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Derby is channeling his inner 80′s. Check out the Flock of Seagulls hairdo on my boy Derby pretending to be Mike Score The real Mike Score

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Loen’s labs are looking better today, in fact they are normal. Dr. Barkley said her abdominal x-ray also looked normal, so it probably wasn’t NEC just an infection. She will continue to get antibiotics and they started her back on breast milk today. My poor little girl, she just wasn’t herself last night or today. [...]

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I just found out that Loen’s x-ray this morning looks much better. I will write more when I get home from the hospital.

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Are you familiar with the scene from Tommy Boy where Chris Farley has on David Spade’s jacket and is singing “Fat man in a little suit”? (If not click here) Yup, that is what comes to mind when they put Derby in one of his outfits for the first time. I was afraid it was [...]

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As I mentioned in a previous post Tadd had commented on how quiet everything was yesterday. Nothing like gettin thrown a curve ball to rattle our life once again. When I got to the floor this morning Andy was waiting outside of the NICU. He said they asked him to wait while they were putting [...]

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I’m sure by the title you can guess what happened. We were able to spring him from the coop. Well we had nothing to do with the actual getting him out but we were more than helpful with the holding part. Tadd went on the Santa Barbara Toy Run yesterday morning. There were 600 motorcycles [...]

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This past week Tadd and I have really started to get our first taste of being a parent. We have been their parents all along, but it feels real when you have them in your arms. It is still weird to leave and go home empty handed but we definitely have been more hands on. [...]

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