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Me, My Boy, and The Girls

January 9, 2012

I remember the night well. It was a Sunday, and it was approximately 7:30 P.M. when we walked through the door with him. I remember looking at him, and then back at McDaddy and asking, “Well, now what do we do?” Our household had just grown by two feet, and we were the proud [inexperienced] [...]

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Three is Nine

December 12, 2011

Nine years ago today, on December 12, 2002, I was headed to a weekly non-stress test at our local Children’s Hospital, as I had done for eight weeks. I had spent the past four weeks on bed rest, with another four weeks to go. As I waited for my baby boy to log ten movements, I [...]

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Super Summer Summary

August 25, 2011

Summer is holding on by a thread. Or maybe I should say I’m holding on to summer by a thread. The mornings are cooler. Daylight ends sooner. And I don’t even want to mention the dread I feel just thinking about the cold weather that is no doubt just around the corner, with its friends snow, and [...]

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Sunny Summer Days

July 10, 2011

Swimming Splashing Sweetness Smiles I love sunny summer days. This post is linked to You Capture. Pin it

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One Fell Off And Bumped His Head

June 21, 2011

Two little monkeys riding on bikes, Around the circle raced until they were out of sight, When one fell off and bumped his head, He wound up in a hospital bed. Thankfully, the monkey was wearing a helmet, you see, Or else, he would have hurt more than just his knee.   The helmet worked for us as [...]

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Extra, Extra, Read All About It!

June 21, 2011

If you are one of the eight regular readers around here at From Inmates To Playdates, you might still be wondering what in the heck happened on our camping trip over the weekend. Believe me when I tell you that I wanted nothing more than to tell the entire drama-filled story yesterday. (Y’all know how much [...]

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A Story To Tell

April 15, 2011

This picture has a story to tell. Any ideas? Pin it

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Made From Scratch

April 5, 2011

Remember when I was screaming like a crazy person yesterday that it was 86 degrees here in Charleston? I’ll just have you know that I had no business making a grand announcement like that because today? Today, the high was 53 degrees. Which makes for a very cold baseball practice. And a numb butt. I [...]

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37 and 8

December 17, 2010

We had a wonderfully fabulous weekend here at the McResidence last weekend. The weekend started with dinner on Friday evening at Olive Garden for our little family of four, our parents, and four couples who are near and dear to us. I had my usual, spaghetti with meat sauce AND a tiramisu for dessert. As [...]

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Second

August 22, 2010

It seems like just a second ago, I was feeling you kick in my belly and wondering what you would look like. It seems like just a few seconds ago, you and I were ironing out the whole breast-feeding deal and coming to a conclusion that yes, yes indeed, we can do this thing. It seems like [...]

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