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Monday & Tuesday Have Switched Places

July 8, 2008 me

I was so excited to tell you about the Wii, I didn’t even post my normal Monday randomness! (Do you see how I’ve embraced it?) Well, today I decided to bless you with some randomness. It’s just one of those days. I have just entered my 3rd trimester. I’m 28 weeks. And according to the [...]

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The Sisterchicks Race for the Cure

May 12, 2008 breast cancer

Saturday was the Susan G Komen Race for the Cure in Atlanta. For those of you that don’t know, that’s THE breast cancer fund-raising event. My sisterchicks and our mamas did it last year and it was such an amazing experience we decided to make it a yearly event. It’s an awesome way to celebrate [...]

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Go Ahead…Make My Day

May 6, 2008 blogging

When Lydia was about 3 months old and I was a new sahm, I found an online messageboard for moms with babies born the same month as Lydia. I started reading, posting and becoming friends with the mamas on that board. It’s been over two years now and I still check that messageboard every day. [...]

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Five Generations of Women

April 28, 2008 me

My mom (1 1/2), my grandmother, my great-grandmother. June 1958. Mama & me in the hospital when I was born. May 1977.   Me & Lydia, my firstborn. January 2006.   These are the 3 pictures that define motherhood. My great-grandmother affected my grandmother, who raised my mom, who poured into me and I’m now [...]

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You Heard It Here First

April 15, 2008 me

for Tasha… Lydia: I reading a Cookie Monster book! Me: Cookie Monster is one silly monster. Lydia: Mommy is a silly monster! Me: (feigning shock) Mommy is a silly monster?! Lydia: (getting more excited) Mommy is a Cookie Monster! Me: I wish I was a Cookie Monster. I could eat cookies all day. Lydia: I [...]

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The Most Amazing Day of My Life

April 1, 2008 me

On my playgroup/messageboard for Lydia, Jodi started a thread about posting a link to our kids’ birth stories. Some of these girls have been on this messageboard since they found out they were pregnant. So, today I’ve been reading the birth stories of all the sweet little babies I’ve *known* for the past two years [...]

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The Stork Has Landed

March 28, 2008 baby

Well, not really, but PICTURES have! Finally! Let me just say that our scanner is a SCAM. It’s a Brother MFC440CN (yes, I’m telling you the exact numbers so you can boycott it! Do you hear me BROTHER?!!). It’s one of those combo deals where you can fax, copy, scan and print. I loved it [...]

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