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		<title>first or last christmas?</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s December. December. The last month of the year. The crazy month of the year. We&#8217;re on day two and I am already freaking out a little about all the things I won&#8217;t get around to doing. (J will tell you I do this every year and he is right.) (And every year Christmas is [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=agreat2008.wordpress.com&blog=2431841&post=961&subd=agreat2008&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>(almost) one month later</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[I haven&#8217;t written in almost a month. This is my first November entry, and in a week November ends. And when November ends, BOM is awfully close to turning six months. Six months. About half of my time, I feel as if I have been a mother forever, but the other half I stare at [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=agreat2008.wordpress.com&blog=2431841&post=958&subd=agreat2008&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[Drinking champange and eating brownies. Christening leftovers are great. Cookie up next.
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Still breastfeeding, but girl&#8217;s got to taste champagne sooner or later.
***
BOM now officially has real name, no longer just known as her social security number.
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We fit 24 adults and 6 children into the apartment this weekend. Should not complain about lack of space.
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 10:38:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Drew</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sometimes I am an idiot.
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Back story:
During all those months of wanting and hoping it took me to become pregnant, I needed new jeans. My favourite Diesel jeans no longer left the colour of my knickers a secret piece of information which would be disclosed to J at night time. Nor did my second or third [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=agreat2008.wordpress.com&blog=2431841&post=928&subd=agreat2008&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>the difference a year makes</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 15:10:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[October 16th, 2008

***
A year ago today:

I found out I was pregnant
My biggest wish finally came true
J and I began the journey towards becoming parents
J brought me yellow roses
J kissed my belly goodnight &#8211; not for the first time, but this time certain he was kissing someone goodnight
I cried with my trousers &#8217;round my ankles (and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=agreat2008.wordpress.com&blog=2431841&post=911&subd=agreat2008&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>toast</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 12:18:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Drew</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(Lesson learned this morning: Turn on the toaster when you want to toast.)
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I have a draft from Monday which begins: &#8220;It&#8217;s one of the best Monday mornings in a really long time. BOM is happy and content, she slept until 7:30am, and she smiled at me when I change her diaper in a way that [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=agreat2008.wordpress.com&blog=2431841&post=902&subd=agreat2008&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>you feel stupid&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 08:00:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Drew</dc:creator>
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when you can&#8217;t fall asleep at night and are awake between 12 and 3.
when you spend those hours writing invitations for your daughter&#8217;s christening and folding the laundry.
when you consider getting out the iron and ironing your husband&#8217;s shirts.
(I didn&#8217;t.)
when your body feels hungover the next morning without a single glass of champagne being involved.

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		<title>right now</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 13:48:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Drew</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Her eyes are still blue, she still breathes, she still sleeps through the night. She still has ups and downs. If you asked her, I bet she would tell you that she is just fine, that she enjoys her life and that she just wants the milk to continue flowing.
I, on the other hand, am [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=agreat2008.wordpress.com&blog=2431841&post=885&subd=agreat2008&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>one, two, three</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 11:38:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Drew</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(I wasn&#8217;t going to do this. I wasn&#8217;t going to write you monthly letters. Others do that. I was going to not do it. I was going to do something else &#8211; maybe. And here you have it: a letter. Just like all the others get letters so do you. Why? Because you are three [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=agreat2008.wordpress.com&blog=2431841&post=863&subd=agreat2008&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>slow pace</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2009 12:26:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Drew</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some days when J returns from work and asks what we have been up to, I don&#8217;t know what to answer. The days do have content, I know, but often I forget what it was. One day it is a lot of sleep, the next it is no sleep. One day it is buying two [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=agreat2008.wordpress.com&blog=2431841&post=841&subd=agreat2008&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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