Akathistos

Our little man is doing MUCH better today!
He didn’t sleep through the night and ended up sleeping with us, but he woke up in a good mood (he took his pain meds half asleep; so that helped).  He was his normal crazy-hyper boyish self for part of the morning until he completely crashed.  He is [...]

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Thank you for all the emails and comments on my blog.
Our little guy is still having a hard time.  My hubby and I both think that he seems to be getting a little bit worse everyday.  He wakes up in the night screaming and has been sleeping with us since Friday night.  At the beginning, [...]

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The first couple of days home went really well. He was eating well, sleeping well, and playing almost like he normally does. But by Sunday, he had changed.

His change from Saturday afternoon to Monday evening
Starting Saturday night, he was sleeping with us because we would wake up in the night crying. On Sunday [...]

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The surgery went well this morning and we came home only a few hours afterwards. He had both his tonsils and adenoids removed and is doing really well. The worst part was when we could all hear him screaming down the hallway, but we weren’t allowed to see him yet. Fortunately, as [...]

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He will be having surgery to remove his tonsils and adenoids tomorrow morning.
We have to be at the hospital at 6:15 AM tomorrow morning, and the surgery is planned for 7:15 AM.
Please keep him in your prayers!  I will post again tomorrow to let you know how the surgery went.

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I love these!!

Go to Kitchen Retro for directions on how to make these and other animals!

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Do you use cloth diapers?  Are you interested in trying them out?
Check out BabyCheapskate for a great giveaway!

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Healthier Snow Cone
Crushed Ice
1 pkg. fruit juice, boiled down to half (flavor of your choice)
Adults: Boil down fruit juice in a slow simmer until half of the water has evaporated- makes a thinker, sweeter juice. Chill 1 hour.
Kids: Just before serving, crush some ice cubes in a plastic bag and pound with something fun- toy [...]

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Yesterday, Alana’s 20 month old niece, Milla was admitted to the hospital for hemolytic uremic syndrome due to ecoli poisoning.
She had surgery to put a stint in her abdomen, which went well, and they still have her sedated and will keep her that way at least until tomorrow. Since she’s still asleep, Milla has a [...]

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I ran to the bathroom (inevitably this is when something goes wrong) and then heard Grace crying in the other room.  I ran out and this is the explanation that I got from David:
Gracie sad.  Gracie cry.  Gracie mad.”
“Why?” I asked.
“David a lion.  Roar!!!  Gracie scared.”
“Grace is scared because you were pretending to be a [...]

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