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30 years ago today 

30 years ago today my brother was born.  I should be celebrating with you today, Riley. You didn’t live long enough to turn 30. I know that birthdays are irrelevant to you now, but I hope you know how we … Continue reading

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Hiking the Oaks

Hiking looks a little different these days.     Hold on. There’s a butterfly!    Anyway, it looks different now. Remember all those pictures of Jacob on my back at the top of the hills? Well now Jackson is on my front, … Continue reading

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38 weeks

Friday was the 38 week mark! I’m never sure how to say in months how pregnant I am, because 40 weeks is 10 months. I think I’m now 9.5 months, and then people think I am overdue. Anyway, I think … Continue reading

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Ankle update

The cast is off! I can’t walk on my ankle for two more weeks, but I can move it a bit. The stitches were removed and I can get the incisions wet and everything! There were twelve stitches on the … Continue reading

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34 weeks

Happy Mother’s Day! It seemed an appropriate time to post about week 34. That, and I was wearing something other than loungewear. 🙂 I was feeling so huge before the ankle injury, and now I just…don’t. I guess the belly … Continue reading

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Ankle update: prayers answered!!

Though I was given no hope for this possibility (I was told it was a 1% chance), I kept praying that I could be walking before baby O2 comes…and today’s surgery gave me the improbable answer that I should be! … Continue reading

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More fun 

fun at the doctor…x-ray image from Monday, a new splint, kisses on each toe from my guy, and just general cuteness and love. ❤️❤️            

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The ankle incident

Monday afternoon the strangest thing happened. I stepped out of my front door and fell, I’m not even sure why, and rolled my ankle on the way down pretty badly. It felt disgusting. The end result was that my ankle … Continue reading

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this happened :(

 Jacob’s beloved dinosaur bank from Auntie TJ, uncle Jeff, Nikiel, and Kevan broke. It was really heavy…oh how he cried! Poor guy. 

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Gingerbread…walls?

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