers stuff from year to year and the perpetual "firsts" are over!</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span class="userContent"><span class="userContent"><span class="userContent"><span class="userContent"><span class="userContent"><span class="userContent"><span class="userContent"><span class="userContent"><span class="userContent">Wow. So I've said to Odin a million times,
"How many things can Mommy do at once? One thing at a time!" Today I'm
making his waffle and he says, "Mom! Can you turn on Monsters?
Oh....wait....you can't because you are making a waffle and you can only
do one thing at a time! You can't stretch your arm into the Family
Room!" Read on...</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span class="userContent"><span class="userContent"><span class="userContent"><span class="userContent"><span class="userContent"><span class="userContent"><span class="userContent"><span class="userContent"><span class="userContent"><span data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" id=".reactRoot[1955].[1][2][1]{comment167866169920038_1990906}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2]"><span class="UFICommentBody" id=".reactRoot[1955].[1][2][1]{comment167866169920038_1990906}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0"><span id=".reactRoot[1955].[1][2][1]{comment167866169920038_1990906}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0.[0]">THEN
later, he offers to give me a massage! I said, "Odin, you can do that
ANY time." "It's good that you told me that Mom because I would love to
give you a massage all the time!" Is it Mother's Day?</span></span></span> </span> </span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<b>Dinner Games</b><br />
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http://www.familieswithpurpose.com/family-dinner-games.html<br />
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I bought these for the kids for Christmas and it has been wonderful! The kids look forward to pulling a card each night, it works for all of our age groups 3-10 and is a great teambuilding exercise each night that helps foster positive feelings within our blended family. There are morality questions (What would you do if you found a wallet on the sidewalk and no one was around) math questions, memory games, family history and geneaology games, charades, cute suggestions like a candelight dinner with classical music playing, and more. Couldn't say enough about this and plan to buy other additions :)<br />
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<b>Alba skin products</b><br />
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http://www.albabotanica.com/collections/natural-even-advanced.html<br />
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I have been using their products for years and they are wonderful. Alba Botanica is all natural, 100% vegetarian personal care products with NO parabens, sulfates, or phthalates. Their cleansing milk is my personal favorite at the moment. It gently cleanses without overdrying. :)<br />
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<b>Schwinn double jogging stroller</b><br />
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http://www.walmart.com/ip/Schwinn-Double-Jogging-Stroller-Blue/10975538<br />
After many different attempts at finding a great stroller, my cousin recommended this one and I bought it used for $100. It was the BEST stroller. Easy to push with one hand, really distributed the two kids weight so that it was not heavy to push, easily folds up small, and can push over sand with no difficulty. <br />
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Mountain Buggy Single Stroller<br />
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http://mountainbuggy.com/en/buggies/single/urban-jungle<br />
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I just got this stroller used for $100. It has a really durable carrying case, comes with a great little pump for the wheels that slides into a carrying slot underneath, and handles really nicely as well as folding up to a very small size.<br />
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MAC Makeup Brushes<br />
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http://www.maccosmetics.com/product/2221/19185/Make-It-Perfect-Brush-KitEssential/index.tmpl<br />
I bought an earlier edition of these brushes 5 years ago and they seemed so expensive and extravagant but the lady told me they could be washed and would last longer than other brushes. She wasn't kidding. These brushes work better than any brushes I've ever had as far as the correct angle, holding the right amount of product, and as far as the bristles keeping their form after many washings. Totally worth the money!ARChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02889772401442335832noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8783921336288858608.post-84931995710554774772011-06-10T04:07:00.000-07:002011-06-10T04:07:53.165-07:00Big news!Most of you probably know this already but I realized that I haven't written in my blog in a long time and haven't announced here that I'm engaged :) On our one year anniversary of being a couple, Joe took me to where we had our first kiss overlooking the ocean and the city of Boston at sunset and asked me to marry him :) He actually got down on one knee and then gave me the prettiest ring :) I am the happiest and luckiest girl. As I type this, three kiddos are up, one is still sleeping. It's pretty busy around here! I have moved into the new house and Joe's is closing this month so he and his kids are here most of the time when they are not at school, doing homework, at their mom's, or working until we after school is out. Joe and I are still madly in love and I keep wondering when the honeymoon phase wears off but so far, it hasn't dimmed! :) The new house is awesome. Sunny, open, pleasant...with a bedroom for each of us plus an office so no more having kids share a room and keep each other up! It's great! There's a lovely deck, a huge finished basement playroom, and the neighborhood has TONS of kids and nice parents, sidewalks, and Odin can walk to school at the end of the road for Kindergarten in the Fall. I can ride Zephyr to preschool on the bike path too! We are joining the community pool at the end of the street and have already been to the beach a bunch this month so it should be a pretty fun summer! We are also taking a trip at the end of June to Jackson Hole with all four kids...I've never been in the summer so I'm really looking forward to seeing Yellowstone, the museums that are normally closed in the winter, cowboy dinners, rodeos, horseback riding, and fishing! Odin and Zephyr are looking forward to some Grammie and Grandpa time :) Then, it's off to Nantucket for some weekends! Joe and I figure with all we have going on right now, we probably won't get married until next Summer/Fall. We need to concentrate on helping our family make this transition into living together and into Joe's kids commuting to school half the week this Fall. We'll see. We figure it'll take us all year to find moments to check out places to have a reception anyways! So, that's all the big news around here. I'm just happy happy happy! Somehow I scored the most wonderful man who is the perfect fit for me. It reminds me of what my Nana says about my Grandpa..."My heart still flutters every time he comes in the door." :)ARChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02889772401442335832noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8783921336288858608.post-66377125212664564862011-02-27T18:22:00.000-08:002011-02-27T18:22:05.492-08:00Joint Family TripJoe and I took all four kids to St. Thomas for a few days :) We had all four kids for an entire week with 2 travel days and 3 days in the sunny fabulousness and we made it through with flying colors. Our trip was not without it's travel difficulties as is the norm these days but we had a wonderful trip and everyone had a great time :) Next week we are off to California to visit all of the loves that we haven't seen since we moved away two years ago. I found airline tickets that were such a good deal that I booked them, regardless of leaving a week and a half after getting back from our last trip. Odin's dad and his girlfriend are meeting us there to take the kids for a few days so they won't miss their visit. I know the time change is going to be a challenge with the kids waking up at 3AM so wish me luck! Here are a few pics from our quick vacation!<br />
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So....onward and upward :) I'm happy to say that I am happy happy happy as are the boys :) We spend our days shuttling to school, playdates, gymnastics, errands, and events for the club that I run and we spend our evenings alternating between Joe's house and my rental. Our kids miss each other when we are not all together so we try to make it so that we are only apart a day here and there besides the time that each set of kids spends at their other parent's house. Joe's kids are flourishing in our new chaotic lifestyle...for my boys it is just the norm ;) Having four kids around most of the time is rewarding, silly, fun, full of more cuddles than one person can accommodate, and thoroughly stimulating. Each kid is so unique and fascinating...I love every minute. Joe and I make a good team and it really seems easiest when we are all together. My kids love Joe and his kids which makes me feel good and tells me that I am indeed not only taking the path that's best for me, but that is best for everyone! It is indeed complicated having several driveways that need snowblowing (thank goodness Joe does that) and we are forever packing and unpacking and having groceries go bad on us while we're away or missing an item that we meant to bring...but if the two of us can handle this level of stress, than we certainly make a good team :) Zephyr is amazing me every day with how much he secretly knows and with his panache and humor...Odin has become quite helpful and sweet in addition to his amazing and ever-present zest for life and never-ending enthusiasm. They have been enjoying spending time with their Dad and his girlfriend at their house in Maine and visiting with Grammie & Grandpa and every chance they get whether here, CT, WY, or wherever! We just got back from a trip out to Wyoming where we got to visit with Uncle Adam too! Anyways...that's what's going on here in MA. Just shiny happy people! I'm so glad to have every running smoothly again :) Sometimes it's good to have things go awry just to keep you on your toes and to remind you to live in the moment...the future doesn't really exist! ARChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02889772401442335832noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8783921336288858608.post-75581220031633343322010-12-11T09:38:00.000-08:002010-12-11T09:38:47.621-08:00Such is life.To anyone that begrudged me for my happy moments and how I may have overshared my joy...I now feel entirely justified for doing it. My rationale was that I realized how fleeting happy moments can be and how they always seem to come to an end in my world at some point so it's important to soak it up while it lasts. I'm glad that I fully appreciated my reprieve from single-momdom for the last 7 months. It was really nice to feel loved and special. I had wonderful company and felt cherished and lucky. I was able to enjoy my boys more and to really love every minute of my life. Regardless of whether I was taken for a ride or not, no matter what the real story is or was, and despite the fact that it might have all been a mirage of smoke and mirrors, this time I actually don't regret a thing. I had the best 7 months of my life and got to live the dream which some people never get to do. I know now how it feels to be loved...even if that love is not real, at least now I know what I'm looking for. I know that it is something worth waiting for and I'm perfectly happy being alone until I find it and if that takes forever, so be it. I know what it feels like when a relationship is working. I know what normal discussions feel like, what talking about your problems feels like, what it is to be with a person that has a personality that fits with your own. I'm thankful to have learned all of these lessons and to have grown as a partner. Although it is now my time to be back on my own again...just me and the boys...and as hard as that may be and as sad as I am, I'm just so glad that I soaked up that happiness while I could. It will carry me through this rough patch. My soul was fed and full in the way that nourishes you for a long time. It is very nice to be surrounded by my wonderful community and I'm so glad I chose this place to raise my boys. We are lucky to live here and for the people that support me I am so thankful. As one last thing, let this be a reminder to us all that happiness is an illusion...it is an ever shifting changing being...so if you have it, let it shine, let everyone around you bask in its glow...show everyone what it is to be happy...for it will inspire them to also look for this fleeting moments and to appreciate it when they find it. You will carry others through their rough patches with your optimism and abundant love...until it has once again evaporated, leaving you holding just air, a popped balloon...and you once again need to turn to the others who are in their own moments of happiness...to share in their love and optimism and carry you through. It is a human cycle of perpetual hope that we are bound to and it is important that we take every moment for what it is. A gift. The gift of life...and whether we are in a high or a low...we are still lucky to be able to live it. I'd rather be sad and disappointed but alive any day. Next time I'm happy...take it for what it is. Share in my happiness, bask in the glow...don't begrudge me...but appreciate it for what it is. A shining moment in time when the sun hit that metal reflector just right and blinded me with its glory. ARChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02889772401442335832noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8783921336288858608.post-79855892024234201222010-11-04T16:35:00.000-07:002010-11-04T17:36:20.743-07:00The perils of marriage.I was reminded today by a friend of the perils of marriage. I am, myself, in the wonderful stages of the promising beginnings...the time when you still remember being alone, wondering if your soulmate existed, if you were destined to be alone forever. I was happy alone...don't get me wrong...I wasn't just looking for any old person to keep me company...and I did remember what it felt like to be in an unhealthy relationship and I certainly would never want that again...but I'm MUCH happier with someone that complements me and my personality and I do look forward to spending the rest of my life with that person. I do still remember what it looks like to imagine living as a single unit in this world for the rest of your existence. No matter how much work a marriage takes, I still choose to try.<br />
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HOWEVER, what happens when you no longer remember what it was like to be alone? When you start to take your soulmate for granted? These are the questions that keep me up at night and as I watch some of my closest friends reach this point and their marriages start to faulter...why I feel it is my job to remind these couples of how lucky they are. I watched my own marriage fail...and although we were certainly not right for each other, it did give me a flavor of the fine line between a relationship functioning ok and a couple that is so resentful that they lose their way and end up hating each other. To the people I love out there that were lucky enough to find their soulmate in this world...please remember the love you felt for this person before the stressors in life came along. Remember that although they may be causing you pain in some way, they started from a place of love...that they are a good person...and that you both deserve the love that you have for each other. It is important to find that again. Do what it takes. Go to counseling where they will force you to open pandora's box, talk about the things you have ceased discussing, and to remember how much you love each other and appreciate each other. Try to find your place of love again because coming from this side of things, the beginning, it feels REALLY good to love and be loved and it feels REALLY awful to watch your marriage disintegrate, leaving you alone and floundering in this world.<br />
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I had no choice but to end my marriage, but unless your spouse is doing something really really awful that you cannot look beyond, save it. Cherish it. Find the place of love again. Don't wait until things are so bad that you have no choice. Rescue it before the flame has burned out. A little bit of work now is worth saving you from how bad things can get later. Don't be embarrassed to say, "We need help. We need a third party to shake us from this bad pattern." There is no shame in it. You deserve a healthy relationship and you deserve to be loved. Your significant other is the one that will give you that love. He has just lost his way as you have lost yours. Give each other the benefit of the doubt. As my Nana said today, "With all the disabilities your Grandfather has now, I have to focus really hard and use a lot of patience to support him with even more love than I ever did before." She knows what it takes to keep things going. When she gets frustrated, she puts more love out there, loves him more ferociously than she did before, and she knows that it is worth it because of the love he has for her in turn. They respect each other beyond the annoyances and pity resentments. They know that the history created between them is worth its weight in gold and that they are soulmates through thick and thin.<br />
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So, to all those couples out there that are feeling the strain. Know that I am thinking of you and wishing only the best for you and your loves...but that I also hope you step up to bat and fight for your marriages. I can't imagine all of you floundering out there alone.ARChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02889772401442335832noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8783921336288858608.post-57475378957128669592010-10-11T17:54:00.000-07:002010-10-11T17:54:07.963-07:00Zephyr's Mickey Birthday Party & Odin's Spiderman Birthday PartyOdin's 4th Birthday Party!<br />
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I have decided that being a grown up means saying tough things even though you know that it may mean that you lose immediate gratification in favor of a long term gain. It means knowing yourself so well that you can say with complete conviction what is most important to you and what you are willing to sacrifice and what you are not. It means knowing what makes you happy and creating an existence where you can be happy all on your own. So happy that you are willing to walk away from something that makes you happy in the moment if it will not create the future that you see for yourself. It means being honest about what your expectations are regardless of the outcome because you want to be happy and you know that you can be happy alone if all else fails and that you are not willing to compromise your image of what you want in the future. Truly knowing yourself and thinking long and hard about what is important to you is the only way that you will find your future happiness and you must be so dedicated to that future that you will not settle. Life is about making yourself happy, so happy in fact that the fear of being alone will not drive you to make decisions based solely on that fear. I am going to be gutsy tomorrow and lay my cards on the table. I will not cower away from what I want. I will not put my own wants aside for fear of being alone. I will say what is truly important to me and how I envision my future. I will make myself a priority because I deserve to be happy and if someone cannot help me towards that goal then I will go it alone. If I don't get some guts and go for it, then I am only doing a disservice to myself and the people I love. Emotional honesty is scary but necessary and it is where mature grown ups dwell. Better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all. Better to love and to lose than to live a life unfulfilled. Wish me luck on sticking to my guns. I am so very not good at this. I can only be strong in the fact that I have found my own happiness and that will be there to carry me through any outcome.ARChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02889772401442335832noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8783921336288858608.post-13413892398421405332010-05-24T18:12:00.000-07:002010-05-24T18:12:47.269-07:00Life as we live it.I have no profound thoughts to share with you all except the overwhelming joy of being truly happy. I realize that is a bit redundant but I am...happy! I am loving our little town of Marblehead, it is truly the perfect place for me and I'm so glad I put in the hard work and soul searching way back when to figure out what it was that would make me happy and to try to create a future that had all of those elements. I do believe that we all create our own happiness...so I am truly giving myself the credit this time for making it happen and for hanging in there with a solid dedication to my future happiness in the times when things seemed so dismal. I love the person that I am and the conscious effort that I put into my life each and every day. If I am single forever, raising my boys alone, I will still be truly content. I could not have said that in the past years but today, I can honestly say that I love where I am in life...with a future unknown and only possibilities on the horizon. People say that when things are good, you need to stop and appreciate it for that moment is fleeting. Well, here I am. Appreciating it. In all its momentary glory. Right now, in this minute, I am SO happy :) I don't know where this life is taking me or what the world has in store but I sure am loving the ride. I will leave tomorrow to its own devices...love to you all!<br />
-StarARChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02889772401442335832noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8783921336288858608.post-5008539384521281142010-04-26T05:40:00.000-07:002010-04-26T05:40:08.089-07:00Spring has sprung!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Sorry I've been lagging so much with the blog! Facebook is so much easier and more secure that I end up posting everything there instead! We had some airline tickets from last year that for a trip we had to cancel due to our move cross country so we took advantage of the tickets and went to Florida :) We had a great time...stayed with my friend Alison at her mom's amazing house, visited with her brother in Miami, caught up with friends from Nantucket and went to see Mickey and then went and stayed with my parents for a few nights. It was a great trip! Here are some highlights!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYV7ybcZOn2fq6t3-8sDC4HTAMG_dFneD3w8ccRtcfUUppWr1MQeo501iEqMcDtAbzZwcitYPDy81rQN3ebzjF2xFoexzXkPwNVg5KfJhwyywp-EsmaUMflUrJg1q5peVX3gzt5F9uKuR4/s1600/IMG_0577.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYV7ybcZOn2fq6t3-8sDC4HTAMG_dFneD3w8ccRtcfUUppWr1MQeo501iEqMcDtAbzZwcitYPDy81rQN3ebzjF2xFoexzXkPwNVg5KfJhwyywp-EsmaUMflUrJg1q5peVX3gzt5F9uKuR4/s320/IMG_0577.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>ARChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02889772401442335832noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8783921336288858608.post-24841640558930485012009-10-27T08:48:00.000-07:002009-10-27T08:48:40.441-07:00Z walking! Here ya go!!!He officially took off across the room on Oct. 11 and from there on out he's been on the go!<br />
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A whisper that makes you think you've just seen a ghost. I actually feel like that. Those thoughts have left me. I'm starting a new life. I'm happy. I'm excited. I like who I've become after this whole experience. I feel confident in my parenting again. I'm not afraid of the unknown. I'm taking it as it comes...and that's not scary. It's liberating. I know I can't control it and that life is a mystery as the future just unfolds. A slow, messy, eventual unfolding. Not an unfurling...but an unfolding. Each section reveals itself but the fold creases remain. The image is still whole in its entirety...even with the permanent creases. They just give the paper character, age, wisdom, and a humanity that makes people feel comfortable to handle it yet not too afraid that it will crumble in their hands. Just a thought for those of you who are also going through this. As always, Zephyr's development often makes me reflect on my own baby steps this year. He just started walking and is bravely taking off into his own world beyond the arms of his Mama. I'm proud of him and admire him with his perpetual smile and complete disregard for his Mama's issues. I think that I too have taken to walking again...and you have to crawl before you can walk. That's for sure. It's much better for you that way. You know how you got to where you are and that, should you fall again, you can handle it. You'll just slow to a crawl again and plug along.ARChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02889772401442335832noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8783921336288858608.post-23496157831821759172009-10-22T15:15:00.000-07:002009-10-24T15:56:40.521-07:00Mmmmmm. 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Videos coming!ARChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02889772401442335832noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8783921336288858608.post-48483676571305704512009-10-18T06:51:00.000-07:002009-10-18T07:00:26.374-07:00"I think that people who can't believe in fairies aren't worth knowing. ~Tori Amos""And as the seasons come and go, here's something you might like to know. There are fairies everywhere: under bushes, in the air, playing games just like you play, singing through their busy day. So listen, touch, and look around - in the air and on the ground. And if you watch all nature's things, you might just see a fairy's wing." ~Author Unknown<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2u1_C2AeAx8n2L2CgpdqEGiuBt57f6AwMRQgSrW3wvzkiNQr5msbm5MM1xNXpBtZx2rz8TzOUzYV7ci4JL1SkMPmRoxr0aY3TbS3iFuLt7ku6G8nFUphP0h0dySnlGiLIDBtSAX1lRQxd/s1600-h/photo-18.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2u1_C2AeAx8n2L2CgpdqEGiuBt57f6AwMRQgSrW3wvzkiNQr5msbm5MM1xNXpBtZx2rz8TzOUzYV7ci4JL1SkMPmRoxr0aY3TbS3iFuLt7ku6G8nFUphP0h0dySnlGiLIDBtSAX1lRQxd/s200/photo-18.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5393939403915656722" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_B1tmVT9NsdYfWpQ2eJiKlqMZlSCkS_3AfuAO3FwO8EdaY-F9AgK7mgxFkyQr9r05dIB491POF02eZHwLRRrCiIpmCPxbK9kb6TdT45rM-vUe2wfJ34tl900oQ66gb7r9VmBFW7-FJz-6/s1600-h/photo-17.jpg"><img style="display:block; 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