tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28053346894826518792012-02-16T08:28:23.841-06:00A place for my thoughts, news and ramblings.personal_balancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04481792394089130604noreply@blogger.comBlogger1361100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2805334689482651879.post-64116218080542635772010-11-17T14:27:00.000-06:002010-11-17T14:27:13.030-06:00

As if life is not crazy enough for me/us right now...The beginning of October, Gemini (our 9 year old chocolate lab), had surgery to remove some "fatty deposits".  She had 6 tumors removed, the biggest one ended up being cancer.  The littles don't know yet because an unknown timeline is difficult for 5 and 2 year olds to understand, let alone Aden's propensity to worry too much.  They would not

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Hello Friends. I have some news that needs to be shared.  Many people already know in some form or another but i am finally feeling like sharing formally on my blog...though i am not sure who follows anymore. My friend, Ren Allen and I have experienced similar happenings in our lives and she “went public” in August. Her sentiments mirror mine so I asked if I could use some of her wording (shown

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Hello!Chester and I are writing you on behalf of Aden.Many of you know that Aden was 4 years old when diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes on Oct. 13, 2009. He will be insulin-dependent for the rest of his life…unless a cure is found. In his 8 months since, he has already endured over 1,200 blood sugar pricks and 800 insulin injections. Now that he’s on an insulin pump the injections have been reduced

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The experiment with electronics is over - for the most part. It brought the expected results and more. We are all getting to bed at more regular hours, allowing us to get better sleep. The littles are still waking to get in bed with us though. Emma usually wakes about 1 and Aden about 5 though sometimes they switch. We are planning to start taking turns getting them back to sleep in their

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The past few days have been a mostly pleasant blur of getting things done and doing family things.We have spent several days with a new "rest time" after lunch. Not a specific time because lunch is always flexible whenever the kids get hungry. So far Aden has slept every day and Emma has slept all but one. It has been a huge adjustment for us because mornings used to be our time of lazing around

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Yesterday was filled with activity. We went to the library with FYI which was mostly good -meeting new faces and friends, good people, good books, respectful computer sharing - all the great stuff that comes with FYI. There were some not so great moments for me (and others) though. Emma's massive tantrum due to lack of nap (towards the beginning of our time there) and the librarians controlled

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It seems i have much catching up to do...I haven't blogged since the 13th. I would love to recap the last couple of days but honestly, i don't remember things well enough to reiterate. I do know that the night before last and last night went well in getting the kids to sleep and they slept well. Valentine's night, Aden woke and got in bed with us but was not wiggly at all. In fact, i don't

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I am a bit nervous about posting this because we still have the night to go... I want to fill people in of today's happenings. First, i have an admission - i cheated a bit. I ended up texting Chet quite a bit today and snuck a few texts in to a good friend as well as a few peaks at FB. I never took my phone out of the kitchen though which is a huge deterrent for me because the longer i am in the

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By now everyone is used to me trying things in an effort to make our/my lives better..here i go again! Last night as a sat rocking Emma while Chet consoled Aden on the couch because he had awakened with a nightmare shortly after going to sleep and woke Emma in the process, who had also just gone to sleep (run-on sentence perhaps?)...a thought popped into my head. It was more of an intuition

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Been reading a book...don't go into shock.  I really do like to read but am not good at making time for it.  It is called "The Gabriel Method" and it is about the mental aspects of being fat and how what you think/believe controls the fact of someone being naturally thin or naturally fat.  There is so much more to it and i probably am not giving it justice but i have to say that it is an easy

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The term "Facecrap" was coined by my friend Phoebe today while we were on the phone.  Facebook is no longer worthy of the word book.  As she put it, "when you turn the page of a book you can be sure that when you turn the page back, the same words will still be there"...not so with FB.  Whomever the FB 'powers that be' are, have decided it is more important to mess around with the layout than to

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By watching what i ate on Friday, i shed that pound and a little more but Sat and Sun were not the best food or workout days.  I mean ice cream for breakfast and pizza for dinner on Sat. is not conducive to weight management!  Since the puppy left our house on Sat. night, Sunday was a lazy day for me - kinda.   I didnt work out at all during the weekend.  I ended up napping at about 4 then when

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Well, i didnt blog yesterday because i got a very late start.  I didnt work out and a certainly didnt eat right, therefore, I gained 1lb :(  I was all geared up to work out this morning but the puppy made sure i didnt get much sleep.  It's relly wearing on me so i couldnt get up this morning and am dragging major today.  I am focusing on eating better today so i hope that helps at least maintain

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The rest of the day yesterday went pretty well.  I didnt get to do the Shred yesterday so i am a day behind on that but i did stay on track as far as eating goes.  I did have a small amount of mac-n-cheese that i made for the kids but it was insignificant in comparison to the size of my salad and carrots.  For snack i had an apple which will be my standard snack.  Dinner was Chipotle Chicken Soup

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Well the rest of the day yesterday went pretty well food-wise.  I had my salad for lunch but we were out of apples so i resorted to snacking on homemade granola bars.  I felt guilty for doing so but i figure its better than eating the crackers that were calling my name.  I got apples with my co-op last night and getting more tonight so i should be set with apples for a while.  Chet made dinner

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I am one of the most committed people i know when using this definition: To pledge or obligate one's own self. I am really great at committing to doing things to better my life but my follow-through is fairly non-existent. Over the past year, i have committed to shedding these blasted 60lbs and for the first week or so will do great and have even rid myself of 10 of those for good...but then

personal_balancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04481792394089130604noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2805334689482651879.post-15473342210557280082010-01-15T14:33:00.002-06:002010-01-15T14:44:56.621-06:00

It has been quite a while since my last blog post. I even have it as my homepage so it pops up as a reminder EVERYDAY. It is so much easier to just post 1 or 2 lines on FB, i guess.In case ya'll do still check for posts here:I am in Fitness Bootcamp this month and loving it - even the waking at 5am (unless the kids dont sleep, then its harder). I love the me time i get to and from class as

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So this morning, Chet woke me saying, "it's 6:30" just after i dreamt that the 5 of us had just jumped on a train with only ourselves (as if we were homeless) and were kicked off by the other vagabonds already there.I acknowledged him and evidently went back to sleep because I had this horrific dream:I woke up on a bench seat, much like that of an older train but it was outside and i am not sure

personal_balancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04481792394089130604noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2805334689482651879.post-23437411315560193122009-11-12T18:53:00.002-06:002009-11-13T11:12:07.625-06:00

After Aden was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes, I started actively pursuing my new home-based business with Usborne’s incredible children's books. I have been extremely blessed in doing so. I am very excited to be a part of an established company with superb products. The Usborne Books and More opportunity has been one of the easiest and most rewarding things I have ever done! I love it so

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Today started poorly with *my* plans being thwarted by various things. Luckily Chet was home (had a dentist appt) and with his help i was able to get my walk in and us out the door on time. Aden had a Dr. appt at 11:10 with our regular pediatrician. I normally don't take well-kids to the doctor, especially in the height of swine/seasonal flu outbreak hype.So why were we going? Well, to rule

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Earlier today Aden said, "Something stinks!" I found myself saying, "It's Emma's diaper. I need to change her." This may be commonplace in many households and i remember it being so when the boys were tiny and on formula but for the last 13 months, there was no reason to say those words. Why? Well because as most of you know, Emma has been on donor breast milk since she was about 1 week old

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I guess i should say something...I am in process of writing an unpublished blog. One just for me to process thoughts and ideas that float in and out throughout the day. Ramblings others prolly dont want to see anyway...lol Emma's 1st bday is coming up and i am not quite ready for her to turn 1. Anyway, hope the summer is going well for whomever reads this. Enjoy!

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I havent posted here in a while so i figured i should post what we did today (already posted as a note on facebook):Today was my first ever physical protest. Why I chose this time to be physically present, I am not entirely sure. I guess I felt the need to show those supporting the proclamation (see below) that there are many of us that do NOT support the fear-based hatred written therein.

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1. Open the fourth picture folder on your computer2. Select the fourth picture in the folder3. Post the picture to your blog & explain the picture4. Tag 4 people to do the sameThis was kinda funny cuz, i havent a clue about this pic. It was taken on 12/25/2006 which was before i met Chet. The only thing i can figure is this was significant to him that day... I happen to love the windchimes

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I am not sure where Aden picked up the term 'play date' because i really don't use it very often but lately he has been mentioning wanting to do play dates. Ironically, some of my mom friends with kids his age and I have been talking about getting the kids together more. So today we had a planned play date with Aden's friend, Gilbert (as well as Emma's friend Gloria and my friend Phoebe). I

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Short post to say we have been pretty busy doing stuff since the weather has been so great. I promise to take some time to post pics and such as soon as i can. Real quick, as i type the boys are wrestling on the couch and Emma is watching them curiously. All are growing faster than i would like. Hope everyone 'out there' is doing well!

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I am posting this here so i can put a link on my FB with all the details. TBA is the exceptionally funny Improv group Seth is in that one of his friends (another homeschooled teen) created:Please note the sale for Friday, May 22 has been canceled, however we will still hold the sale on Saturday, May 23. Please come out and help us raise the money we need."To Be Announced..." Teen Comedy Improv

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I read about this meme on Patti Digh's blog and though it took me a few days to commit to it - i am going to participate and i encourage you to as well.~~~It’s a generosity meme in which you make stuff for five people. Check it out...The first five (cinq) (cinco) (5) people to respond to this post in the comments will get something made by me. This offer does have some restrictions and

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Aden gave me homework this morning. It consists of 5 smaller pages of notebook paper stacked together. He said excitedly and with a huge smile, "Mommy, here's your homework. I am giving you homework." as if homework is a gift...teeheehee. I asked what he wanted me to do with it and he said, "Its for writing songs in. Write any songs you love." Last night he came in the living room from watching

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Aden sure is being cute...well he always is but I am actually remembering to blog about it before the thing he says escapes my brain.Yesterday at the dentist, he was watching very closely when the hygienist was cleaning my teeth. He asked "what are those" and the hygienist said "those are mommy's fillings" he said "her feelings?" with a very concerned look on his face...teeheehee. I was

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...well since Melissa seems to think i dont update my blog (Melissa, check here and umm here)...She so very graciously tagged me for the "Me NOW" game. So luckily my hair is straightened and not as crazy as it usually would be! I had Aden take a pic first but i dont like the double chin it gives me to look down so i took another one right after. Of course to keep myself honest, i am posting both

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Aden was playing 'tag' with Gemini this morning (our chocolate lab) and he said "Gemini sure is bunctious this morning" teeheehee. What a cutie!

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Here it is DAY 27 and i have walked 13 of those days. What started my decline was saying "i will walk at medieval faire in stead of the treadmill. I *did* walk (how could i not?) and some of it was even fast paced like on the treadmill but most of it was wandering aimlessly...not really exercise. Then little things kept popping up that needed to be done or a sleepless nite or something of the

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I just learned about The 37 Day Challenge and will start tomorrow morning. I invite you to do this challenge and would love anyone who wants to check-in/support me to do so. I will probably blog a bit about it and i *know* i will facebook snip-its daily. Here is my contract for myself:37days challenge March 30 – May 5, 2009I, Christy Putnam, being of kinda sound mind and body, have willingly

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Aden found an empty toilet paper roll and went on a dinosaur hunt. Here is what he found:

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This is the pup we helped rescue, vet said its a dapple dachsund. Not a great pic but oh so cute curled up with his hero, Seth. Took him (the dog, not Seth) to the animal shelter today. Hope he finds a loving family - such a sweet dog!

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Some Aden quotes (and a couple of pics)."I better keep my balance or i will fall on you, Baby Emma" (said with no prompting or reminding from me): "Do you know, humans are like pigs...'snort'": "I am going to read the dictionary":"If you click on Aden.com, i will tell you how to help people like you should" (Said during the Sarah McLachlan ASPCA commercial)

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Went to the nephrologist today and boy am i ever grateful i did! A very nice man, Dr. B, who doesn't talk down to or assume ignorance in patients very matter-of-factly said i have Stage 3 Chronic Kidney Disease (if i remember correctly, there are 6 stages - the 6th meaning the person is on dialysis).I can't remember the whole 2 hour appointment but he explained a TON to me solely based on

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Aden came to me with his magna doodle and said "I want to sign your name. How do you spell Mommy?" I said, "M. Tell me when you are ready for the next letter." He got up from the floor and said in a very disappointed voice, "I wanted to do a M." I looked down and saw:I got very excited and really praised him for doing an "A" because he has never done it before. I immediately said "Let's take a

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These are the times i wish we had a video camera...Emma has started clapping (without sound) today. She claps pretty much 'on cue' when we sing "If you're happy and you know it clap your hands" even waiting a bit longer during the phrase "your face will surely show it." And this wasn't a one time deal - she has performed several times today. A funny thing is this is not one of the songs we sing

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I posted my last one too soon. I should have gone on to say that Dr. T. took me off one BP med (Procardia) so now i am only on one. I hope to wean down or even off of Hyzaar eventually. Another good point about my last visit to Dr. T. is that i have lost 12 pounds since Dec. 13th according to her scale.I have an appointment with a Nephrologist on Tuesday 2/17 to hopefully get answers about my

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I went a few weeks ago for the "advanced blood work" that Dr. A talks about in his South Beach Diet Heart Program book and made an appointment to review the results with my Dr. (Dr. T). I also discovered (thanks Curt) that Integris Baptist Hospital has an EBT Heart Scan machine and was doing a promo of $50 to get screened so i made an appointment to do that.Monday 2/2 was my heart scan and i have

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Last night Emma was chewing on Chet's finger and he felt something on her gum. He checked and there is a little tooth barely popping up! She's growing too fast, i tell ya! I tried to get a picture but with all the moisture in her mouth it was just too shiney and you wouldn't have been able to tell slober from tooth...lol

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Yesterday afternoon we left for Tulsa, OK for dual purposes. The main purpose was that Aden and Chet were attending the Dinosaur Live: Walking with Dinosaurs show at the BOK center. The other was i was going to my sister's to go through some things from my dad's storage (not quite as exciting). So we arrived in Tulsa, met my sister and her family for dinner at Chili's then I took Chet and Aden to

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Today was the first accumulation of snowfall for OKC. It started as sleet disguised as snow (at least Aden thought it was snow) then later in afternoon became actual snow. I L-O-V-E the first snowfall. Always have but after living in CO for awhile, it has even more excitement to it for me. The kids being excited too is just icing on the cake! Having an infant makes my excitement/play more subdued

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Emma started solids. I tried organic rice cereal and she gagged on it no matter what consistency so i thought maybe some veggies would be a bit smoother. My friend, Melissa, and i were browsing through BabiesRUs Sat. night and came across veggie and fruit starter kits by Earths Best Organics so i bought both (cheaper to do that and get individual jars). Opened them the other day and started with

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Well Seth tired of his red and black hair and just went black this time. He reminds me of a young me but he would hate me saying that...lol. We had a pretty good convo yesterday in which i found out that he doesn't just sit in front of the computer roll playing and chatting (i knew that but its how it feels sometimes). He has an interest in psychology (i knew that) and he has been reading college

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So, today was my follow-up with my regular doctor (Dr. T). My appt was at 10:30 and finally about 11am i get called back then about 11:15 Dr. T. comes in. She hadn't even reviewed the results faxed to her from the vascular surgeon (Dr. M). She did so in front of me and turns out results of the arteries of both kidney's is 10% stenosis (narrow). I ask, "Are they narrow due to plaque or because

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Aden had his 4th birthday party today. There were 12 kids here but at times it sounded like 20 or so. From all the squeals and laughter, i think everyone had a good time. Aden really enjoyed every minute of it and was sad when everyone went home. Chet took lots of pictures but i will only post a few here. I cant believe my baby boy is 4!Happy Birthday To You....Licking Icing off the cake

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My dear friend Phoebe is a whiz with the knitting needles and luckily likes to knit little hats. I tried knitting and just dont have a knack for it...or its just not priority...so i asked her to make hats for Emma with the yarn i started with. Here is the one she got today. Oh its just so cute!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thanks Fee!

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So yesterday was my arteriogram. One of my friends (thanks Felicia) watched Aden and Emma and Chet took me. I called my practitioner on the way so she could pray for/with me to help with my nerves. I am so grateful for all the peace-filled prayers that have been said for me over the last several weeks. They have helped me get through this without having to take much of my anxiety med. Anyway

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Seth just became a member of ‘quizilla’ which has several different uses, one of which is a space to write stories. He shared his first one with me and I asked if I could share it here. He has been tinkering with writing for years (had one book almost complete then lost it somehow) and I must say he is pretty darn good. Anyway, here is his most recent literature: http://www.quizilla.com/

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Aden has been carrying around this box that his Deigo Dinosaur Rescue Mountain came in making sure we know that he wants all the accessories shown on the box. This afternoon he crawled in and it amazed me that he fit, even with it closed! It has a handle on top and Chet can even lift him up and carry him around in the box, so funny! We had to get proof:

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Christmas day, amongst the wrapping paper, Emma displayed some great torso strength and i just had to get pics. Yesterday she sat up quite a bit with minimal steadiness from me..."she still has a round bottom" (as my mom used to say) so she still wobbles a bit sometimes.

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On Sat. Dec. 13th around 1:00 in the afternoon I was overtaken with a severe headache that was indescribable other than to say it felt like someone was squeezing my brain then letting go - a slow pulsating feeling and it was the worst headache i have ever had. I suffered with it for a few hours, not being able to lay down or sit or stand. I finally let Chet call the nurse line and they said i

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As of this morning we are no longer breastfeeding. I am soooooooo sad. Everything was going well for us, Emma clearly enjoyed nursing. Then Sat. I got this horrible headache and Chet had to feed her several times during the weekend because i couldn't. I ended up in the ER due to high blood pressure and then had to follow up with my doctor on Monday. She sent me to get a CT which required

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We had FYI friends over on Monday for a Holiday Party. We made gingerbread houses out of graham crackers. Everyone brought crackers and candy to decorate and i made royal icing and colored icing. Aden got to make one with the help of Heather (thanks!) since i was busy with Emma. Everyone had a good time and there were some great creations. I wish i had got a pic of all of it going on and

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I have video of him singing this but i cant get it from my phone to the computer yet. I just *had* to post the words to what Aden calls "Jingle Bells Shells"Jingle bells, Jingle bellsJingles all the wayIt's almost fun to ride and shareWith everyone in the waaaaaayrepeat over and over and over...and over

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Emma will now fall asleep with Chet...as long as he walks with her for so long his arm falls asleep...

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Aden built this and said "Look at the cake I made." We had watched Ace of Cakes the night before...teeheehee

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Since i have a minute i figure i will follow suit with most everyone's blogs today and list what i am thankful for. I might try keeping up with a daily or weekly gratitude list too either by blogging or just writing it down - it does so help me to see those things that are great about my life.I am thankful for my kids, of course. Today was spent at United Life Spiritual Center at "Friends-Giving"

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Here are Halloween pics with commentary:We went to get a pumpkin and here is Angelic Aden having a great time amongst the 'patch' - he loved this pumpkin:and these decorative corn - he tried to eat some:We bought some popcorn cobbs and burned the first 2 - third time is a charm. Pretty cool to pop it in the cobb and it was even fairly tasty: Aden's jackolantern. He told me how he wanted it to

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This pic was taken by Seth and is quite a good one of his hair *and* handsome face:

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Here is Emma at 2 months with her build-a-bear Funkin (caught a smile even!):

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My story starts almost 14 years ago but I will try to keep things brief :}I was a 22 year old single mom when my now 14 year old was born. He was born at a freestanding birth center with no interventions or hoopla…great pregnancy, great birth. At his 3 week well-child appointment the midwives said he was not yet back up to birth weight and suggested I see a lactation consultant. The one they

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In process of wanting to get a pic of how cute she is in this outfit, Aden wanted in the pictures and i am soooo glad he did. I was able to capture the love they both have for each other. Aden adores Emma to the point of annoyance...lol Emma loves him talking and singing to her and looks for him when she hears his voice nearby. I wish there were a way to get both faces without posing them...

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Emma used to fit in this cute onesie gifted by Izzy: Now she fits in this cute onesie gifted by Kameron:

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This pic is from 9/17/08, same date as last pic with Funkin. Emma is not really much bigger than last pic, just more stretched out: Emma being 6 weeks brings up memories/thoughts of when the boys were this age. I was already back at work and Seth slept in a drawer at the salon while i worked. By this time he had already been pretty much everywhere since he was a summer baby and i bounced back

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...he won't let me. LOL!Seth went to Not Back To School Camp for a week (Aug 28-Sept 4) and had to get his hair recolored first. I don't have pics right now but hoping to get some soon. Anyway, his hair looked very cool and he had a great time. He has plans for going to 2 sessions next year and is in process of getting a resume together to get a job to be able to save money for the trip. He

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I feel like this is becoming all the Emma channel "All Emma, All the Time" (teeheehee some of you will know that from Elmo's World on Sesame Street).I have managed to take pics of some of Aden's activities throughout the last few weeks. Mostly he is in Emma's face saying "Isn't her cute?" and other terms of endearment. But there have been other things going on:On 8/21 Chet and Aden built a house

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Not sure who reads my blog vs. who gets email updates regarding Emma but i wanted to shout from the rooftops. Emma fell asleep while nursing!!!!!!!!!!!!! I had the SNS all ready to go but she fell asleep before switching to the side w/ the SNS. She slept for about an hour with me carrying her around doing things even!I am going to relish this feeling and focus on it as something else we have

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The amazing friend of mine that donates milk for Emma also made this very cute hat. My friend Brandy gave Emma this onesie. You can't really tell from the pics but there is a cat stitched on the chest that is the sme colors as the hat. Made a very cute ensamble and i just had to take pics:

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Emma's birth story has to start the night before to be sure to include a humorous bit of info. A bit of background: Seth was born at a freestanding birth center 14 years ago, Aden born at home with midwives 3.5 years ago and Emma was a planned unassisted pregnancy and birth. Trust Birth!8/12/08A nice evening for the electricity to go out...and the A/C to not turn back on! We didn't really notice

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Today is actually 8/8/08 and it is now 11:28am. I just had this great idea to create a draft to post when she is actually here...just have to fill in the blanks and post! How genius is that??? So here we go:Emma Dawn PutnamBorn: 8/13/08 10:27 amWeight: 7lbs9oz (correction: scale read 7.9lbs which converts to 7lbs 14.4oz)Length: 20 1/2 inchesMom and baby are doing wonderfully! Will post pics and

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This is a song that has been stuck in our heads for the last several days. A friend of mine from ULSC mentioned going peach picking and i asked her to get us some so she did (THANKS NINA!). She got 1/2 a bushel which is equal to about 20 pounds. What does a family of 4 do with 20lbs of peaches?Well some we have been eating - they are like candy! So yummy you can't have just one (oh wait that is

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Chet and Aden were outside prepping to mow the yard (what else to do when waiting for baby sister to show signs of being born?) and found this:We told him it was a cicada shell and i started trying to describe the process but failed miserably. So i said, "Hey, let's look it up!" We did a quick search and found this neat page with just enough info to satisfy what he wanted to know and boy did i

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Everyone knows what Build-A-Bear is...well everyone except Aden and those like him who may be too young or just not been introduced yet. Today Chet took off work a bit early so we could take the boys to the mall and make Emma a Build-A-Bear. This is something i have wanted to do since conception but have procrastinated for various reasons. Chet, Seth and I had made a Monkey for Aden when he was

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My amazing spiritual family at United Life Spiritual Center threw me a baby shower yesterday. I am so filled with gratitude for the time and effort that went into it all. The social hall was simply and tastefully decorated and it was a relaxed and welcoming environment. We played a few non-me-focused shower games. I don't like being in the lime-light so i am very glad they took that into

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I bought a baby name book a while back and started immediately trying to find a first name that would go with a middle name of Dawn/Don. I literally read every name in the 100,000+ names book and only came up with a few that i liked the sound of the name and that fit into our limited (by me mostly) criteria. This criteria was: No A, S, C, D or P as first letter.Since the middle name is 1 syllable

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Our first FYI event at our new house was great! We hosted a tie-dye party in our backyard and everyone got ot dye their newly purchased FYI shirts. The Putnam family bought 7 shirts (with logo screen printed) plus 5 onsies (to iron-on logo). The onsies are mainly to loan to new FYI babies since it seems we will never have a shortage of them...LOVE IT! Anyway, i did 2 blue and 2 pink and 1

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Well i *think* i finally have the CD figured out. Well at least Chet showed me how to access it the right way. Here are a few pics. We got the 4D ultrasound and were amazed at how clear the pics came out. Pretty crowded in there so only got sections. Lucky she was breech or we wouldn't have got good pics of her darling lil face. Someone compared the orange-y colored ones with an oil painting...

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I know some of you are prolly sick of me saying that but it is funny to me so pbhbt! Seriously though, we did have an ultrasound to find out positioning. While there, I caved and decided to find out what gender this lil package is. Chet was ecstatic to find out - its a girl. I really was set on the fact that it really doesn't matter and either way would be great so the only difference it

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Seth just came in my room and said, "This is why i like books, if i am hungry and want to get something to eat i can just take the book with me and it's like a portable movie."So, books are like portable movies...pretty neat analogy if you ask me!

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It really hasn't hit me yet but we closed on the house today! We will soon be in our own place, free to do and be who we are w/o restrictions (well other than legal ones...lol).It feels good to have had the carpets steam-cleaned this afternoon! The previous owner came to show us how to use certain things in the house - what a sweet lady, we are so blessed to have found this home. It's hard to

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So my dear friend Phoebe came to my rescue and agreed to let Aden come over to play while we closed on our new house. This is amazing to me because i realized late last night that i had forgot that detail and sent her an email asking if he could come over. She said "Sure, see you tomorrow." HUGE sigh of relief for me!This morning i dropped him off and he literally disappeared up their stairs..

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Aden is obsessed with dinosaurs. I don't know if i have mentioned it in previous posts but the boy even talks about them in his sleep! He knows names and diet of more dinosaurs than i ever even knew existed until he was interested in them. Thanks to one of my friends, Kameron, we now have a book that even has the pronunciation with all the other info - a great field guide as far as i am concerned

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Wellllll, we don't close until Monday, June 30th at 10:30am. This means our moving party will have to wait until the July 4th weekend...what timing huh?I have carpet cleaning set for 2pm on Monday, flea prevention set for 10:30am on Tuesday and will probably clean Tuesday night (can't vacuum for 3 days after the flea prevention treatment so that will wait until Friday morning). So the main

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Mortgage company called about 5:15pm today to let me know that the VA Appraiser didn't upload the appraisal today but that the Closer said that if he does it by Monday we will still close on Wednesday, June 25th. We should know for sure by noon on Monday. Technically the man has 5 days to get the form uploaded. I am not sure if that means 5 regular business days or just 5 days. Everything else

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This morning i was doing some organizing of our desk and getting laundry started while Aden played with his Legos. He usually requests help and/or gets frustrated because they don't go together just the way he thinks they should. Today, i barely even knew he was playing with them. During a 'switch laundry' time he followed me in the laundry room with this: Saying "Look at my castle!" So either

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I would like to take credit for teaching Aden everything he knows but I simply can't. He has learned more through the seemingly mindless act of watching television than i really care to admit due to my own issues with TV. He of course has learned a ton from us reading to him and of course just general interaction with family and friends to which a lot of credit goes to our unschool group,

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I meant to post this right after he did this because it was so darn cute but alas, we got busy. So Here it is...give Aden a paper plate and he will figure out something to make. This time it was what he called a "Cow Caller Instrument." Here he is demonstrating how it works: Cutest part was that it really worked and really sounded like a cow (though thankfully much more quiet). I cant really let

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Seth's girlfriend painted his nails black about a week ago and they looked pretty cool (would look better if he wouldn't bite his nails) but I guess it started to come off and look really bad so this morning he asked "Mom, do we have any nail polish remover?" It was kind of comical because it was so matter of fact - as if all 13 year old boys need remover.When he came home the day she painted

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Aden recently started telling us "You have to say the magic word." Of course the first time he said that i assumed he meant "please" and wondered where he had heard that phrase. But thankfully, instead of just saying "please," i asked him what the magic word is. He said "Abracayogabbagaba." I asked him to repeat it to see if it would stay the same and it did and for several days that was the

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Most every one i know is aware that we have been looking at buying a home. We made an offer about 8 days ago and the offer was accepted within 3 hours. The house is simply perfect for us. It is (until we take possession) a 1 owner home that has been well maintained and is very much loved by the family that lived in it for over 30 years. We had inspections this morning and there are NO termites

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The other night Aden started stacking a small amount of books on a table. I asked him what he was doing and he said "This is my garage sale for books." He then proceeded to sell me 2 books for (an imaginary) $4 each - being quite the sales person. He said "What can I do for you today?" And "Books for sale!!!" He was really working it, how could i resist buying a couple? I also asked if i could

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I have already written about the Spring Clean at ULSC recently but after that came some organizing that needed to be done. If you know me, you know that i LOVE to organize. Love is not quite strong enough a word but it will have to do. It's like i am in some other world when i am putting things in their place - something about everything having a place just makes me feel better about the world

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Aden has taken a fascination to fixing Daddy's hair since he found my box of clippies. Tonight he happened across one on our desk and since Daddy was sitting on the bed, he was a prime target for some 'hair fixin.' the pics pretty much speak for themselves...teeheehee:

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