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Monday, October 13th 2008

Glad I used fans a noise buffer for both my babies.

Fans Decrease SIDS Risk by 72%
MyHealthGuide Source: Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, Vol. 162 No. 10, 10/2008, Abstract

Using an electric fan may be an effective action to reduce the risk of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) risk according to a study published in the Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine.
The study surveyed mothers of 185 babies with a confirmed SIDS diagnosis and 312 randomly se...

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Saturday, October 11th 2008

Thanks to Staci, I've finally figured out how to resize my pictures!

Wednesday, October 8th 2008

My sister in law, her husband, and their two kids from Arizona just left yesterday after a week long visit here. It was fun to have them here, although after the first night we had to ask them to go to a hotel because Ellen was just going to have NONE of sleeping in an unfamiliar room. And no sleep for Ellen means no sleep for Mommy or Daddy, which makes for grumpy hosts.

Its so interesting to see how differently and similarly siblings raise their children. Since I have no nieces or nephews...

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Tuesday, September 30th 2008

All in all, I had such a good time Will this weekend – in fact, it was so great, that I’m in tears this morning at my desk because I miss him so much.

I don’t understand why its so hard to be aware from them now? Why not just after they were born? I don’t usually think this way, but there is a sacrifice I’m making in being the one to financially support my family. It just hasn’t been so hard until the last month or so.

Friday, September 26th 2008

I’m so excited. I’m taking Will (just the two of us) to Wisconsin Dells tomorrow to meet up with a very dear girlfriend of mine from college and her two boys.

After airline travel (and travel with Steve and Ellen), this feels very low key. Its in a car, on our own schedule, and with a semi-reasonable and semi-independent human being. Piece-o-cake. And – Will will enjoy the water park so very much.

I’m thinking about having a birthday party for Will’s 3rd birthday. We didn’t have ...

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