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For those of you that know me well, know my love for coffee. I never went a day without it. Well at 9 weeks pregnant, I haven’t been able to stand the SMELL nevermind the taste of coffee. It’s sad really. I guess it makes it easier for me to stay [...]

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I don’t have any pictures to post of this yet, but I will update this post as soon as I take some!  Last weekend a few of us gathered over to the Haney’s to do some pumpkin carving.  I had printed off a stencil of “The Cheat” from homestarrunner.com, and proceeded to carve my pumpkin [...]

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Well, I was hoping that maybe if I got morning sickness I would start to feel a little more… pregnant. I hadn’t been sick at all. Until a few days ago that is. I pretty much feel nauseous ALL THE TIME. Definitely more of a 24/7 sickness. Haven’t actually puked [...]

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Last night I came home expecting a package containing some much anticipated Crib Sheets. I’ve started to slowly gather some nursery items in anticpation of our baby’s arrival. When I got home, I noticed a yellow sticker on our door from UPS. I read the note which stated that the package had [...]

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He stood in the front of the classroom, tears welling up in his eyes. He simply stood there, a quiet sob stuck in his throat, unable to answer the student’s question. It seemed like a straightforward query, and I was even taken aback as I felt that it had already been asked and answered, much [...]

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Today was my first doctor’s appointment. I was so incredibly nervous to meet my doctor and to find out if I really am pregnant. And if I AM pregnant, I wanted to find out what is up with all this weird cramping that I have been experiencing. My biggest fear is [...]

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Dave, we think of you guys whenever I say “and.. 1 2 3 go!” We miss you too. And yes. Cartoony Joe is sweet. Once again, thanks to Adam Spriggs for your powers, which you clearly use for good. And for Awesome. Mostly for Awesome. Adam also created a banner [...]

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Seriously. We go to bed so early we could be old people. I think we’re a few weeks away from starting to get the AARP magazine in the mail.
Anyways we say “Is it (blank) already?” all the time and it makes us think of you guys.
And cry great tears of anguish. And [...]

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We’ve begun to call the baby “Joey”. Hey, if it’s good enough for kangaroos it’s good enough for the Donahues. My sister Crystal is concerned that we’ll call the baby Joey after she/he is born. This is not likely to be the case (although this may be easier if we have a [...]

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Two feelings which are strange when they go hand in hand. I’m feeling both right now. I’m having trouble with this knowledge that I have a tiny human being inside of me and have fears that it may not be true or that it may not last. I’m fearing that I will have [...]

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