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Someone’s Watching Over Me

by Filed Under: Minnesota Me, New Baby, The Faith 8 Comments

When Anthony and I came home from the hospital, it was to a super clean house and a weirded-out dog. “What is that thing?” Ellie seemed to be wondering. She’d let out a snort and paw the floor uncomfortably.I relaxed in a chair and took it all in. Once again, we were a family. I loved my husband for what he’d done for me, which was having the kids … [Read more...]

Climb Every Mountain

by Filed Under: Minnesota Me, My Girls, Parenting 13 Comments

Four-year-old Angela bounced out the back door happily and I was fine with that. It’s a gorgeous day here in Minnesota; it’s good that she’s outside.Still. This is my extremely adventuresome gal we’re talking about. After ten minutes or so had elapsed, I told her brother to go check on her.“Mom!” he called out from the neighbor’s yard. “She’s in … [Read more...]

Consumer Confusion

by Filed Under: Health & Wellness, Minnesota Me 14 Comments

I had to laugh, and then cringe, and then laugh.My cart at the Sam’s Club check-out contained both a copy of this book and a container of...these. I call it the gluttonous tub.And am wondering...what was I thinking? To my credit, I had also purchased a box of “Soda Pops™ Freezer Pops”—Those look so good, Momma! Buy them, please?—and then threw them … [Read more...]

11 lbs 10 oz

by Filed Under: Health & Wellness, Minnesota Me, New Baby 5 Comments

You’d think he was a prize-winning turkey or something. Woo hoo! Check out that weight gain!My little butterball is thriving, that’s for sure.Dr. S. was pleased.Angela, on the other hand, was far more interested in the doctor’s computer than she was her brother’s weight gain. That’s her there in the background, having scooted right on over the … [Read more...]

Wanted: A Bigger Boppy

by Filed Under: Minnesota Me, New Baby 18 Comments

Tony is two months old now, and he’s gone from this:To this:He is literally spilling out of his boppy.Don’t you just love those juicy leg rolls? Don’t you just want to squeeze them? (Anthony would prefer that you don’t, of course, though you can hold him all you want.)He has his 2-month check-up today and I am anticipating a substantial weight gain … [Read more...]

A Blister-Ripping Hit

by Filed Under: Jem, Minnesota Me, Sports Stuff 2 Comments

My family is heaving a collective sigh of relief.Baseball is done for the season.Jem went out with a bit of a bang, hitting a double in the third inning of the first All Star game (“Mom, I hit the ball so hard I ripped open my blister!”) and scoring the winning run, to boot. That’s it for the bragging rights on Mom’s part, though, because they lost … [Read more...]