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Gorgeous

Posted on August 15, 2006

We’re busy, there always seems to be more laundry than our hampers can hold, I burn through socks faster than I can match them thanks to puddles in the kitchen, I still believe that I will get around to sending thank you notes- even though the first shower happened so long ago we’ve had a second child, and I cannot remember the last time I shaved and remembered to put on deodorant. That said-Ain’t no denying the sweet reality that I’ve got two gorgeous daughters and a hot husband. Life, though stinky and harried, is exceptionally sweet.

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Tan-trauma

Posted on August 6, 2006

So nap time. It’s a special time. A special experience.Something for which to give thanks. It can be magic and transformative, giving you time to accomplish things. Taking your child from unrecognizable ogre to angelic, tousle haired angel. It can chase away a runny nose.Restore a traumatized fuse. It can also be fraught with anger and resistance. It can turn you from beloved parent to hateful dictator.It can make you question your ability as a parent.Your competence. It can be sheer hell (which is actually pretty funny sometimes- though embarrassing because the neighbors think you are inflicting some sort of physical torture on your child.) I present you with the less magical type of nap experience.

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Thumb Sucker

Posted on August 6, 2006

Oh ya, she is a thumb sucker. This may not be the traditional response but, “I am thrilled!’ It is so stinking cute. I get so proud I could bust as I watch her soothe herself by sucking her little thumb. The left one. The same side Sean sucked. (We won’t go into the whole issue of the Magee DNA being so dominant that I feel like…well, I guess I said we wouldn’t go into that…however I will say that Briar and her need to play with her belly button- that one is ALL ME.) Sometimes I actually choke up because she is so capable of calming herself down, getting herself to sleep and just figuring it all out.

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