Archive for November, 2009

26 weeks and baby tidbits

No pics of the big ‘ol belly today!  I have been dealing with the Most Wicked Cold of 2009 Brought to Thee By Satan, and I don’t feel like taking any pictures right now.  (I am in a great mood, can’t ya tell? My snark-o-meter is off the charts today.)
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I got the swine flu vaccine [...]

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Almost 25 weeks

Thank you, everyone, for your sweet and kind comments about Vernon. We miss him.
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On a brighter note (or maybe just a chubbier one!) here’s me in all my glory at nearly 25 weeks pregnant.  From here on out, it’s gonna get scary, kids.  Don’t say I didn’t warn you.

24.5 weeks and counting!

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A damn good dog

Last summer, I made a post on this blog that received quite a large response.  I wrote about the homecoming of our dog Vernon, a guide dog for the blind, who I raised and trained for the first two years of his life.  After training with me, Vernon had left our family and spent the next [...]

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Operation: Potty Training!

Aiden has shown lots of signs that he is really ready for some full-on, lets-get-serious-about-this POTTY TRAINING.  Honestly, he has shown signs of this for quite a long time.  I think I first blogged about his potty successes back in January of this year, when he was only 1.5 years old and would sit on [...]

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Belly pics!

Since I am finally moving out of the “she’s just chubby” into the “Oh, she’s looking pregnant!” stage, I figured I should post some belly shots.  I’ll be 24 weeks on Wednesday, and I need to take some new pics.  Here are the two most recent:

20 weeks (half baked!):

And at 22.5 weeks:

Maternity pants are in [...]

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This boy

Seriously, this boy.  He’s awesome.  He makes me laugh every day.  Today’s example?  We had Aiden’s weekly art class scheduled this morning, and I needed to get us both dressed and ready to get out the door.  He was occupied with his toys in the playroom on our first floor, so I ran upstairs to [...]

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