The Family Portrait Adventure

Monday, 8 December 2008, 17:17 | Category : Parenting
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We did our first family portrait Friday evening. That was an adventure. We went to the Picture People in the mall. Having an evening session is not a good idea. Aden did fine and had the attention span I expected, but the Picture People photographer was tired. I believe she was trying to get us [...]

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I’m so tired

Friday, 5 December 2008, 21:55 | Category : Parenting
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I keep making mistakes at work because I am so tired. I even went to bed early last night. I fell asleep with Aden in my arms about 9:00 p.m. Don’t worry, his daddy took him to bed about 10:00 p.m. I wish I could have slept all night with him in my arms. Tonight [...]

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Work Sucks

Wednesday, 3 December 2008, 20:55 | Category : Parenting, Work
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This is my third day back to work after having the kid. I think I get about two hours total time with him at night because my MIL is here taking care of him. The upside of that is I get more sleep this week and that is helping with the adjustment. But, two hours! [...]

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Back to Work

Monday, 1 December 2008, 21:34 | Category : Parenting, Work
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It’s my first day back at work. I haven’t cried yet. I have had the joy of everyone asking me how hard it was to leave Aden. That’s the pleasure in working in a big office, you get the same questions multiple times to the point of not wanting to answer the next person who [...]

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Baby’s first Christmas

Sunday, 30 November 2008, 21:47 | Category : Parenting
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I dread the crawling stage. Our house is sooo not baby-proofed. This will probably be the last Christmas I can have ornaments on the bottom half of the tree or fancy crystal out on the bottom shelves or anywhere near crawling hands. But the trade off will be watching Aden open his own presents. For [...]

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