Tag: perspective
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A Random Facebook Wall Post Provides Some Perspective
Today my day began at 4:10am. Annalie let out her Aretha Franklin-style howl, a howl that refuses to be ignored at 4:10. To placate her I jumped out of my bed, raced to the nursery and picked her up. With my mind begging for more sleep, I stumbled back to my bed with her in my arms and…
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Layla Grace Provides Perspective Adjustment
Okay, this weekend I was taught a life lesson I will not soon forget. As you may know I am a bit of a Twitter freak…and yes, you too can follow me @papastacey. I was reading the tweets as they popped up and this one pops up from @LaylaGrace saying; She hasn’t eaten in 13 days…
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A New Link to the Blogger Dad Blog
I found a little gem of a blog this evening. I typed “Blogger Dad” into Google and the first hit was for www.bloggerdad.com. And he is cool and funny! It is such a treat to see another father out here blogging. It seems like every other mother has a blog, but it is tougher to…
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Life Perspective
It is funny to occasionally stand up and look back through the stages of your life. It is particularly interesting to look back at life pre-twins. Want to go the pub for a beer and nachos? Not a problem. Go to the cabin for a weekend? Not a problem. Load the dog and a cooler in the car…
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Brown Bear Stands Up, Blonde Bear Gazes at me
What an incredible time to watch the twins developing. There are so many changes happening so rapidly that at times the months we spent in the NICU and even before that in the BC Womens’ Hospital seems like a faint and distant memory. On Monday of this week Brown Bear figured out how to pull herself…
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An ages-old hazing ritual
One thing that really does not make anybody feel better is the, “Well, you think you are going through tough times and are tired? WELL! when I had my kids it was….” Thanks for the empathy pal. I do not doubt that it was just as tough for you trying to function all day after being…
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Brown Bear starts to stand-up for herself
We saw something that excited and frightened us this morning; Brown Bear was sitting beside the Exersaucer, on the outside of it. She grabbed the top of it and she started to pull herself up into a standing position. She got about halfway up and then collapsed back onto her hinnie. Exciting to see her developing and…
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Want a best friend? Get a dog
Just a quick word of advise before the kids go to sleep; if you want a best friend, get a dog. I have had Jimmy the dog for nearly fourteen years and she is the best friend I have ever had. She has never been so busy that she couldn’t make time for me and she has…
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Decisions, decisions, decisions
A serious post this morning. When you have babies, you have so many serious choices to make and you really do not know if anything you are doing is the right thing or wrong thing. And then you add in product recalls, choices around which formula to give your baby, or whether you should or…
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Pics from the first couple of weeks in the NICU
Met another mother of a preemie baby today. Meeting her made me think back to our days spent in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). Sometimes I grumble a bit about the pain in my left arm because I have developed tendinitis in it from the way I hold the babies all the time. Therefore, it is good to occasionally think back…