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  • Cuando Un Amigo Se Va (When a Friend Leaves)

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    There is a song called "Cuando un Amigo se Va" by Alberto Cortez and the lyrics go something like this:

    When a friend leaves,
    there is an empty space
    that can not be filled
    by any other new friend.

    When a friend leaves
    it leaves a burning flame[...]
    Posted: October 08, 2009, 11:20pm EDT
    by Chabelamarie
  • Day 3

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    Today it felt like we had a regression. Three accidents on the floor; but, they were all my fault. I slacked off and was not watching her carefully.

    The poop saga ended with poop on her undies (thank god she was constipated!) and on the bathroom floor. However, she [...]
    Posted: October 04, 2009, 11:58pm EDT
    by Chabelamarie
  • Day 2

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    Day 2 of the 3-Day Potty Training program went fairly well, mostly for the first part of the day. The girl only had 1 accident on the floor, and she did wet her bed during the nap, but she woke up dry from the night before. Not bad!

    However, [...]
    Posted: October 03, 2009, 11:00pm EDT
    by Chabelamarie
  • Day 1

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    We, or I should say, I survived day 1 of this 3 day potty training program. I must have said "let mama know if you have to go potty" about a thousand times! But it is working so far!

    We only had 1 accident while she was up, and [...]
    Posted: October 02, 2009, 11:26pm EDT
    by Chabelamarie
  • The Last Diaper

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    I'm done cleaning pooped and peed diapers that weight a ton. Finished. This is it.

    So, I bit the bullet and bought and downloaded the 3-Day Potty Training Program advertised on Parents Magazine. I read the whole thing and I am ready to spend the next three' [...]
    Posted: October 01, 2009, 11:52pm EDT
    by Chabelamarie
  • For the Better

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    I was all sentimental about the girl going to school for the whole day, but now that I get quiet days with Little Dude, and running errands with only one child is sooo easy, I simply LOVE preschool!

    The girl is doing great. On her first day, both the [...]
    Posted: September 16, 2009, 4:04pm EDT
    by Chabelamarie
  • Preschool

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    Last weekend, the girl gave us a run for our money by being extremely difficult and whiny. Her father and I were at the end of out wits, although luckily it seemed that we were taking turns on loosing our patience with her.

    Came Monday morning, and I found [...]
    Posted: September 02, 2009, 4:47pm EDT
    by Chabelamarie
  • Breastfeeding

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    During our vacation in Puerto Rico, Little Dude was bottle fed a lot more often than ever before. This was due to a combination of hectic schedules, my mom taking care of him, the heat (it is so hard to breastfeed when you are sweaty and sticky) and the fact [...]
    Posted: August 13, 2009, 3:18pm EDT
    by Chabelamarie
  • Flower Girl

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    When my uncle asked me a few months ago if the girl could be the flower girl at his son's wedding, I happily agreed, but told him that I wasn't sure if the girl would understand what she was supposed to do during the ceremony. [...]
    Posted: August 12, 2009, 2:30pm EDT
    by Chabelamarie
  • Moments

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    As I'm sitting in front of my computer, I am soothed by the gentle humming of the swing next to me rocking "Little Dude" as he takes a rare afternoon nap. Life is just a series of moments. Moments of surprise, when the girl says something new, moments between naps,' [...]
    Posted: July 14, 2009, 3:41pm EDT
    by Chabelamarie
  • Differences

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    It is amazing to watch how the Girl and Little Dude are two completely individuals despite the fact that I am raising pretty much the same way:

    The girl was a horrible sleeper until she was 10 months old, when we did sleep training. Little Dude already sleeps from [...]
    Posted: July 05, 2009, 3:14pm EDT
    by Chabelamarie
  • Photo Safari

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    One of my Christmas Presents from the husband was a gift certificate for a 4 hour photography class around the DC Monuments. Between being really pregnant at the time, having a baby and getting breastfeeding established, it wasn't until 6 months later that I was able to use my gift.[...]
    Posted: June 13, 2009, 2:34pm EDT
    by Chabelamarie
  • The Girl and Her Dog

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    Sabrina, our doggy, was looking sick yesterday. Her eyes were red and with lots of gooey stuff. The girl noticed it right away and came over to announce to us that the doggy's eyes were "very very eewy".

    We explained to her that the doggy was sick and she' [...]
    Posted: June 08, 2009, 5:12pm EDT
    by Chabelamarie
  • Itsy Bitsy Spider

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    Today I spotted a spider in the girl's room. I'm not terrified of spiders, but I'm not crazy about them either. After finding our visitor, I grabbed a tissue paper and was about to take care of business when the girl spotted it and said: "the Itsy Bitsy Spider!" and' [...]
    Posted: May 16, 2009, 11:09pm EDT
    by Chabelamarie
  • Mother's Day

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    I had a lovely Mother's Day yesterday. The kiddies behaved really well and the husband cooked an amazing dinner, worthy of a restaurant. However, my Mother's Day came really close to being a complete disaster!

    While the husband was cooking, we both thought that Little Dude would be better [...]
    Posted: May 11, 2009, 9:12pm EDT
    by Chabelamarie
  • Paper Planes

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    Our $16,000 air conditioner unit has never worked properly since day one. I have a huge stack of work orders to prove it. By the end of last summer, we thought it was finally fixed but when we turned it on 2 days ago, we [...]
    Posted: April 27, 2009, 8:23pm EDT
    by Chabelamarie
  • Time

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    I'm supposed to post at least once a week per the contract terms of the ads on the side of this blog. They haven't generated any income, but they look kind of cool and make the blog look more official. But with an 8-week old and a 2-year old, who [...]
    Posted: April 23, 2009, 6:48pm EDT
    by Chabelamarie
  • 10 Years Ago

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    Ten years ago, I was a 24 year old girl, working as a HUD OIG auditor, still living at home and saving a but load of money!

    Ten years ago today, I got on a plane to visit a very good friend in San Francisco. I had [...]
    Posted: April 10, 2009, 5:39pm EDT
    by Chabelamarie
  • What's Normal?

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    Taking care of a 6 week old baby and a toddler doesn't leave much time to write, or maybe my brain is fried from lack of sleep, so I can't put two coherent sentences together! Up until yesterday, I had the amazing help of my mother, but alas, she had [...]
    Posted: April 06, 2009, 6:11pm EDT
    by Chabelamarie
  • A New Bundle of Joy

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    Being a second time parent is so much better than being a first timer!

    Our little bundle of joy arrived two weeks ago via a repeat C-Section. It makes me sad to think that I never got to push a baby out of my [...]
    Posted: March 12, 2009, 5:30pm EDT
    by Chabelamarie
  • Happy

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    For some unknown reason, or perhaps because it is obvious, the girl refers to all sweets and desserts as "happy's". We don't know how it started, we don't know if we should blame Elmo, but that's what she calls candy, chocolate, doughnuts, cheesecake, cake, you name it; and because it [...]
    Posted: February 23, 2009, 11:58am EST
    by Chabelamarie
  • Am I Ready?

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    I'm finally nesting and for the last couple of week I have been cleaning baby clothes, baby equipment and getting the house ready for "Little Dude". He could be here any moment!

    The little crib made it's appearance in our bedroom once again. It sits there, quiet and empty [...]
    Posted: February 17, 2009, 8:09am EST
    by Chabelamarie
  • So Conflicted. . .

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    This is related to my previous post where I mentioned that I'm going to miss the times the girl and I have alone! Just right now as I'm sitting in the computer surfing the web, she pulled up a chair and sat next to me to read her books.
    [...]
    Posted: January 16, 2009, 4:44pm EST
    by Chabelamarie
  • The Calm Before the Storm

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    Growing up in PR, I have lived through a few hurricanes, the most devastating one being Hurricane George. I was always marvelled at the Erie calm you get the night before one of those monsters hit the island. The air is still, there is no breeze, and every leaf is [...]
    Posted: January 12, 2009, 8:10am EST
    by Chabelamarie
  • The Nordstrom Bathroom

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    If you are visiting Pentagon's City Mall and you need to use the bathroom, head over to Nordstrom. It is the best Women's Lounge, as they call it. If you are a breastfeeding mother, it is a haven since it comes complete with a breastfeeding room, changing tables, nice chairs, [...]
    Posted: December 22, 2008, 10:14am EST
    by Chabelamarie
  • It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas

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    You could say that I am the daughter of Clark W. Griswold from the movie Christmas Vacation. My dad decks the house pretty intensely with two Christmas trees, lights everywhere, including the fake ficus trees in the living room, and decorations in every room. Growing [...]
    Posted: December 18, 2008, 4:42pm EST
    by Chabelamarie
  • Scolded for Being Honest?

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    Last week the girl, my mother, and I were shopping at one of those pretty packed Hallmark stores. My Mom was looking at Vera Bradley purses and the girl was happily entertaining herself with anything her two little arms could reach from her stroller. I had parked her by a [...]
    Posted: December 14, 2008, 6:47pm EST
    by Chabelamarie
  • Two Years

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    Letter to my little girl:

    Two years ago at this very same time, I was holding you for the first time. I was counting toes and fingers and figuring out how to breast feed you. I was nervous, scared, tired, and that was just the very beginning.

    Today [...]
    Posted: December 07, 2008, 11:29pm EST
    by Chabelamarie
  • A Little Angel

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    Last Thursday one of the girl's playmates passed away after fighting leukemia for almost a year. You might recall his story from my previous my post, Running for a Cause.

    What a tragedy!

    I have no words to express our sense of loss and sadness; and I' [...]
    Posted: November 29, 2008, 8:24pm EST
    by Chabelamarie
  • Invaded by Germs

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    What three weeks we just had.

    First the girl and husband caught a stomach flu (somehow I escape that one) and the following week there were colds and ear infections. This was our first ear infection and it was not fun at all. In fact it looks like even [...]
    Posted: November 29, 2008, 8:19pm EST
    by Chabelamarie
  • Eight Years

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    Eight years ago at this time (11:15PM) I was a nervous wreck and about to go to bed because I didn't want bags underneath my eyes. I had a busy day ahead of me and it started early. The day ahead was my wedding day.[...]
    Posted: November 11, 2008, 11:12pm EST
    by Chabelamarie
  • Happy Halloween

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    Posted: October 31, 2008, 2:11pm EDT
    by Chabelamarie
  • A Son

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    It didn't take the technician more than two seconds to determine that the little creature inside of me it's a boy. She didn't even build up the moment; instead she just blurted out "it's a boy " as casually as one would say "it's raining". For her it was just' [...]
    Posted: October 25, 2008, 2:46pm EDT
    by Chabelamarie
  • Ikea Food?

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    Lately the girl has been giving us a hard time with her food intake. Maybe it was the cold she caught, or one of those weird phases toddlers go through, but all of a sudden she stopped eating the foods that she normally likes and was surviving on tomatoes, cucumbers, [...]
    Posted: October 19, 2008, 11:17pm EDT
    by Chabelamarie
  • Her First Crush

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    I don't know how it happened. I don't know when it happened.

    I guess that's how a crush starts. It is inexplicable.

    She had only seen him three or four times in her life. I had not really brought him up in any' [...]
    Posted: October 17, 2008, 8:44pm EDT
    by Chabelamarie
  • Running for a Cause

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    At 22 months the girl has already accomplished something I have not. Today she ran a race to support one of her playmates who has leukemia. To be more precise, Juvenile Myelomonocytic Leukemia (JMML).
    I cannot tell you how proud I am of her [...]
    Posted: October 11, 2008, 6:17pm EDT
    by Chabelamarie
  • Good Times

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    For seven days, the ocean breeze blew gently and we could feel the coming and going of the waves crashing against the ship. There were no schedules, no commitments, no getting up multiple times [...]
    Posted: September 28, 2008, 3:43pm EDT
    by Chabelamarie
  • Vacation

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    With the impending arrival of the new member of our family due in March, the husband convinced me to take a vacation. . . without the girl. Strangely enough, I could not convince him to take a baby moon when I was pregnant with the girl, but I guess that [...]
    Posted: September 10, 2008, 6:17pm EDT
    by Chabelamarie
  • Introducing the Potty

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    Last week I was at Babies R Us browsing through the isles when I came across the potties. We have decided to take a very laid back approach to potty training with the girl and wait until she gives us signs of being ready. Nevertheless, I decided to buy [...]
    Posted: August 24, 2008, 7:09pm EDT
    by Chabelamarie
  • Live and learn. . or maybe not

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    I am convinced that the dog has a better sense of self preservation than the girl. Example: you leave a loaded mouse trap on top the couch, the dog gets pinched while trying to get on the couch, and I'm almost certain that at least our dog, would never try' [...]
    Posted: August 18, 2008, 9:20pm EDT
    by Chabelamarie
  • Particular About Clothes

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    At 20 months, we finally hit the stage where the girl is particular about clothes. It's really cute to see how she prefers a shirt over another. The only catch about this stage is that she is not particular about what she is wearing; she likes to pick what I' [...]
    Posted: August 17, 2008, 8:57am EDT
    by Chabelamarie
  • Can it Get Much Better?

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    Today I had my first trimester ultrasound and now it feels more real that there is a little being growing inside of me. Of course, the nausea, and the all day sickness, together with the mood swings, cravings, lack of sleep, and constant peeing have also made it feel very [...]
    Posted: August 14, 2008, 8:23pm EDT
    by Chabelamarie
  • Metamorphosis

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    Yesterday I got stuck in the house doing "admin" things. During lunch, I watched the movie The Last Kiss and I got all depressed afterwards. Of course, at 9 weeks pregnant you are in the midst of the hormonal roller coaster - one minute you are laughing, and the next [...]
    Posted: July 30, 2008, 6:03pm EDT
    by Chabelamarie
  • First Appointment

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    There wasn't much to see on the monitor, but there was a teeny, tiny blinking dot and the doctor told us that was the heart beating. It is amazing that something that tiny has already a heart!

    It gave me confirmation of my state even though the constant nausea' [...]
    Posted: July 23, 2008, 4:18pm EDT
    by Chabelamarie
  • Sneaky Girl

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    I thought I was still another 11 years away from the girl slamming her door to do something she wasn't supposed to do, and this something potentially involving an addiction problem. God, I hope I never find myself in this position! But no, it happened today.

    The girl [...]
    Posted: July 18, 2008, 2:56pm EDT
    by Chabelamarie
  • Not Much Happening

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    Taking care of a toddler when you are constantly feeling like you just walked out of the worst roller coaster ride of your life really sucks. Changing her poopy diapers sucks even more.

    This all day sickness (because it is not morning sickness) is driving me insane. I spend [...]
    Posted: July 15, 2008, 9:16pm EDT
    by Chabelamarie
  • Doing It All Over Again

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    I know it is customary to wait until you are past the 12-week mark to announce a pregnancy, but I can't. Yes, I am 6 weeks pregnant. The reason why I need to say it, is because I can't ignore this godforsaken nausea feeling, tiredness and lack of motivation that [...]
    Posted: July 08, 2008, 2:42pm EDT
    by Chabelamarie
  • Disclaimers

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    There are so many things we do in front of our kids that we don't realize until we see them repeating our actions. Of course we have to, as that is part of living, teaching them, learning. But every now and then, I wish my life could be seen through [...]
    Posted: July 04, 2008, 5:39pm EDT
    by Chabelamarie
  • Independence

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    Yesterday we went to the Folklife Festival at the National Mall. We decided to go before the sweltering hot days of July get here. It was fun. We had Bhutanese food and enjoyed the exhibits.

    On our way out, we decided to look [...]
    Posted: June 30, 2008, 3:40pm EDT
    by Chabelamarie
  • Expecting the Unexpected

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    Today an AC technician finally made it to the house to check our unit. I have been trying to get our brand new AC fixed for two weeks. I was stood up twice, almost three times, but he finally made it.

    There is something about strangers in the house [...]
    Posted: June 25, 2008, 9:21pm EDT
    by Chabelamarie
  • Our Little Adventure

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    Last night at about 11:00 PM, the husband and I went out to sit on our porch and as soon as the door closed I saw the look in the husband's face, that look that means the keys are inside. Yep, we got locked out and no one has a [...]
    Posted: June 22, 2008, 2:14pm EDT
    by Chabelamarie
  • You Want This Again?

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    The girl has mastered the words this and again.

    "This" is normally a good word to have, except that she points at general areas and asks for "this".

    For example, she'll point at the kitchen counter which is normally packed with gazillion things and asks for [...]
    Posted: June 18, 2008, 3:20pm EDT
    by Chabelamarie
  • Happy Father's Day

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    You would think the girl knows is Father's Day. But she doesn't, she is way to young for that. However, she has given her daddy the most delightful weekend!

    Yesterday we set out to take care of a couple of errands and ended up [...]
    Posted: June 15, 2008, 12:09pm EDT
    by Chabelamarie
  • M & M's (Mishaps and Milestones)

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    Today was a busy day. It was the girl's last gymnastic class and on this last day she was more interested and willing to do what she was "supposed" to do than any of the previous classes. Definitely, the trampoline was her favorite thing even though she doesn't know how [...]
    Posted: June 11, 2008, 5:04pm EDT
    by Chabelamarie
  • The Baseball Game

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    A friend offered us tickets for a baseball game yesterday Sunday, and we thought why not give the crazy idea of going to a game with an 18-month old, under 98 degree weather a chance? So we packed up supplies and we headed to the park.

    We basically got [...]
    Posted: June 09, 2008, 8:27pm EDT
    by Chabelamarie
  • The First Baseball Game

    A friend offered us tickets for a baseball game yesterday Sunday, and we thought why not give the crazy idea of going to a game with an 18-month old, under 98 degree weather a chance? So we packed up supplies and we headed to the park.

    We basically got [...]
    Posted: June 08, 2008, 6:00pm EDT
    by Chabelamarie
  • The Water Table

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    The girls' auntie got her a water table for our porch. We (the adult women) decided that she needed a porch toy to keep herself entertained while we sit and enjoy the early summer.

    We went on an expedition (to Toys R Us and [...]
    Posted: June 03, 2008, 6:27pm EDT
    by Chabelamarie
  • A Mumble. . .

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    Last night I was giving the girl a bath. It was late, the girl needed to sleep, and I had a house guest that was due home any moment so the bath was a fast forward version.

    As I'm rinsing all the soap, I moved too fast and made [...]
    Posted: June 01, 2008, 12:20am EDT
    by Chabelamarie
  • The Fragility of Naps

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    Don't get me wrong. The girl is a great napper. Sometimes they happen at 11:00 AM sometimes they happen at 4:00 PM (depending on whether I've been out running around doing errands). The point is that she'll eventually take her nap and sometimes they could last 3 hours.

    However, [...]
    Posted: May 28, 2008, 3:07pm EDT
    by Chabelamarie
  • Phone Conversations (Part II)

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    The girl's imaginary phone conversations have gotten more sophisticated over the past few days.

    They are still conducted in some form of gibberish. . . (I think)

    But now they sound more like a real conversation with acknowledgements (every one of her "sentences" ends with an u-hum), [...]
    Posted: May 21, 2008, 11:04pm EDT
    by Chabelamarie
  • The Last Diaper

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    Today was one of those days that you wish you could go back into bed and start all of over again. Well, actually it hasn't been that bad except that I got up feeling pretty sick with a nasty cold.

    When I woke up, I could hardly swallow because [...]
    Posted: May 19, 2008, 4:53pm EDT
    by Chabelamarie
  • What a Night!

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    The girl, the husband, and I went upstairs last night to check out the progress of our bathroom. The baby gate did not latch. Next thing we heard were a series of tumbles with intermittent screams until it finally reached the bottom and then the big loud scream. Yes, the [...]
    Posted: May 12, 2008, 11:49pm EDT
    by Chabelamarie
  • A Mother's Day Wish

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    Here is another thought on Mother's Day:

    On my previous post I asked for time, relaxation, privacy, and pampering. We all complain about not getting enough of these when we have kids.

    Yesterday the mailman wrongfully delivered what appeared to be a handmade Mother's Day card. When we [...]
    Posted: May 10, 2008, 12:48pm EDT
    by Chabelamarie
  • What I Really Want for MD

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    If you read my previous post, I wrote a very romantic post on wanting a nice breakfast for Mother's Day (MD) and for the girl to say mama in her sweet little voice, blah, blah, blah. This morning I decided that it was all crap. Here is what I really [...]
    Posted: May 10, 2008, 10:24am EDT
    by Chabelamarie
  • "Mama" for Mother's Day

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    I'm one of those people who thinks that Hallmark has invented way too many holidays. Valentine's Day is the first one to come to mind. I believe that people set up their expectations so high for this particular day, that all they are doing is setting themselves up for a [...]
    Posted: May 08, 2008, 5:44pm EDT
    by Chabelamarie
  • Connected

    Our home computer died 5 days ago. I have to say that as a stay-at-home mommy, I have felt completely disconnected with the world. These days I rely mainly on the computer and the radio (NPR) to stay in touch with the rest of the world as TV, and [...]
    Posted: May 08, 2008, 12:51am EDT
    by Chabelamarie
  • Phone Conversations

    The girl loves talking on the phone. She grabs any phone she comes across to (preferably real ones) and she puts them on her shoulders (not her ear) and then she has these short conversations in gibberish. . . I guess.

    They are delicious to listen to! The best [...]
    Posted: May 08, 2008, 12:32am EDT
    by Chabelamarie
  • Toddler Tidbits

    I think it was on Parent's Magazine that I read that a good activity for you and your toddler was gardening. So last Saturday when the husband and I decided to make our front porch look presentable (only 8 months after we moved), we allowed the girl to get [...]
    Posted: April 29, 2008, 11:30pm EDT
    by Chabelamarie
  • So Now That I Can Talk, You Won't Listen?

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    At the girl's 15-month appointment, I raised my concern to the pediatrician that girl was not saying any words. She could make the "da-da" sound, "ba-ba" and very occasionally "ma-ma". The doctor said she was not concerned, although she did recognize that girl was a bit delayed. She recommended me [...]
    Posted: April 25, 2008, 4:49pm EDT
    by Chabelamarie
  • The N Word

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    I know what's happening. The girl is into full blown toddler hood. She needs to explore, she's testing for consistency, she's checking out the boundaries. And I know what I am supposed to do. I need to be patient, to keep the house baby proof, not abuse of the N [...]
    Posted: April 21, 2008, 9:33pm EDT
    by Chabelamarie
  • Back Home

    After our 16-day trip visiting both families while trying to get away from construction dust, the girl and I finally made it back home. We had a marvelous time both at my husband's family and at mine. The girl established really strong bonds with the most important women in her [...]
    Posted: April 19, 2008, 12:21pm EDT
    by Chabelamarie
  • The Beach

    Today I took the girl to the beach. This was not her first time, but the last time we went she was not walking yet, so I knoew this was going to be different. She totally loved it! She walked right to the water, amazed [...]
    Posted: April 11, 2008, 10:48pm EDT
    by Chabelamarie
  • The Not So Friendly Skies

    Before I had a child, I used to get annoyed at screaming kids on airplanes, and I used to criticize mothers who (I thought) would not control their children and allowed them to bang incessantly on the seat trays in front of them. Now I wonder if those mothers felt [...]
    Posted: April 07, 2008, 8:12pm EDT
    by Chabelamarie
  • Bringing the Girls Back Home

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    Mother Nature plays a very dirty trick on breastfeeding mothers. Even though one of the perks of breastfeeding is expediting the return to your pre-pregnancy body (something that I haven’t experienced yet), it leaves the girls looking quite deflated. In my case, one goes East, the other one goes West, [...]
    Posted: March 31, 2008, 11:04pm EDT
    by Chabelamarie
  • Traveling

    The girl and I are leaving tomorrow for 16 days while we get our bathrooms remodeled. I learned the hard way (4 weeks without a kitchen) that remodeling a house with a toddler is basically hell. Here are some of my challenges with traveling alone with the girl (we've done [...]
    Posted: March 31, 2008, 5:11pm EDT
    by Chabelamarie
  • Mr. Rogers


    Last Saturday I was watching PBS and Mr. Rogers' show came up. I grew up in Puerto Rico and somehow I had never seen his show although I had heard of him. I was a [...]
    Posted: March 29, 2008, 1:27pm EDT
    by Chabelamarie
  • The Zoo

    Today I took the girl to the zoo. It was pretty crowded so it was hard for her to see the animals from her stroller, but she is definitely interested and aware. On my way out, I discovered the petting zoo. She loved the donkeys, [...]
    Posted: March 28, 2008, 4:58pm EDT
    by Chabelamarie
  • Easter in DC


    It's been years since I've had an Easter Sunday like the ones I used to have when I was a little girl. Today I got one. It started with the girl discovering her Easter basket and looking for eggs all over the house (well, the [...]
    Posted: March 23, 2008, 8:40pm EDT
    by Chabelamarie
  • The Easter Bunny

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    A picture speaks a thousand words, but I think we can sum this one up to: "please get me out of here! Who is this monster?" She wasn't particularly scared of the bunny - while she was in mommy's arms. But once I sat her [...]
    Posted: March 18, 2008, 3:12pm EDT
    by Chabelamarie
  • The First Bath

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    No, it is not her first bath. The girl is 15 months old! But tonight was our first bath together. How much fun!

    We ditched the baby bathtub a few nights ago and decided to give the girl the pleasure of a full bathtub to splash around. She looked [...]
    Posted: March 16, 2008, 11:08pm EDT
    by Chabelamarie
  • Our Dog

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  • Separation Anxiety

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  • The First 15 Months

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