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Mommy Blogs

Gimme a Shovel

March 4, 2010

Yesterday, Rhys & I set off for IV’s National Black Staff conference in Atlanta.  I nursed Rhys on lift off to help decrease the effects of cabin pressure on popping little ears.  I think as a thank you, Rhys spent the rest of both flights doing this…

Like usual, it’s been a great time of catching [...]

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The Dark Side of Breast-Feeding

February 7, 2010

Oh, man I have been out of it since 3, 4am last Thursday night.  I woke up freezing my tush off to what I thought was a broken heater, but what ended up being a bad case of Mastitis (a breastfeeding infection) accompanied by a 103 fever, chills, aches, shakes, headache & engorgement.
I had been very [...]

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Rhys-ently

February 3, 2010

Nothing worth having comes easily now does it?
The latest saga of weaning Rhys continues with much progress, but unfortunately a lot less sleep.
Three weeks ago, he was co-sleeping, eating 8-10 times a night & needing a pacifier every 10-20 minutes all night to fall back asleep.
Two weeks ago, we managed to cut him back to [...]

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The Delicate Balance

January 12, 2010

As I mentioned last week, I have now begun my 20 hrs. a week at home/20 hrs. a week working in my transition to part-time InterVarsity Staff.
So far, so good with all the myriad of snafu’s you can imagine.
Last week, when I had an all day meeting in Grand Rapids I remembered to bring the [...]

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Christmas Miracles

December 20, 2009

Christmas Miracle #1:
We got a tree up!  “What type of miracle is that?!” you say.  I’ll tell ya.  Dave & I have been married for 9 Christmases now & this only our 3rd time putting a tree up.  There is something about the busyness of December & the details of the task that make [...]

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