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I haven't blogged for a couple of days for various reasons. The biggest reason is that Mother's day was kinda hard on everyone. Sure, we were with friends, but it didn't help that Emma wasn't physically here for Ellen's first Mother's Day. It was really
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I know I haven't blogged in a while, but we are still trying to get our lives back to normal. Finally, we are coming up for air and have some really interesting posts regarding Emma, Ella and the rest of us. Who knows, I may even add some tech posts as
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A few days ago, I was challenged to write a bit about what Emma taught me. Emma reminded me of many things I had forgotten, but there were a few things I don't think I'd every really grasped until I met her. How to love courageously. I thought I understood
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It is with a heavy but peaceful heart that I want to let you know that Emma is finally comfortable and happy. She passed on this afternoon without pain in her parent’s arms, with the sun shining and the wind blowing through the trees. Emma was an inspiration
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No real news on Emma so far today. She is basically the same. The last blood culture grew positive in 20 hours, which is up from 12 hours, so that is a good sign. Doesn't really mean much, but we are taking every bit of good news that we can get. The
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Soooooooooo sorry. Can you forgive me? I did not mean to exclude women from supporting Emma. Obviously, none of you women will be sporting beards anytime soon. As a couple of you pointed out, women have hair issues in the mountains as well. Ellen was
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Of course they were separated at birth. That's Ella and her mom (circa 1975) both enjoying tummy time. The funny thing about these photos is that Ella is a such a mashup of Ellen and myself. She has Ellen's chin and my fat face (and eyes). Ellen had an
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Photo Credit: Randy Stewart / Stewtopia Ellen took a break last night from being a fantastic mommy. She was the first speaker at last night's Ignite Seattle where she spoke about her rough times living and dealing with a serial entrepreneur. The crowd
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Let the sleepless nights commence! Ella is no longer hooked up to any machines, alarms, or nurses. She is home in my arms right now and already whining about it. We still have some unfinished business with her, but she is well enough that she is able
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We had a very scary moment today. It's really amazing how quickly things can turn on you. I just tried feeding Emma her first bottle, which was unsuccessful, so we had to rely on the feeding tube as usual. As we do every day, I decided to hold Emma as
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Today marks a new day for me. With this blog post (and subsequent email many of you will receive from me later), I have officially kicked off a new non-profit organization called " Climb For Kids ". As many of you are already aware, and if you are reading
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Sorry to disappoint you Dawn , but one my girls is not feelin' the pink train . We've got a ton of clothes for both girls, and a LOT of them are pink. They are all super cute, but we thought we should add a few non-pink girls outfits to their set of clothes.
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The girls are really growing . I now call Emma "peanut" because she is smaller and Ella has been adorned the name "jelly" as in jelly rolls (I'm sure I'll regret this reference when they are 17 and are looking to rebel against Daddy). Anyway together
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We have some very good news. The girls are growing a lot! Emma reached 1500 grams last night which is a big milestone for her. If you remember, I spoke about the VSD she has in her heart which will require open heart surgery to correct. If Emma growth
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NOTE: I wanted to mention that as of this posting, I'm now changing permissions for who can access photos of Ella and Emma. All pictures will be available only to Friends and Family of ours via Flickr. If you want to see more photos, simply go to Flickr,
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