Akathistos

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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This weekend has been up and down.  She has only nursed twice today (in the morning- but not much).  Yesterday she nursed a few times.  And Friday, she nursed the most.
Not quite sure what is going on right now, but I’m still trying…

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Grace just nursed- on both sides.
She started fussing and crying, “Mamom! Mamom!”  I had a feeling that she wanted to nurse, so I tried and she did!  When we switched sides, she got a little upset, but then she calmed down and nursed some more.  And now she is perfectly content- it was exactly what [...]

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Rebecca was wondering if “the strike is still on”, and it most definitely is.
I’ve given up trying now and my milk supply has diminished rapidly (almost too rapidly- it makes me wonder how much I even had before she quit); so there is not much hope for us at this point.  If Grace were much [...]

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Grace woke up this morning and decided NOT to nurse at all!
Before today, she was nursing about 5 times a day; sometimes more.  I am shocked!  And a little bummed.  We couldn’t make it to your 1st birthday?  It is less than a month away.
David weaned himself right after I was pregnant with Grace [...]

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