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She kicks and rolls and tumbles all the time.  I'm really enjoying this time we have together.  She moves and wiggles and kicks anytime I settle down for a few minutes.  As I type, she's leaping all over and kicking way up higher than she's ever kicked before.  It's really nice to settle in with her and get to know her.  The problem is that I never ( Read more... )

It is not the critic who counts: not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who ( Read more... )

The baby shower was wonderful.  We have lots of pretty, wonderful things for our wonderful daughter.  Now I get to write wonderful thank you cards!

I'm feeling pretty good about all of this baby stuff.  I'm really excited about being a mom.  And Aaron's excited about being a dad.  Life is pretty good here in good ol' Denver.

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Here's the thing:

If you don't like what you read in someone else's journal, you should probably stop reading it.  I believe that might be the definition of a personal problem.

Maybe I have been wanting to have my cake and eat it too.  I wanted to have contact with my grandparents and aunts and uncles and cousins and I wanted to have peace in my family.  (my family = the family I have created).  I thought that as long as I maintained my integrity, I would be fine.   Maybe I still will be.

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Apparently my parents have joined facebook.  I really can't bring myself to accept their friend invite.  They are not my friends.  They are not nice people.  And I like having them at arms length (or farther away).  I don't like the idea of them having so much access to my life and my friends.  I suppose I could give them some sort of limited ( Read more... )