Sorry i didn’t post a belly photo, as anticipated. we never actually took one. i did get up to 160 pounds, however (weight gain of 34 pounds) by week 36! More to come, but as a great shock and surprise to us all, David Charles Dunkin (aka: Davey) made his grand entrance to the world [...]
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Friday: July 13th i’ve been keeping myself pretty busy lately, and this week has been no exception (trust me, though, i’m not "overdoing" it). most of you know that i LOVE my part-time *fun* job teaching card classes at Treasury of Memories (www.treasuryofmemories.typepad.com). in fact, i love it so much that when i’m teaching on [...]
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Thursday: July 12 so yesterday it got up to 94 degrees in Bellingham and some places in the county (such as Lynden) reported temperatures of 100. yep. some new records were set! my day started with a horrible night of sleep and was followed by a hot morning in my office. yep. the a/c wasn’t [...]
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Wednesday: July 11th: seriously? this wee little bundle who isn’t even born yet receives more packages than mama and daddy! maybe mama and daddy need to get on-line and order a few things so WE can get some packages! tee hee! but on monday, we received a fun box of goodies (see photo above) from [...]
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tuesday: july 10th: so i’m all ready to share photos from our gottathink annual summer picnic which was this past Saturday (07-07-07). but as i was going through them, as usual, i realized that most of the photos are of henry. or of dave with henry. yep. i was amazed on saturday to watch [...]
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so we’ve had some GORGEOUS weather here lately, and apparently it’s around for awhile: Yeah – do you see the forecast for Wednesday. Ahhhh….. makes me wish we had a swimming pool in our yard (even though I’ll be at work all day)! It’s weather like this that really makes me miss my mom’s back [...]
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Our 4th of July was FABULOUS! We had a somewhat relaxing morning and early afternoon at home working on some projects (okay, not so relaxing, though we DID get to choose what we wanted to do and do it at our own pace) and then we spent the afternoon and early evening with our friends [...]
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HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY!!! Having grown up in a suburb of Philadelphia, this day always makes me think of the following things: Red, white & blue The Liberty Bell The Declaration of Independence Men wearing white powdered wigs Independence Mall (it’s not a shopping mall) Thomas Jefferson John Hancock (who could miss THAT signature on the [...]
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happy (late) tuesday night, july 3rd. my feet are pretty sore – i taught today and spent the time in-between my classes running errands. i found a few infant carrier/carseat combos today that would be okay for this wee one. now i just have to decide which one to purchase (or if i should order [...]
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Tuesday: July 3rd, 2007: adapt & survive…. i think this is the overall "theme" of phil & teds, the company who makes the stroller i recently purchased for little seven. it’s a company based in new zealand and they call the stroller a "buggy" (see the box if you don’t believe me: ). adapt & [...]
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