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Milo has fun at story time

2008-07-09T17:23:28Z

Yesterday, Milo attended his first reading group at the library -- a half-hour story time for babies 12 months and younger. Jonah was the only daddy there (all other babies came with their mommies), and both he and Milo enjoyed the outing. Milo h...

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Everything Happens for a Reason? You're Kidding, Right??

2008-06-28T16:37:05Z

Is it totally uncool to copy and paste the text of another blog? I'll risk the wrath of the blogosphere because I just read something that was so on the mark that there's no way I can paraphrase it. Here's the background....life sucks. I'm not ...

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On the crawl

2008-06-17T01:35:52Z

So we started to crawl! Yay! :-) Wednesday (June 11), I came home from work and Jonah said he thought Milo was really close to crawling. So of course I promptly spread a big blanket on the floor and we all plopped down. And Milo started crawling!...

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Iowa Under Water

2008-06-12T18:35:34Z

Cedar Rapids and Iowa city look like New Orleans after Katrina. The flooding is indescribable and heartbreaking. All of downtown Cedar Rapids has been evacuated, no power, and all bridges are closed. My husband's office is closed and they may ...

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9-month-old Milo says "uh oh"

2008-06-09T16:34:03Z

Saturday Milo said his first word ... if "uh-oh" counts as a word. He was mimicking us, of course, but he said "uh oh" very clearly and repeatedly. Continued on Sunday. So cute. I love it! Milo had his 9-month checkup at the doctor's in the last ...

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Milo's first road trip

2008-06-06T01:22:40Z

So we drove to Connecticut over Memorial Day weekend to visit Jonah's mom. It was Milo's first road trip, woo hoo! The drive is normally about 7 hours, give or take. With Milo, it took 9 hours. We stopped several times on the trip to feed him, ch...

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Devastating Tornado

2008-05-27T13:22:21Z

We had a wild time Sunday evening and I feel very fortunate to have gotten through it unscathed and very thankful. Severe thunderstorms were forecast and we were warned of the threat of tornadoes. I kept the weather radio on most of the afternoo...

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The Burden of Being Responsible and the Emptiness that Goes With It

2008-05-21T19:46:52Z

A lot of stuff going on. I'm heading back east next month to visit my parents in Charlottesville VA. I wish I could say that this is a trip I'm looking forward to, but I expect it to be stressful and very sad. My precious Dad was diagnosed with...

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Another Sad Day in Iowa

2008-05-17T23:55:06Z

I went to Postville today to help prepare and serve meals to the people seeking sanctuary. There is so much going on that isn't in the news and I can't help but wonder why. The situation is heartbreaking. The church is full of women and childr...

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"Whatever you do to the least of my brothers...."

2008-05-16T14:14:08Z

Postville, Iowa, located about 80 miles northwest of my town, is an interesting place. It's a town of about 2500 people of a huge variety of ethnic backgrounds. Many of these people came here to work for Agriprocessors, the largest Kosher meat p...

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