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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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When Ambrose was born, my parents brought a trunk from their home that contained items that belonged to me. I hadn’t looked through the trunk in years. Here are some of the treasures I found: There were lots of cards, notes, postcards, knick-knacks and photos. I ended up throwing out a lot, but I kept [...]
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While we were in New York, we were able to get together with my husband’s side of the family. The six little cousins had a blast together. They are ages 7, 5, 4, 3, 1, and three months. Rachel is due to have a baby boy this November. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ We also spent some time with [...]
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If you had asked me about a week ago how I was adjusting to having four children ages five and under, I would have taken a deep breath and answered something along the lines of, “we’re doing fine” or “we’re surviving.” And that is probably how it will be for a while, but I’ve been [...]
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In the Tradition of the Orthodox Church, a child is named formally on the eighth day after birth, following the example of our Lord (Luke 2:21). “O Lord our God, we pray to you and beseech you let the light of your countenance shine upon your servant and let the Cross of your only-begotten Son [...]
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Aunt Lu sent these to the kiddos for Christmas, but we had to wait until the weather was a bit warmer to try them out. Everyone had a blast!
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UPDATE on 2/22/11: From Isaac’s father- “Good news and bad news: Isaac has had more to eat (which makes him happy), but the morphine and tylenol don’t seem to be covering his pain well enough because he’s been really mad this evening. They are going to give him a different med, chlorohydrate, so he can [...]
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We all dressed in red or pink. Spunky had on a pretty heart fleece. We ate pink, heart-shaped pancakes for breakfast. We painted coffee filter hearts with watercolors. We ate angel food cake with strawberries. We ate SweetTart Hearts and acted out what every heart said. Mommy ended up getting lots of hugs and kisses. [...]
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We went in for another ultrasound this morning and found out that the cysts on our baby’s brain are completely gone! Our midwife said that she rarely sees them go away like this. A lot of the time they were remain without causing any problems or being indicative of a more serious condition. All of [...]
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