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Entries from April 2010

The Great Crib Escape

April 23rd, 2010 · 2 Comments

I always put the twins in their crib before I take a shower. It cuts down on any unsupervised mayhem. Today when I got out I went into their room to release the hounds. One little girl was running around her room saying “I play a minute”. I had to hide my face so she [...]

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Tags: Loen · video

Monterey

April 23rd, 2010 · 1 Comment

I thought it would be a nice break after tax season (which seemed to drag on FOREVER this year) to take the twins to the Monterey Bay Aquarium. Naturally we would spend the night because no one wanted to drive 8 hours round trip in one day. I spent days looking at hotels and special [...]

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Tags: travel · twins · video

DAFO

April 19th, 2010 · 4 Comments

Awhile back Tadd wrote a letter to Cascade, the company that made Derby’s DAFO (Dynamic Ankle Foot Orthotic). He told me after the fact and when I saw the letter it made me choke up a bit. Below is the correspondence between Tadd and Cascade DAFO. From: Tadd To: Dafo; Technical support; Customer Service Subject:Our [...]

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Tags: Cerebral Palsy · Derby · therapy

Easter 2010

April 14th, 2010 · 3 Comments

This year we took the twins to an Easter Egg hunt merely for the fact that I was the one running it (I am a co-social chair for the SB Parents of Multiples, Easter was my bag). I think they are still a little young and there will be YEARS of hunts to come but [...]

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Tags: Dad · holiday

The norms

April 14th, 2010 · 6 Comments

What is it with becoming a parent that screws with our sense of normalcy? One day you wake up and your daily routine is a thing of the past only to be replaced with the crazy baby one. 6 hours of uninterrupted sleep is a prize. 8 hours is the jackpot. (Adult sleep not the [...]

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Tags: twins

Today

April 9th, 2010 · 5 Comments

Our day. Daddy, the park, pony tails. Short & sweet.

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Tags: twins

Possessed

April 7th, 2010 · No Comments

Yesterday I was catching up on emails while the twins were playing. All of a sudden windows started popping up and characters I did not type appeared in my email. I was trying to figure out what was going on. Virus? Poltergeist? Then I heard the familiar sound of beeps and keys tapping in the [...]

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Tags: Derby

Yo Gabba

April 5th, 2010 · 4 Comments

We’re a little late getting on the Yo Gabba Gabba bandwagon. I downloaded some episodes now that tax season seems to be dragging on and I needed something new in my toddler containment arsenal. It was amazing how quickly they latched on to this show. Loen is already singing the songs, like “Im sorry” or [...]

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Tags: toys · twins · video

A different path home

April 5th, 2010 · 1 Comment

I started this LAST YEAR but we know how lax I have become with posting. I am spending today finishing posts, updating pics etc. Enjoy going back in time. December 13, 2009 This morning we had the twins baptized at El Montecito Presbyterian, a church we have recently begun to attend. The baptism was at [...]

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Tags: twins