throughout the "chaos" of this pregnancy, i have been SO VERY BLESSED to have wonderful and helpful friends who have provided meals, child care, telephone chats, errand running, visits, treats and more. i cannot thank them all enough. i really can’t. God has truly blessed me with amazing friends who truly LOVE my kids. [...]
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it never ceases to amaze me HOW QUICKLY kids can fall into a routine. and how IMPORTANT that can become to them. as a family, we pray before we eat meals. we sit at the table, we hold hands with each other and we close our eyes and dave prays. when the extended Dunkin clan [...]
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over a week ago we celebrated my father-in-law’s birthday (this year it was the day before Father’s Day). we had a family dinner (only Sterling & Rachel were missing), followed by cake, ice cream and presents. in an effort to make it EVEN MORE festive, my mother-in-law purchased "sparkler" candles. those suckers are NOT easy [...]
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so i decided to treat myself yesterday. after the fun and successful garage sales, i relaxed with my family, did some laundry (the new purchases), ate McD’s for lunch and while the kids were napping and Dave was doing yard work, i went to my craft space AND I PLAYED with new supplies! for the [...]
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today is saturday. that means i went to some garage sales. and i did that yesterday, too. and i scored pretty big, i think. between the two days, i found around 50 items of clothing (for Daisy, Samantha and Davey) for under $18: including a thomas the train costume for davey: (i think he likes [...]
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Wednesday, June 23, 2010 So the best news of all: I’M BACK AT HOME! Our Seattle visit to Swedish today involved two ultrasounds (one growth check and one fetal echocardiogram) followed by a consult with one of the perinatologists. In brief, the two ultrasounds revealed: – a growing baby (guesstimated to weigh [...]
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i know, i know… i got off bed rest and i’ve posted LESS than i did when i was ON bed rest. we’ve had lots of fun things going on lately (grandpa’s birthday, father’s day, etc.) but for now, i want to share with you a link to some SNEAK PEAK photos…. my friend [...]
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it’s tuesday, june 15th and it’s the end of my bed rest. yep. my appointment today went well. i’m 35 weeks along and Daisy’s amniotic fluid level is still in the normal range. she was cooperative on the NST. and she’s still moving around a lot. and something cool: we could see on the ultrasound that [...]
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it’s rainy and dreary here (even though it was supposed to be nice and sunny today). so let’s talk about happy things… 10 things/people that make me smile (in NO particular order)…. 1. my kiddos. last week saturday, davey got his hair cut. i wanted a summer ‘do so i wanted it short enough [...]
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who says happiness can’t come in a box? i know my friend Julie would agree with me. she found some goodies at the thrift store this week and some of them came in a box and made her very happy! (heck, just looking at the photos of her boxed items made me drool with happiness [...]
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