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I took the afternoon off today.
Things have been crazy at the office the past few weeks. I stayed late last week helping with the move from one building to another (and yep, we’re still unpacking the boxes) and had a few extra hours, so I took them off this afternoon.
Since we’ve got a lot of [...]

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Ni-night.

Our little girl – all grown up (sob).
Jessie put herself to bed tonight.
All by herself.
Usually each of the adults takes a kid and reads a few books to her, gives the kid a sippy cup of water (they don’t usually drink the whole cup, just a few sips), and the kidlette sits on our laps [...]

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Blah, Blah, Blah, Blog

It’s gorgeous outside today.  I should be out there cleaning the rust off the Schwinn. The salt this winter (and my neglect) were not kind to the steel.  It looks pretty decent except for the totally rusty wheels and the very rusty chain. 
I could be baking cookies so that I’ve got something to snack on [...]

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Tidbits of Life

It’s been a fun week.  The kids seem to be healthier…somewhat…it can be hard to tell when they can’t talk.  Mom and Dad are getting over the tail end of whatever bug went around.  Sam took the opportunity of being sick to forget how to sleep through the night.  We hope we’ve got her back [...]

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Will we ever get to sleep well again?

Sam, the last couple of nights, has not slept well.  Therefore, the last couple of nights Matt and I have not slept well, either.  We’ve been letting ehr cry herself back to sleep – I’m not sure who suffers more from that, her or us.
She’s developed quite a little temper. Probably gets that from her [...]

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The Slapper Strikes Again

The kids are really getting older.  They insist on walking everywhere now, rather than being carried around (whew, it’s wonderful for my back!).  So, we get them up in the morning and rather than carrying them to the changing tables to get dressed, they want to walk.
The problem with that is that Sam is very [...]

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Just one thing after another…

Jessie was released from the hospital on Monday evening.  Tuesday she had a doctor’s appointment as a follow up to her release.  The doc looking her over found she also had an ear infection. 
We took Sam along shotgun on the ped appointment (after calling them first) because she was looking really bad.  She’d been really [...]

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Presidents’ Day

Last night was one of the worst we’ve had.
Sam woke up right around the time Matt was heading to bed – 9pm.  We tend to let her cry it out and go back to sleep herself, unless it’s obvious that she’s dropped her pacifier and running into the room with a new one for her [...]

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I’m not asking for much, really!

Just when you start getting used to sleeping all night, the kids decide they’ve had enough of that nonsense and start waking up.
Last week Jessie was up every half hour to an hour one night.  She was fine after that, but Sam’s been waking up a lot at night. A couple of nights she’s been [...]

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Thought Friday would never get here…

It’s been a long week.  It started out as a long week. Usually “long weeks” don’t get that way until at least Tuesday. Nope, this one started out crappy first thing Monday morning.
One of my co-workers got to work early Monday morning and walked over to my cubicle (I was the only one at work [...]

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Nighty-Night

Usually we come straight home from daycare, feed the kids supper, play with them for a while, give them baths (on bath nights) and then put them to bed.
Last night we went to Meijers on our way home (ok, it was a few miles out of the way, but there’s nothing commercial between daycare and [...]

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Another Week Gone

The kids have been a little sick all week, so they’ve been getting to bed a bit earlier than usual.  You know when a 16 month old kid starts bawling and walks over and points to her jammies that it’s probably time to put her to bed.  Since they haven’t necessarily been sleeping all night, [...]

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How to make your parents feel guilty

Sam’s been waking up every night for the last several (I can’t frankly even remember how many nights in a row she’s done this, could be a week) nights at around 11pm, more or less.  She wakes up crying  just a little and eventually starts wailing.  Matt darts into the nursery (as much as one [...]

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Happy New Year!

I thought I might get that in there a little early. Who knows if I’ll get a chance to blog tomorrow night, and the kids don’t have daycare on Thursday, so I probably (definately) won’t be blogging then.  But I did want to wish both regular readers a very happy new year.
I haven’t been posting [...]

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A Few Random Questions

1.  If sleep deprivation is torture, and if the Geneva Convention prohibits torture, why are we still allowed to have babies?
2.  How many teeth constitute a full set in young ‘uns?
3.  Approximately how long does it take wee ones to acquire a full set of teeth? (We’ll need to add approximately 6 extra months to [...]

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