Bouncing Buckeye Baby

“A baby will make love stronger, days shorter, nights longer, bankroll smaller, home happier, clothes shabbier, the past forgotten, and the future worth living for”

Tuesday, December 2, 2014

Christmas 2014 - Days 1 and 2

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In an effort to recapture my blogging mojo and also to keep track of memories. I'm going to try blogging every day (or close to it) to t...
Saturday, August 30, 2014

A moment to remember

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I've wanted to blog about all the changes in our lives lately--my weight loss (37ish pounds from late February to today so far!), Baby G...
Tuesday, May 27, 2014

Heard from the backseat

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A little two year old voice: "Hey met you, hey crazy, number, call maybe, bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad" (See "Call Me ...
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Tuesday, April 15, 2014

I can sleep when he's older

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Over the last few days and weeks, Baby Boy has been making some major steps in growing up. It's happening quickly and has completely cau...
Friday, March 14, 2014

The beginning of the end

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I'm not even sure if it's the beginning of the end.  More like the middle. I've removed my pumping times from my work calendar...
Wednesday, February 5, 2014

I blinked

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Apparently I blinked and missed the day when my baby suddenly became a big boy. What the heck happened? It's left me feeling a little di...
Saturday, January 11, 2014

Who is this person?

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I've always wanted to be a runner. If you know me, you know that that isn't me, though. In college I did some athletic activities, b...
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Friday, January 10, 2014

I'd expected this day, but not necessarily so soon

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To say things at work have been stressful would be an understatement. In fact, things are downright ugly. I come home every night wound-up, ...
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Thursday, January 9, 2014

It's a New Year

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I fully recognize that everyone and their brother is making New Year's resolutions and trying to make big changes with the arrival of 20...
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Thursday, November 21, 2013

18 Month Stats

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Weight: 23 lbs 11 oz (43rd percentile) Length: 31 3/4 inches (27th percentile) Head: 19.29 inches (89th percentile)
Friday, August 2, 2013

Quick stats update for both kids

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Gah.  I hate that I'm so far behind.  My big girl turned FOUR and I need to tell you all about the little girl that she is.  There's...
Thursday, July 11, 2013

Molars and talking

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Baby Boy's first set of molars (or pre-molars?) has cut through--teeth #9 and #10.  The first was upper left and I *think* the bottom le...
Tuesday, July 2, 2013

No bottles

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I started to post this on a message board I'm a part of and then realized that there really isn't anything for them to respond to an...
Monday, June 17, 2013

Selling our home

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Instead of meaningless apologies and promises to blog more, I'm just going to jump into a new blog post.  Yay! A short update: Baby Bo...
Tuesday, April 30, 2013

A letter to my little boy on his first birthday

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My big man, I'm sitting here watching you sleep on the video monitor, contemplating everything that has happened in the last year.  I...
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Thursday, April 11, 2013

11 Months (a little late, as usual)

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I just can't keep up with life.  I'm off living it, so I guess that's good, but I still feel like I'm missing SO much. Bab...
Tuesday, March 26, 2013

Sleep...How I Miss Thee

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Baby Boy's sleep is bad.  I don't even know how to explain it besides to say that it's really, really bad. Last night, for ins...
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Monday, March 18, 2013

Thank You, God

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Every night The Hubby, Baby Girl, and I say a prayer before Baby Girl goes to bed.  It's pretty informal and we all trade off thanking G...
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Thursday, March 14, 2013

Update on Baby Girl

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Baby Girl is back at the sitter today.  I'm not exhaling yet because I have no idea what sort of incubation period we're looking at,...
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Monday, March 11, 2013

And it starts...

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All winter long I've been reading on Facebook, message boards, and email about friends and their kids who have been stricken by stomach ...
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Friday, March 8, 2013

My Favorite Time of Night

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Every evening after dinner, we enter my favorite time of night.  The Hubby gets Baby Boy into his jammies and the four of us snuggle up on t...
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Wednesday, March 6, 2013

10 Month Update

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I'm suffering from a MAJOR case of the winter-time blah.  I can't get motivated to do much of anything, but know I'll kick mysel...
Wednesday, February 6, 2013

Strong

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I don't want my daughter to see my (immensely huge) insecurities, at least not for awhile.  I want to be her superhero.  I also don'...
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Thursday, January 31, 2013

Mid-Month Developments

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I started to record some things that Baby Boy was doing mid-month, but never got around to publishing it.  So here's my (very short) lis...

My Nine Month Old Little Man

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We went to the doctor on Baby Boy's actual nine month birthday and found out that he's been decreasing in percentile both for height...
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Sunday, December 30, 2012

Eight months old

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Am I seriously writing a post for my eight month old baby?  This little man continues to exhaust me, but he makes me happier than I ever cou...
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Thursday, December 13, 2012

7 months development, cont.

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So I was hanging out with my boy and realizing that there were things I'd wanted to mention that I didn't. Right around 7 months w...
Friday, December 7, 2012

7 Month Developments

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At seven months old, my little man is really starting to show his personality.  He's really a happy kid almost all of the time, but will...
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Wednesday, November 21, 2012

Making Memories

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I've gotten really bogged down in the time and energy it takes to be a parent to more than one kid.  It's been a frustrating, exhaus...
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25 Weeks

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At 25 weeks (10/22), I wrote up a quick blurb about what Baby Boy was doing.  Here are the things on my list: Sitting Crawling More teet...

6 Months (and 3 weeks...)

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Baby Boy, I don't know if it's possible for me to write even a sentence to you without crying.  My heart swells with joy and love ...
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Wednesday, October 31, 2012

6 Month Pediatrician Appointment

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I have a sappy post to write and some updates about Baby Boy's development as well as a post about Baby Girl....but this is an easy post...
Friday, October 19, 2012

Mobility

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Baby Boy is trying SO hard to be mobile.  He lays on his belly and alternates between pushing up on his arms and laying on his belly flailin...
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Wednesday, October 10, 2012

Old Friend

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You know that old friend that you've got?  The one that was your BFF, maybe in high school or maybe college.  She knew everything about ...
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Allison
a mommy, a wife, a friend, a Buckeye, a worker, a chef, a perfectionist, stubborn, crafty...doing it all with a full heart.
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