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To Repeat or Not to Repeat? That is the Question. | Hand in Hand
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Happy Mother’s Day to My Special Women. May 27, 2015 · 10:40 pm. To Repeat or Not to Repeat? That is the Question. Anyway, I did want to get a post out tonight because we have an important decision to make soon and y’all have been so insightful before. If you’ve been reading this blog for any length of time you know some of the struggles we’ve had making decisions. He told me that basically all research says that repeating a grade shows no benefits- but the research is for kids from “normal” ...Summer sc...
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Settled! | Hand in Hand
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To Repeat or Not to Repeat? That is the Question. So Long, My Faithful Pump →. June 5, 2015 · 6:18 pm. We’ve been in our new house for nearly 3 weeks now. Praise the Lord in the heavens above because the weeks leading up to our move were honestly a low point in my life. Morning- Get up, get self around, get kids around. Early evening- Leave work before you’re done to pick up kids and feed them a hurried dinner. Evening- Sports practice or game. Late evening- Bedtime X4. The mantle is decorated. The c...
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Adoption | Hand in Hand
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The husband and I started our adoption journey. Man-oh-man has it been a crazy ride! We are adopting from Ethiopia through Children’s Hope International. We started off requesting young siblings. We learned about the process. We spent months gathering paperwork. And even taking a baby class. At a local hospital. After getting all the papers notarized and state certified. Our paperwork was complete. And on Valentine’s Day 2011 we were officially on The Wait List. A Change of Heart- Waiting Children. To ra...
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Natural Living | Hand in Hand
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As I have gotten older, I’ve gotten a bit weird. It started in January 2011 when we watched the documentary Food Inc. So that’s where it started, and it continued that way for awhile. Our family was making healthier decisions. I can’t tell you that we became superheroes overnight or that Covergirl called me for a contract, but we definitely felt good and had more energy. Then I really started to go off the deep end. So I started making my own all purpose cleaner. And then my own laundry detergent. Why I ...
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Infertility | Hand in Hand
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I started this blog in Spring of 2009 to document the joys of pregnancy and a new baby. But that never happened. After a year with no baby, we started seeing an infertility specialist. He ran lots of tests with few results; there were a few things that were a little off. And were eventually told that if we wanted a child IVF would be our best option. I can’t quite put into words how tough of a time this was. It sucked. Really really really bad. I was mad at my body, mad at myself, mad at God. If you have...
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Have I Mentioned That I Hate Potty Training? | Hand in Hand
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Happy Father’s Day! Update on The New Job →. June 29, 2015 · 11:12 pm. Have I Mentioned That I Hate Potty Training? There’s a lot of horrible things in today’s world. Sex trafficking. Refugees being killed. Fathers leaving families. War. Somewhere right behind those things is potty training. You guys, I cannot even handle one more poopy diaper. We kind of started potty training Wiggles when he was 20 months old. He is now 38 months old. THAT’S 18 MONTHS OF POTTY TRAINING. Sorry for the funky formatting&#...
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The Day I Quit My Job | Hand in Hand
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October 3, 2014 · 4:33 pm. The Day I Quit My Job. We were living in a townhouse we bought for $1,000 down. We borrowed the $1,000 from my parents. We were planning our wedding and I was starting my career at Sprint. I’ve worked really hard here. Obviously. That would be dumb, right? This really complicated things. Was I really prepared to volunteer to leave? I would get 24 weeks severance pay. I didn’t want to stay home; but what else would I do? Over the past month I’ve done a lot of soul-searchin...
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Just One Example of How Life Changes Post Kids | Hand in Hand
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So Long, My Faithful Pump. Happy Father’s Day! June 15, 2015 · 10:44 pm. Just One Example of How Life Changes Post Kids. Remember when you were expecting your first child and people kept saying Everything changes when you have kids? And how deep down you knew that was true, but then you actually had a kid and understood that you didn’t really realize the true implications of just how much life changes? Pre kids, here was my going-to-the-store routine:. Decide I want to go to the store. Go to the store.
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15…Er, 16 Month Update | Hand in Hand
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Update on The New Job. Big Kid Mom →. July 30, 2015 · 10:51 pm. 15…Er, 16 Month Update. After we had been home for a year I was going to switch to quarterly updates, but it took me a month to get my act together. Actually, instead of saying I’m 24 days late for a 15 month update I’m just going to say I’m 7 days early for a 16 month update. So there. So here’s what normal looks like:. And Is there anything cuter than TBall? Diva’s team was made up of 4, 5, and 6 year olds. She was definitely one...It kind...
