Jamie on February 20th, 2010

Before leaving home, I asked Joel and Jake to make me a bear at Build-A-Bear at the mall. I wanted something to take with me, and I wanted the bear to have their voices. I ended up choosing a soft, white polar bear and Jake recorded a message for me to put inside. Joel tried [...]

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Jamie on February 16th, 2010

The boys are back in West Palm and, of course, I miss them. Luckily, our weekend together was memorable. The boys arrived late Friday afternoon, and we just hung out and had dinner together. I gave Jacob and Joshua teddy bears that I made at Build-A-Bear with message from me (expect a separate post on [...]

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Joel on February 9th, 2010

Five years ago, Jake entered our world and forever changed our lives.  And although it’s only been five years, it’s sometimes hard to remember what our life was like before his arrival.  One thing is for sure… there were definitely less toys laying around the house.
I enjoy playing with Jake, but I also enjoy watching [...]

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Joel on February 8th, 2010

This past Saturday we celebrated Jacob and Sophia’s birthdays (Sophia is Jake’s cousin).  They’re birthdays are only one day apart and Jake is just a year older than Sophie, so this one was birthday #5 for Jake and #4 for Sophie.
Continuing with the themed birthday parties we’ve been doing for them, this year the theme [...]

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Joel on January 23rd, 2010

We usually try to get out to the fair when it’s in town each year.  I can’t say it’s a favorite outing of ours, but it generally gives us an excuse to go out.  Every year we go, and after an hour or two, we’re sort of ready to leave.  There’s usually one or two [...]

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Joel on January 21st, 2010

Back in December, Jake and I went to see our family dentist.  Jamie and I have been going to Dr. Denton for at least ten years now.  He has got to be the nicest dentist ever and his staff is superb!  I can honestly say I have ZERO fear whenever I go in for a [...]

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Joel on January 9th, 2010

When Joshua was first born, Jake wanted nothing to do with him.  We would tell him: “Jake, you’re a big brother now” to which he would reply “I’m not a big brother, I’m Jacob!”.  His jealousy was so obvious, you would almost purposefully pick up Joshua just to watch Jake drop whatever he was doing [...]

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Jamie on December 6th, 2009

Yesterday we celebrated a mini-Christmas. We allowed Jacob to open a couple gifts early. Joshua too. Plus us and mom. Jake just had to open everyone’s presents but we encouraged it. We got a few good pictures and both boys seemed happy. Joel got me a digital picture frame to take to Moffitt and he [...]

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Joel on November 22nd, 2009

Last Sunday, the sun was out, the temperature was hovering in the low 80s, and it was very windy.  All the elements were just right for a bit of kite flying so I decided to take Jake to our community park and teach him how to fly a kite. He was a quick learner, [...]

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Jamie on October 27th, 2009

A few weeks ago, Joel took Jake to pick out his Halloween costume for this year, and Jake chose to become Spiderman! Joel got him the cutest costume; it even has build in arm and chest muscles! When they brought it home, we all wanted Jake to try it on and he was more than [...]

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