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At 9:46 PM on Sept 15, 2008 James Robert Lader came screaming into this world! He was 8 lbs, 4.7 oz, and 20 inches long. He is such a good boy! I am very happy and proud of him. I've never met such an easy baby in all my life!

I am sitting here in my livingroom with a blanket over my lap, sipping hot tea. I have a cold. Emily is watching her morning TV shows. I checked my email and signed into MSNIM, and no one I know was signed in. Who would be at 8AM eastern on a Saturday ( Read more... )

After enjoying her first slurpee (cherry flavor), Emily needed a bath. Since I'm trying to spend more time giving her my undivided attention and my back was aching, I joined her in the bathtub. She loved having me in there playing with her boats and duckies. I love my little girl. I love my time with my little girl. It's scary to me that in ( Read more... )

Sometimes I wish I could unsubscribe from "friends'" email list. These are people that I have given my personal email address because I want to hear from them, talk to them about how they are doing, what's going on in life, etc. That doesn't give people license to send me every chain letter or anything cute anyone has ever emailed them. In most ( Read more... )

That I got married 4 years ago and I don't have to worry about that again. I really lucked out with marrying who I did, when I did, how I did. I love him a lot, and although I don't always get things my way, I never worry about security. I was constantly insecure my entire dating life, and when I got out of my parents' home, I had the added ( Read more... )

I have 6 weeks until my due date. I'm still working, although I had to call out today due to some major pressure and discomfort this morning ( Read more... )

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If I could offer you only one tip for the future, sunscreen would be it. The long term benefits of sunscreen have been proved by scientists whereas the rest of my advice has no basis more reliable than my own meandering experience…I will dispense this advice now ( Read more... )

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