So…this time it’s been two months since I last wrote. Don’t even have many specifics to share with you. I feel like Harper has been sick quite a lot. About two weeks ago, after a diagnosis of hand, foot, mouth, Dr. asked if Harper had had the three day measles. I reminded her that’s what she [...]
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Okay…so this time I have gone a full month without an update. Here’s what we’ve been up to: Ella and Harper have been taking swim lessons at the Y. Ella started the preschool class, so she’s in the water by herself (well, without me!). There’s about 12 kids and 3 teachers, and I’ve been quite [...]
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Thank goodness for leap day, otherwise I may have gone an entire month without an entry. Things have been busy; I’ve joined a book club. Most of the other members are moms with young kids, so it’s a nice group to meet up with on a regular basis. Our first book was The Immortal Life [...]
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We’ve had a great Thanksgiving holiday! I had Wednesday off, so the girls and I met some friends at Burger King play area for breakfast. We attempted some Christmas shopping afterwards, but I think that was a bit over-ambitious on my part. It didn’t go all that well; we ended up making just one purchase, [...]
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Things have been going really well (minus the stomach flu Ed and I had Sunday/Monday), just busy. We’ve really been enjoying the fall weather and time with friends and family. Today we met friends at Niabi Zoo for Boo at the Zoo. Kids wore their costumes and local businesses set up little tables and handed [...]
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Today we went to the NICU reunion at Rockford Memorial. It was packed with NICU graduates and their families…lots of babies but some older kids as well. I wasn’t really sure what to expect. There were lots of giveaways and prize baskets (I came home with three more cans of preemie formula which I just [...]
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We are still working on settling into our new routine. Harper spent the first two weeks fairly ill…stomach bug with intermittent fever and rash. She stayed home with grandmas for four days! It seems as if she is finally feeling better…still has a runny nose that doesn’t seem to bother her too much; I suppose [...]
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First week back to daycare has been rough on us all. Harper is pretty much refusing her bottles, and yesterday I was told the stomach flu was going around the room. Luckily Grandma P. was able to pick her up early today, and she and Grandpa are going to watch Harper tomorrow. The first plan [...]
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Here we are…back to school again tomorrow. Summer vacation has ended for the Ford family. I’m feeling a bit mixed…this time of transition is always hard on me. We had such a perfect summer…lots of time for family and friends….lots of time for parks and pools…lots of time for relaxing and being together and really [...]
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I haven’t written much lately, mostly I think, because I haven’t been sleeping lately. Little Harper fell off her excellent sleep schedule about two weeks ago. Around that time, she seemed like she was really teething, so I would go to her at night, thinking she was in pain. Well she was up more and [...]
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