A Relaxing Outing

Today my mom and siblings came over to watch Will so I could go on a relaxing outing. It was great. I got to put on some sunglasses, recline in a comfortable chair for an hour or so, was waited on hand and foot, and even got a free bag of goodies at the end.
Yes, [...]

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Any Ideas?

Do any of you experienced mommies have any tips for this newbie on how to get stains out of baby clothes? Especially the icky, yellow variety of stain? I tried the Dreft stain spray, but no-workie. Now I’m stumped. Do I just use ordinary Clorox?

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Nothing’s Wrong with Randomness, Right?

OK, with life being as busy at it is these days, I’m digging this whole “random thoughts” thing for my blog. So here are some more…
•Will had a bit of a rough weekend, tummy-wise. We took our first “sick” trip to the pediatrician today, and she gave us some kiddie antacid (who knew that existed?!) [...]

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Random Thoughts in Random Order…

• I love my baby boy.
• God’s grace and power to change people/situations is amazing!
• I love the fall.
• 3 weeks ago, half of my tooth fell out. Yesterday I spent a lovely morning at the dentist’s office, having a crown put in. It’s so uncomfortable sitting there in the dentist’s chair for 2 hours [...]

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Tummy Time

Today I decided that I should give Will a few minutes of “tummy time” so he could practice lifting his little head up, avoid the ever-dreaded “baby-flat-head” and the like. So I laid him, tummy down, on his extra plush Pooh blanket, and…this was thimmediate result:

He fell right to sleep. So much for tummy time. [...]

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A Poem for Busy Mommies

“Oh cooking and scrubbing will wait til tomorrow
But children grow up, as I’ve learned to my sorrow
So quiet down cobwebs, dust go to sleep;
I’m rocking my baby — babies don’t keep.”
-Author Unknown
When I was growing up, my mom had this poem sitting in a frame on a dresser in her room. It always caught my [...]

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A Baby Story, Part II

Once we had managed to get past the two old gentlemen in the hallway, we were rushed to the PETU unit. (PETU stands for “Perinatal Evaluation somethin’-somethin’ Unit” — I can’t remember what the “T” stands for). It’s basically unit full of little curtained off rooms where pregnant women are evaluated to determine if they [...]

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