New Year .... New Changes If you are a regular reader of OurKidsMom, you might have noticed that our normal activity level has dropped significantly over the past few weeks. I had intended it to just last through the holiday break so I could enjoy having my entire family home at the same time but it somehow ended up being almost an entire month of slow activity. You know something is up when there are only 3-6 giveaways going at once, right? … [Read more...]
Keeping the Christmas Traditions Alive
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Keeping the Christmas Traditions Alive Christmas is coming and my mind is turning already to what I'm going to add to the holiday this year to give it that special touch. I want to continue with some of the traditions I grew up with but now that I have a family and children I want to add some special traditions that are for our family. Growing up, the first day of December my mom would bring out our Santa chimney advent calendar where it would … [Read more...]
Birthdays Are More Fun With CHUGGINGTON! | Party Supplies & Cake
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The folks in the Chuggington Conductor headquarters heard that Ethan was having a 4th birthday party and decided to send him a few things to make it more fun. Namely, Chuggington party supplies and CAKE! There is an entire Hallmark line of dinner/dessert plates, lunch/beverage napkins, invitations, thank you notes and stickers to tie the theme together and get the party on track. All of them have Chuggington trainees including Brewster, Wilson … [Read more...]
Ethan’s 4th Birthday | Recovering Deleted Photos
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Today (Saturday) was Ethan’s 4th birthday. To make it extra special we took him to play at The Track in Branson, MO (review to come later). We had a long, hot but fun day. In a hurry to clear my memory card so I could join the family at the pool I thought I transferred my photos to my hard drive. I reformatted my memory card so I had a clean slate for the pool photos. Tonight when I went to find the photos... they were nowhere to be found. As … [Read more...]
Twenty-One Years Ago | Five Days | Forever In Our Hearts #infantloss
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Twenty-one Years Ago… Our lives changed Forever. (My first time holding Emilee… and one of our very few “family” photos.) Our sweet angel baby Emilee Camille was born. Twenty-one years ago... it seems like yesterday, but again it seems like a lifetime ago... almost dreamlike. Who would she have looked like? What would her personality have been like? What talents, likes and dislikes would she have had? Millions of questions go through … [Read more...]
Thank You For Your Patience | My Life & Foundation Repair
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As many of your know, my life/house is in shambles right now as we are getting our foundation repaired. Yesterday was a long (and loud) day of drilling, cutting and piering which has left my household in a mess. Here are a few pictures of the process... Cutting the first hole... there are two in the garage and five in the lower living room. The first hole proved that we were doing the right thing. There is an almost ten inch void under our … [Read more...]
Happy Holidays from OurKidsMom’s Family…
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From OurKidsMom’s family to yours… we hope all your wishes come true this magical season. … [Read more...]
Happy 5th Birthday Emma!
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It seems like just yesterday you were turning 1 our sweet Emmaline Grace. We blinked… and now you’re five! Happy Birthday darling… you will always be my baby girl. … [Read more...]
Sibling Rivalry & Competitiveness … It’s Getting Dangerous!
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If you’ve been around a while, you might remember reading in November about our “baby” case of sibling rivalry. That was mostly hitting and yelling. I was reassured that it would get better, and for the most part I guess it has. The aggressiveness with each other has pretty much become non-existant. They play together daily and Ethan even insists on getting kisses from Emma at bedtime. I think more than ever they are now competing. … [Read more...]
Happy Birthday Ethan!
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Three years ago today our lives were forever changed for the better. It’s incredible how fast time flies. It seems like just yesterday he was my chubby little toothless booby baby… all giggles and grins. And then it happened. I blinked… and he grew up. I tell him often… “You will always be Mommy’s baby… you know that, right?” He always answers in his sweet little voice … [Read more...]
