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Monthly Archives: August 2009

9 months

August 27, 2009 – 2:38 pm

Madeleine is 9 months old today.  She’s crawling, babbling, learning to self-feed, and grooving to music whenever she hears it.  I remember when Ben started dancing, thinking it was one of the greatest privileges and pleasures of my life to watch him enjoy music.  It’s no different with Maddie–I can’t help but smile from the [...]

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crawling!

August 18, 2009 – 8:44 am

Maddie is crawling!  And symetrically!  In your face, torticollis.

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Ben is two!

August 14, 2009 – 10:36 am

eating a pancake for breakfast this morning:

I love you, Ben.  Happy Birthday.

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2 years ago today

August 14, 2009 – 10:30 am

I gave birth to Ben.  He was born 7 weeks before his due date, but he entered the world with a strong cry.  My life changed forever.  The nurses attending his birth weighed him and wrapped him and gave him to me to hold for the briefest of moments before he was whisked away to [...]

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A Day at River Bend Park

August 6, 2009 – 9:29 pm

During our trip to California a couple of weeks ago we spent a day at River Bend Park on the American River, east of Sacramento:

Grandma and Ben enjoyed a view of the canoe and the river bank,

Maddie napped,

Our friend Dave led Ben on a hunt for the wild turkeys that roam the park,

And our friend [...]

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