Ian said “When I grow up I am going to play for the Redskins on tv. I am going to be a throwing back.”
My children have become Washington Redskins fans behind my back. When I turned on the Hall of Fame Game on Sunday night both kids started yelling “Go Redskins!” with no prompting.
I want to lay down the law and explain to them that in THIS house we root for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, but I don’t want to quash their individualism.
I understand that the Redskins are now our home team. and I respect that. I want them to be able to think for themselves and make their own decisions.
And I suppose either way they will learn the agony of rooting for a losing team.
Posted by Sarah @
8:58 am |
“Mommy, Ian is naked again and he is touching his butt all over your bed!”
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* So far.
Posted by Sarah @
8:27 am |
Four years ago today - right about this time of day I was getting a mag wash.
I was 34 1/2 weeks pregnant and I had been in the hospital for over five weeks.
Up until that point the doctors and nurses had been able to stop my contractions with terbutaline and Procardia. The magnesium sulfate IV is supposed to stop labor cold.
It didn’t work for me.
Four years ago today, right about now, my normally calm doctor opened my hospital room door and yelled down the hall “CANCEL MY 9:00! WE’RE GOING IN RIGHT NOW!”
And so after 37 days on hospital bed rest I ended up having an emergency c-section anyway.
They were tiny. Well, Ian weighed 6 pound 8 ounces. Claudia was tiny. She didn’t even weigh five pounds. I was scared to change her diaper. I was afraid she would break.
They spent a week in the NICU and at the beginning Ian didn’t even know how to eat. We had to feed him througha tube in his nose.
And now they look like this.
And they know how to play Super Mario Brothers and they can run and write their names and they have opinions on what they want to wear and what restaurant we should go to for their birthday dinner.
Happy Birthday Ian and Claudia. I cannot even imagine my life without you guys. I don’t even want to.
It is hard to believe you guys are four.
And Ian, that means it is time to poop in the potty. EVERY. TIME.
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Four years ago today I got a blood transfusion. Some wonderful donor saved my life. Please give blood.
Posted by Sarah @
9:08 am |
I was having this lovely conversation with my children about how much I loved them and how happy their father and I were that we got them as kids.
I told them how much all of their grandparents loved them and how much their Aunt and Uncle loved them.
Somehow this turned into a math lesson and we were counting how many grandparents they have and how many cousins and then we got to how many parents they have.
Claudia said “I have two parents, but do you know who my very very very best parent is?”
“Who?” I said completely prepared for the compliment.
“My Daddy!”
Hmph.
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Sorry that my blog has been spotty lately. I am in the middle of changing hosting. Everything should be completely back to normal in the next 24 hours.
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7:31 am |
