Archive For The “Ambrose” Category
So I was way off! I thought that since Ambrose wears size 18 month clothing, he must be a big boy. Well… not so much. I’m a little confused as to the percentiles that the nurse set him at, but, after some research, it looks like he is around 25th percentile for weight and 60th [...]
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I’m sure there was a time when I thought Valentine’s Day was only about romantic love, but since having children that couldn’t be further from the truth. I now spend Valentine’s Day absorbed in trying to show my children how much I love them with more than i-love-yous and hugs-n-kisses. We are really big on [...]
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My last “real” post was weeks ago, so here is a much needed post about what has been going on with us. Last week I was down and out with a horrible stomach flu. Thankfully, my wonderful husband works from home and basically just took over for two days. By the third day I was [...]
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Traditionally, houses are blessed annually on, or shortly after, the Feast of Theophany. The blessing of homes by the holy waters from Theophany maintains the spiritual association between the family church and the parish, as well as again providing for the sharing of God’s spiritual gifts… for it is in this way that the grace [...]
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Look who is nine months old! Although, we haven’t gone for his nine month check-up, we know that he is a big guy. He is already wearing 12-18 month clothes and has some lovely chubby cheeks and thighs. At nine months, he: says a bunch of sounds, as well as “mama,” “baba,” “dada,” and “lala” [...]
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We heard back from the hospital, and David’s EEG was normal. Now we are just waiting to talk with the doctor in the morning. She had originally said a sedated MRI would come next, so this is what we are anticipating. I think his eyes seem to be behaving more normally. But the poor kid [...]
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Everyone loved their Christmas presents this year! Charitina has moved all of her Polly Pockets, small animals and little babies into her dollhouse. David had a lot of fun with these: And carries them around in his pockets all the time. Gregster loves the Busy Book that I made for him. After hours of work, [...]
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Despite everything that has been going on, we were still able to have two nice family celebrations, one with my family on Christmas Day and another with my husband’s family the day following. Christmas with my family began with service at a beautiful Carpatho-Russian church. Then we went home and opened presents with my family. [...]
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