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We had the boy's cardiology appointments this morning. We were there from 8:45 - 12:00 and the consensus is that they are both healthy and normal. We started with blood pressure checks on arms and legs, pulse ox on their fingers, height and weight measurements, heart
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I've been told, since I was a child, that I am a bit oblivious. Sometimes that can be a good trait to have. Sure, I might not know what is going on, but I also don't hold many grudges, because I probably just didn't
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I was thinking the other day how overwhelmed I've been lately and I suddenly realized that I may be just a little overworked. Here's what it would look like if I tried to hire someone to be me. Needed:Someone of diverse talents and interests to
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In November, Seth turned one! Shortly after his birthday he decided that walking was something he wanted to do and within a few weeks he worked on it until he now walks all over the place. Every day he seems to get less wobbly and more steady. He is now
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I awoke from a dream-filled sleep this morning to the loud sounds of John's coffee grinder accompanied by the cries of Will. I headed up the stairs as Will headed down, obviously scared by the loud sound he had produced by pushing buttons he shouldn't have
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I'm sorry I never updated here on the issues with the boys. Little Rock never called us to reschedule the boys' echos. I tried once to call them and had to leave a message. We got no reply. This is frustrating, but because we were concerned in
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Will is learning to pray. Here is what his night-time prayer is: Mom: "Dear Jesus" Will: "De Jus" "Thank you for Dad" "Dad" "Thank you for Mom" "Mom" "Thank you for Elise" "Eese" "
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I know a lot of you were praying for us today assuming we were seeing the cardiologist. Unfortunately the appointments didn't happen. I had been worried about them yesterday because Elise had a stomach bug and was throwing up. I was afraid the boys would wake up with
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I know I have heard and probably said many times that kids help to teach you patience. Right now that is clearly evident in the broken record stage that Will is in. Since he doesn't really have that many words that he will say, he will sometimes repeat
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A couple weeks ago, my family all got together at my parent's place to do some house-cleaning. It wasn't this nice new house we were cleaning though. It was this one: For those of you who don't know, my parents built a brand new
Emma's Story
I am sitting here surrounded by my children (all but one) and trying to think how to mark this day -- what would have been Emma's 4th birthday. I've realized lately that a lot of the anxiety I was dealing with (and that thankfully is leaving
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Today has had a lot of highs and lows. Last night I was pretty low. For some reason I went into full-blown anxiety again. It happened after watching a pretty tense and somewhat gory show with John. I decided I better not watch stuff like that. But I think there