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My Top 11 of 2011.

My Top 11 of 2011.

December 30, 2011

So, the year is winding down.  Sweet Sarah over at naptimemomtog.com is part of a giveaway – link up with your top 11 pictures of 2011 and you have a chance to win!  It’s not a photography contest, so anyone can win regardless of their skill level. I’d like to believe that I’ve made some huge photographic strides in the… Read More

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Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas!

December 26, 2011

Christmas was noisy, and sweet, and full of smiles and more joy than I could have imagined. Our Christmas Tree! Ronan’s first view of the Christmas booty! Ronan and Ed playing with a Santa gift – Cars race track. Opening presents requires serious concentration. Serious concentration requires a tongue. Baby chub and sparkling eyes. This is a hug… I swear… Read More

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Trouble.

November 24, 2011

I’m a little bit all over – Twitter, instagram, Facebook… there’s a little bit of me everywhere. If you are a follower besides on my blog, you might be aware of the trouble in paradise. Paradise… that’s funny.  I feel like the going has been rough for ages now.  It seems like things get worse and worse until they can’t get… Read More

4 Comments Filed Under: Mommy Stuff Tagged With: Marriage, Thankfulness, Tired and Writing, Trouble

Ruby is 9 months old.

Ruby is 9 months old.

November 17, 2011

Yeah, another post that should have been written days ago.  Whatever!  Get off my back! You’ve never met a happier baby.  She smiles all the time… except at Granddad.  He makes her cry.  She crawls at lightening speeds, and gets into EVERYTHING.  She puts everything in her mouth, although lately she’s taken to licking it first to see if she… Read More

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Halloween.

Halloween.

November 16, 2011

No, YOU didn’t write a post about Halloween until 16 days after the actual event. *side eye* So, whatever.  We had costumes that were passed on from friends.  Ronan had the choice of elephant and Buzz Lightyear.  Ruby was going to be either a Ladybug or a unicorn. Fastforward to moment of dressing.  I had decided on Ladybug for Ruby,… Read More

3 Comments Filed Under: Ronan Stuff Tagged With: Costumes, Halloween, LadyBug, Ronan, Trick or Treat

Another Evaluation.

November 10, 2011

Ronan had a follow-up evaluation yesterday.  It has been 6 months since his first evaluation, and the county department wanted to find out if we’d been seeing progress with his speech therapy. Ronan gets therapy twice a week, which is relatively unheard of, and what they really wanted was to find a reason to bring him down to one session… Read More

5 Comments Filed Under: Ronan Stuff Tagged With: Apraxia, Development, Evaluation, Ronan, Speech, Therapy

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