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After Madeline’s big birthday bash , we kept
things much more mellow on the actual day she
turned one. My friend Casey and her daughter the moosh were in town, so we took the girls to a fun indoor play yard. Maddie had a blast watching the ...
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A year ago was one of the greatest days of my life.
We held Madeline’s first birthday party nine days early, on November 2nd, taking advantage of the proximity to Halloween to throw a costume bash.
It was a large party at my parents’ house. They have the room for that sort of ...
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Mike started writing songs about Madeline the day she was born. Silly songs, ballads, chants, anthems, and lullabies. There are many melodies about Maddie .
As Maddie grew older, she loved it when her daddy would play his songs for her.
And she often wanted to help him along.
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Binky is moving along well, and it is such a comfort and relief. Things have been a little bit rougher for me but nothing awful. My sudden crazy upper back and neck pain has been super annoying but it all checks out OK and it’s ...
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My mom and I were lucky enough to attend the Women’s Conference yesterday thanks to my wonderful friend, Emmie . The mission of The Women’s Conference is to inspire, empower and educate women to be Architects of Change in their own lives and in the lives of others. The whole conference ...
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I don’t remember much about that day, but I do remember walking into the room and seeing the right one for you. We knew we wanted something pretty, but we didn’t know what until we saw the many shades of purple. We never thought it would be something we’d have to pick out for ...
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I get through my days by working toward little moments and events. Sometimes it’s as simple as, “just a few more hours until that TV show starts,” or “tomorrow I have an ultrasound.” Other times it’s a bigger event, like someone coming to visit or maybe a ...
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Pregnancy
When I was pregnant with Madeline, I spent a lot of time looking through old photos of Mike and me. I’d take the images of our little faces and try to imagine what the little baby inside of me would look like.
The 50% Portuguese, 25% Irish, & 25% German Mike
plus the (not sure ...
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Binky is doing great. Plenty of amniotic fluid and excellent growth. She is actually measuring ahead of schedule, just like her sister always did. It was a very short visit with an even shorter ultrasound. The time in the waiting room was ten times longer than the time in the exam room. I am ...
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She was the first nurse we had the first time Madeline was re-admitted to the hospital after the NICU. She was the closest nurse in age to me, so I felt comfortable with her. She had a big easy smile, a quick laugh, and a gentle touch. Maddie loved her, and I did too.
The second and third ...
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On the morning of April 6th Heather and I woke up as part of a family. The next evening, April 7th, we returned home a couple. This was a cataclysmic shift in the dynamics of our home life, the kind of shift that, for most married couples, only happens after eighteen years or more when their ...
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This last Christmas, Madeline was spoiled rotten. As the only girl on Mike’s family’s side, and the only grandchild in my family, the grandparents couldn’t help themselves no matter how many times we warned them not to go overboard. When we finally arrived home after two big ...
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Sometimes (every day) I look through pictures of our old life. My photos are organized by the day, so I can see what I did at any given point over the seventeen months we had her.
A year ago,
We took her to the pumpkin patch, where she hated the hay.
She went to California Adventure, ...
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We’re back in California and the last day of traveling really wore me out. I only got a few hours of sleep the night before we flew back from Boston, which didn’t help my comfort level on the 6 1/2 hour flight. I’m certain my extreme tiredness had everything to do with how ...
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Dr. Oz
Part of last week’s trip to Washington DC was to help raise awareness for March of Dimes health care reform priorities. The March of Dimes isn’t for or against specific bills, rather they have three key issues they want lawmakers to keep in mind:
Coverage for maternity and ...
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March of Dimes
We’ve had a whirlwind six days. This last weekend, we were in Boston for a wedding. Before that, as my dad mentioned , we were in Washington DC for two things – to talk to Congressmen & women on behalf of the March of Dimes (I’ll write more about that tomorrow), and to ...
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March of Dimes
I’m Maddie’s Bampa, Heather’s dad. Heather is out of town this week speaking with members of Congress on behalf of the March Of Dimes and has asked me to try my hand at filling in for her.
Last week Heather spoke as a member of a panel at a conference in Asheville, NC ...
