I messed my back up last week laying tile. I destroyed that same back by playing guitar for two services Sunday. My back took it out on me all day Monday reducing my six foot two frame to a blob of useless flesh laid out on a mattress in the master bedroom. Back pain is…
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Smile
Emily has been sleeping so much better, and as a result, so have I. I think the colic is becoming a thing of the past. She really is a very sweet baby when she isn’t writhing in pain. I took these pictures after she had her bottle and she was sitting cooing and smiling at…
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Church
“Hi beautiful!” “I love it when you call me that Da Da.” “Are you ready to go for a ride?” “I love rides Da Da – where are we going?” “To church” It went something like that. 🙂 We visited Saint Luke’s Episcopal Church in Smithfield yesterday afternoon on a glorious fall day in Southern…
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Makes everything better.
Read moreAlmost 2 months
On Sunday, Emily will be 2 months old. Technically, today she is 8 weeks old. I can’t believe it has gone by so fast! She is beginning to come out of the colic and has been sleeping a lot longer at night, which is great. I feel so much better with 6 hours of sleep…
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Looks like we have made it through the colic of 08. Thank.God. Emily has been sleeping the night from about midnight to seven for the last three nights. Thank.God. She still has a fussy time in the afternoons, which can usually be cured by a bottle or car ride, but overall things are on the…
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“Little old me”
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Naughty
My mom called me this morning to tell me her friend tried to look at my blog to see pictures of our baby but couldn’t because this post (now renamed and removed) was labeled as naughty. Sure enough, when I checked from work I couldn’t even get into my own post about the dangers of…
Read moreTired, but not sleeping
Baby Emily has been fussy. Yes, we call it colic, but after experiencing this with our first, it is a little easier to handle. She pretty much fusses from 10 a.m. until 10 p.m. Getting little cat-naps in between the time she isn’t crying. She sleeps in her swing, and yes, I know all the…
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