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Him Needs His Mama
Mommies kiss owies. They rock littles and snuggle and smooch their babies. They wipe away tears and play trains and sing songs.But the actual "doing" of motherhood is so much more than all of that....
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M&Ms and Other Failures
There is nothing I love more than being mom to my boys. I love my job, and I look forward to teaching every day. But nothing is more rewarding than being a mommy.But there are lots of ways I'm...
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Living Life
I feel like there have been a lot of things posted to Facebook lately about "being present" in your life instead of just tweeting/Instagraming/Facebook posting about it.It's my hope that that is what...
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Going back a couple Months
I have all these posts I wrote and never posted! I'm not sure why. I think because I just fell asleep before I could post them. But here is a little something I wrote when E was 7 months old. Which...
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Birth Days
Birthdays are different once you have children. They're not birthdays so much as they are birth days.Tomorrow is Ezra's birth day. And when I think back on it, I'm filled with so much joy. At this...
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Stand Up
In all this time of neglecting my blog a lot has happened. But today I want to tell you about something that brings me a lot of pride. And what better day to brag about the love of my life than the...
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And then the Cops Came.
So here we are, one of my first nights of summer break. David and I were watching TV in bed, and I had just fallen asleep. The kind of falling asleep where you can feel yourself drifting away and it's...
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How Boys Love
When I became a mom, I learned a new kind of love. An all consuming, can't breath kind of love. Being a mom is the most incredible and important job I've ever known.But I've also learned another kind...
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Our Unexpected Hospital Stay
The following is a post I wrote last week Thursday (the 11th) while in the hospital with Kyrie. I never shared it because we've been through a gauntlet of emotions and test results since then, and we...
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Where we are Now
I don't even know where to begin to explain our journey since our hospital stay last week. I can honestly say this is one of the most difficult journey's I've had as a parent. And that is saying a...
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And Now it's Sunday
All the days are kind of blending into one long day here. It feels like Kyrie just had his surgery yesterday, but it is definitely Sunday. Hooray Sunday. Every day has it's own challenges, but we...
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The Worst and Best of It
We are home. Thank you Lord, we are home. We got to come home Monday afternoon, after we took a quick stop at my OB for our 20 week ultrasound. We found out our fourth baby is a girl, and we got to...
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All the Goodness
Through this whole nightmare of surgeries and hospital stays, there has truly been so much good. My last post was all about our struggle with changing Kyrie's colostomy bag. I wish I could tell you...
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Ten Years
This day is never great. It always catches me off guard, even though I know it's coming. And this morning I realized that today marks ten years since my dad died. I don't really feel like it could...
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X-ray Day
Tomorrow is Kyrie's follow up X-ray. That means that he's had his colostomy for two months. In some ways it really flew by. Kyrie has been doing amazing with it. With each adhesive change he gets...
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Surgery Scheduled
Well, the x-ray went wonderfully. The results showed Kyrie's intestines are back to a regular size. And getting a barium enema when you've had a colostomy is one million times less traumatic. Since...
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Surgery Prep Day
Well, we made it to the hospital today. Which is a great feat after the night we had with Ezra. I think he just knew I'd be away from home for awhile. I couldn't get that child to sleep until...
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Off to the Operating Room
A big chunk of my heart is in the operating room right now. And I've got a good number of hours to sit and wait on that little man. It's funny how times like this show you how different people cope...
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Surgery Complete!
Surgery is done and according to Kyrie's surgeon, everything went really well. It took quite a long time. He got wheeled back around 10:20 and he wasn't done until some time between 3:30 and 4:00....
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Hurdles and Hurdles
I keep thinking to myself, after the NG tube, it will be easy. After the IV, if they ever get it, the rest will be easy. After the surgery, it will all be easy. And after every hurdle, there seems...
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A New Day
Today was such an amazing day in the world of recovery! It was seriously like a night and day difference from yesterday. So many milestones and so much joy for this mama!The day started off tricky....
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Monday Update
Well today was strangely an interesting day. Ups and downs are pretty much a guarantee when you're chilling in the hospital. And Kyrie is no exception. I ran home today to pick up Kingston from...
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2 Weeks Post Operation
It feels so good to be two weeks post op. We are home, and happy and slowly recuperating. I've written this post twice since we've been home and never been able to finish it. I read two drafts I...
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Settling in Before Baby
Things are going so great right now. Kyrie is doing fantastic. His potty training progress is sloooow... but it's in the right direction. With each week that passes, I can see the progress he's...
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And then SHE was born.
Well, my little lady is here! She's actually a month old already, but I'm just now coming up for air and have time to do a little writing.So, let me just warn you a minute. This is a birth story....
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