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Colleen | October 19, 2009

I’d like to welcome Kari and Dave’s newest bundle of joy, Ayla Kathleen:

Little Ayla (only a mere 7lbs, 1oz, and 19-1/2 inches) came into the world yesterday evening, just as all of the rest of us were finishing dinner. Congrats to both Kari (who did all the hard work), Dave (who took all our [...]

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Tags: babies!

Colleen | July 19, 2009

I’m not sure where to start on last weekend, but I think I will leave the bulk of the weekend to another post and focus on the main highlight of the weekend: Cooper’s Second birthday.

Yep, last Sunday, my little Bubba turned two and we celebrated with a Blue’s Clues theme birthday party. Come [...]

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Tags: Cooper, milestones, pictures

Colleen | July 8, 2009

This morning it took me 8 minutes of Wrestling a Whiney, Tantruming Toddler in order to brush his Teeth.
Eight minutes!
(I almost called him a Two year old, but uh, at the rate he’s going, he may not make it till Sunday.)
I lost my Temper about 8 times this morning, too, due to said Toddler and [...]

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Tags: I have a confession, Kids, ramblings of a sleep-deprived woman, sick of it all

Colleen | June 17, 2009

Due to having all of our family out of town, most of our Christmas and birthday gifts are mailed. So Gavin got a gift from Justin’s sister, Jen, and her family early in the week, so he opened it on the morning of his birthday along with a few small gifts from us (since [...]

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Tags: Cooper, Gavin, milestones, pictures

Colleen | June 10, 2009

Saturday was Gavin’s birthday party, and despite our earlier discussions regarding birthday themes we went with a pirate theme, which was easier, and I think, a lot more fun than Batman or Wolverine. I mean, do either of those guys run around saying stuff like “arrgghhh!! where’s me booty?”
Okay. Gavin wouldn’t say it [...]

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Tags: Gavin, milestones