tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6274947667856154582012-01-24T19:29:55.278-05:00Bloom and Grow ForeverAmandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08373601708112028912noreply@blogger.comBlogger2091100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627494766785615458.post-20126832222949790352010-03-27T21:40:00.002-04:002010-03-27T21:58:38.083-04:00

One hand typing here. Crazy life. Busy busy. Hazel is fantastic and amazing and beautiful and perfect. She is the best and most loving and helpful big sister there ever has been. Not a trace of jealousy or anger at all. She is talking full sentences all the time and busy as can be. She made a great escape from her crib, so we took her to Ikea to test out all of the new big kid beds. She

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Welcome to Elias James Donovan, who born January 28th, 2010 at 10:31 PM. Weighing in at a measly 7 pounds 15 ounces after my fears of a 12 pound baby were thankfully unfounded. Apparently I was measuring 43 weeks pregnant when I was 39 weeks pregnant not because of a large baby, or too much fluid, but because of a gigantic umbilical cord that was a whopping 2 pounds! The clamp didn't even fit

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Dear Hazel,This is hard for me to write. Today I'm 39 weeks into this terrible pregnancy and it may be ending today and you will have a new brother in the house for the rest of your life. It's never going to be the three of us again. I don't do pregnancy well- I hate it, in fact. I hated being pregnant with you, and I hate being pregnant now, though this is a hundred times worse than before.

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This summer we took a little family vacation to this cool old-fashioned family resort place straight out of Dirty Dancing but without all the drama. It's called Sebasco Harbor Resort, and it was the perfect place to go with kids- very child-friendly and tons of activities for all ages, a self-contained little resort right on the ocean at the southern tip of a peninsula near Bath. We had a suite

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I realize how far behind I am. Frankly, I hate being pregnant and it's doubly hard with crazy toddler Hazel Porkpie, so I spend all my free time sleeping. Or staring at the wall. I really need to update some pictures. We had a lot of adventures this summer, and no I'm not going to post any pictures of my belly.Goggles and splashing in the dog bowl.In the woods one afternoon.A rare sighting of

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Happy Holidays to everyone out there. Have a very safe, happy, grateful, love-filled, and healthy new year.

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At 21 months old, some of Hazels words these days, though she adds more every day.cupflies (any bug, always plural)moie (more)cai (car)truckvroomtrainchoochooupdownnite niteBIE!! (goodbye)hi.no.yup.thanks.peeze (please)mama or mommiedadabuttdis (this)dat (that)GABBOO GABBOO!! (asking to watch her favorite show, Yo Gabba Gabba)hep! (help)oh kay oh kay (said under her breath whenever she is

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I have no reason for not blogging, other than the fact that I'm pregnant and exhausted. It ain't easy chasing after a crazy toddler with a sandbag strapped to my gut. And this second pregnancy thing....man, I have no muscle tone or something because I'm carrying so much lower and feel always like I'm ten weeks further along than I actually am. I guess the big news is that we found out we are

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I guess the month of rain, and the first trimester utter exhaustion has been getting to me, and I don't much feel like blogging. I sleep at every oportunity, and we have barely been able to leave the house. Summer has not arrived, and I'm sitting here typing in my turtleneck sweater and Uggs. We have had some fun and interesting things happen lately, like our big annual "summertime" BBQ, and I'll

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Touch down estimated to be February 3, 2010. I'll have two under two for two weeks! Wish us luck! Hazel won't know what hit her.P.S. No fertility treatments needed this time! I love surprises.

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I watched this about a hundred times tonight, and it made me cry every time! These are the kids from the PS22 Chorus in NYC. This is why school music programs are so important!

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This child's stuff was taking over my living room. In an effort to streamline things in our little almost- two hundred year old house, we (initially reluctantly) decided to transform the adjacent library into a playroom. We kept much of our stuff in there, but moved it onto the top shelves. We are giving Hazel the bottom two shelves of the built ins, and eventually we will clear out the

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Hazel's friend Beatrice turned one, and we got to party with her! Bea Balloon Bea Boo Hoo Bea's KneesHazel wearing her Party Pants Enjoying Bea's birthday swing Hazel enjoying some food she stole from another baby. She likes to push kids, screech at them, then steal their snacks.Double-fisting Lil' Crunchies

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Clearly having this toddler has taken up more of my time than I expected it to. I love every moment of it. She is such a crazy kid- so opinionated! So funny! She loves to make us laugh. She had a crazy growth spurt, ate me out of house and home over about three days then one day was twice as long. She is 15 and a half months old now, and she is a totally different kid than the one at her

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"Cup", "clap" and "quack" sound suspiciously familiar.

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Dear Pixar, From All The Girls With Band-Aids On Their KneesLet The Kid Be...and, for my fellow grown-women/Twihards, this is a great article that pretty much summs up our obsession...What Girls WantEnjoy.

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I am beyond angry, beyond heart broken, beyond distressed and shaking with emotion.  Elaina Redding was two years old when she died last week.  The button battery that she swallowed remained in her esophagus for ten hours before it killed her.  For Hazel, the battery remained in her esophagus for six days.  Elaina's doctor did a chest x-ray after her mother reported that her daughter had been

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We went to cousin Owen's second birthday last month- un-freaking-believable that it's already been a year since the first one.  Hazel fell in love with this little buggy, and because her feet didn't touch the ground to mover herself around, Sucker Mama pushed her all over the play space for most of the party.  It was pretty awesome for her.  She is really into mechanical things right now- her

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Just a couple of pictures from Easter.  We went down to Rhode Island so all the cousins could participate in the first annual Donovan-Kirkpatrick Easter Egg Hunt.  Since the kiddos are all pretty little, the eggs were just scattered all over the lawn.  Hazel won an awesome duck wattering can to use in her garden.  As soon as these kids get a bit bigger, one of the eggs will have fifty bucks in it

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The "before" shot- a crazy mess hanging in the eyes"Most obstacles melt away when we make up our minds to walk boldly through them."The first snip!All done!  We just trimmed her bangs a bit.  I like it long and shaggy, and I love her curls in back.  She is still growing out her ICU bald spot a bit, so I didn't want to cut the back until it has sort of blended in a little bit more.  She just

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Hazel just said, "Oh, crap."  It's her second phrase, her first being, "Hi, dada".  I was picking cheese out of her hair and she repeated me.  Guess it's time that I start to (try to) clean up my mouth.Her other words for now are;cup (cu)uh-ohdog (dug)woof (wffffff fffff)mamadadahi (hhhiiiiiieeeee)cat (ca)that (dat)no (nai nai nai)

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"Your toddler will do what they need to do and it's not necessarily what you say. If you're patient then they will be patient. If you speak gently then they will be gentle. Whatever you want them to be you have to start becoming."  Helen Hunt

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Stay tuned for the good stuff at 1:45

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I won the award, and was recognized by Obama..really!Happy Mothers Day to all the mamas out there.  Keep up the good work.

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So, like I said earlier, the stars aligned and the Donovan's took three separate trips to Washington DC in the month of April, two of which Hazel was on.  The first was a quick family vacation, and the second was for the MS walk with friends.  We were lucky (?) that our first trip coincided with the cherry blossoms, which were quite beautiful, but the District was also pretty overwhelmed with

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Hazel and her friend Matea gettgin busy at some playing down in Rhode Island.My vegetarian daughter is already rebelling.Caught!  Hazel and Matea getting in trouble.Laurie and I couldn't wait to take the girls to Costco because they have double carriages!  We told everyone they were twins.  It was great until Magnolia got into hair-pulling.Getting familliar with a drum kit.Having fun making

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I'm so embarrassed!  I am shocked that I have not updated here in so long.  I sort of put this blog on the back burner while other things took over our life and felt slightly guilty but nothing more.  Until I started getting the emails.  Thank you all for your concern- I guess I never realized how many people followed our lives.  Just to reassure you all; Hazel is OK!  In fact, she is more than

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Hazel and I are both half dead from viral gastroenteritis, and Jamie has been working hundred hour weeks, staying down in Cambridge most nights to try and get this project done by Friday.  His company helped me out by paying for a babysitter this afternoon so I could get some rest and try to rehydrate myself, but I would rather have Jamie home.  I'm on hold with Hazels pediatrician now (going on

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Here is the story as it aired in Philly!  I think they did a great job with this one.  Thank you, Stephanie!

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I always like provocative!Tell me what you think, and PLEASE be respectful.

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Hazel is blessed to grow up with (at current count) five other cousins all born within the last two years. We are all blessed to be welcoming two more cousins to the gang- another baby girl in June and another in September. That makes EIGHT cousins all within two and a half years of each other. Can you imagine? Summers are going to be so much fun at the beach with this brood. And since we

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I know its blurry- the camera couldn't focus because she was moving too fast- but this was her first time on her bike and her smile in this picture is just priceless. The professional dismount Getting help from Uncle Christopher Taking it out on the road (driveway) for the first time "Check out my hoopty." Totally sweet ride. Happy girl Little bike, big world So thrilled A chilly walk on Singing

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Hazel checking out the schooling exhibit Tropical tank Starfish and anemoneGetting really good at pointing Dreaming Diver in the big tank Moray eel friend Hazel, dada and the shark Snack time Jellies Beautiful Moon Jellies Glowing Perfect

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1. i feel it all- feist2. they want efx- das efx3. wagon wheel- old crow medicine show4. skokiaan (south african song)- louis armstrong5. good newz commin'- jungle brothers6. oh boy!- buddy holly and the crickets7. little sack of sugar- elizabeth mitchell8. do you wanna dance- the ramones9. quelqu'un m'a dit- carla bruni10. saperlipopette- clothilde11. surfer mama- kira wiley12. ommu beno mmu-

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The story,and the video!!

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We did it!  The strongest girl I know came home from the hospital this afternoon after having her first esophageal dilatation procedure at Children's Hospital Boston.  Everything went great.  Jamie went into the OR with her while she was put under, and just over an hour later we were with her in the PACU comforting her and listening to her froggy voice.  Her surgeons said that things went very

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I know that I am very behind on blogging.  After Hazel's birthday, I slurped this whole blog into a book that I'm going to get published for her, and have been sweating about getting the formatting right.  That has taken a lot of time.  I also have spent seemingly every moment worrying about Tuesday.  I'm petrified, paralyzed about Hazel's surgery and have crawled into a little hole of denial 

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Oh how we have been behind on blogging! Things have been nutty here with yet another gift-free birthday party/ fundraiser for Children's Hospital that we did for Hazel's family, and Jamie's nine day nose-bleed. Yes, you read that right and yes, he has already been to the doctor and the hospital and yes, he is feeling better but things just became a bit messy around here this week. So like I said,

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i carry your heart with mei carry your heart with me (i carry it in my heart) i am never without it (anywhere i go you go, my dear; and whatever is doneby only me is your doing, my darling)i fear no fate (for you are my fate, my sweet) i want no world (for beautiful you are my world, my true)and it's you are whatever a moon has always meantand whatever a sun will always sing is youhere is the

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At this moment I was pushing your body out into the world one year earlier. You are such a blessing. I love every moment of your life, every breath. You have created a million new lives with yours. I wouldn't trade a moment of this year. We love you a thousand times over. And over, and over. For ever and ever.

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This is where it all began...In early labor on the day you were born. TransformedWe were still attachedYour first breath, my first look in your eyes.Your first kiss.Melting. Spectacular. We thought we loved you as much as we could then, but our hearts are bursting more every day of your life. Swollen, puffy, tired. Quiet alert. Proud.

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Hazel love, these are just some of the people who love you! They came from all over to celebrate your birthday with you, and we all had so much fun together. Christy, our old neighbor in Beverly. In the back is Wally holding Owen. Hazel's tutu! Jillian and Nathan Dino Janel with Nolan and Adaleigh This is you, searching for a forgotten pacifier in someones carseat. Zoe! Magnolia, your BFF. Dada

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Oh, this child. The moment she turned ten months old, the toddler came out, and the baby receded into the background. But this birthday tomorrow, as arbitrary as it can be, is the final cut- the coup de grâce of her babyhood. Every day she is doing something new. Today she said, "woof". She blows on her food like she is cooling it down. She does "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" with her hands and

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I'm thinking back to one year ago tonight, eating the pumpkin tortellini at Chianti's in Beverly that is rumored to put women into labor.  I didn't even have to place my order- our waitress saw me coming from a mile away and said, "I know what you came here for!"  We had just been to see my OB where I was told my cervix had not budged and the baby had not dropped into my pelvis.  He told me that

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Three is a magic number,Yes it is, it's a magic number.Somewhere in the ancient, mystic trinityYou get three as a magic number.The past and the present and the future.Faith and Hope and Charity,The heart and the brain and the bodyGive you three as a magic number.It takes three legs to make a tri-podOr to make a table stand.It takes three wheels to make a ve-hicleCalled a tricycle.Every triangle

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I have never been as happy as I am when I'm rocking my baby to sleep at night.  The weight of her in my arms and her soft breath is worth everything in this world and the next.

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So, this mommy blogging thing has certainly put me in contact with some amazing women! Kerry and I have been reading each others blogs for a while now. It just so happens that she is a photographer and she very generously offered to come over to our house this afternoon and do a photoshoot for Hazel's first birthday! I have been wanting to get professional pictures done for a long time, but never

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Hi there friends,As most of you probably know, I was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis back in September, when Hazel was just six months old (though my neurologists think that I have had it for much longer). It was a very difficult time for us, as the future is so uncertain with this disease.  It is easy to imagine all sorts of terrifying scenarios.  I have been on daily injections of the disease

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Have I mentioned that I can't stand the term "playdate"?? And that Hazel is a vegetarian? Hazel licking that other baby who lives in the mirror. Hazel working on a slice of plastic bologna. Hazel working on a plastic strawberry. Hazel getting her hair did by Kristen. Continuing to work on the strawberry.Hazel has successfully crammed the plastic strawberry into her mouth where she can store it

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PART ONEPART TWO

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As always, Hazel's social calender has been chock full of play. Here are some pictures of her with her friends on a few different days. Left to right: Beatrice Rosemary, Liam, Anson and HazelThis is the closest to meat that Hazel is going to see until she can make her own burger. Playing on the Pilates ball with Liam. Stare. Feeding breadcrumbs to the pigeons at the park. Cute butts. Liam, Hazel

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This is my aura! Cool, right? Yellow and orange with threads of green, and a yellow orb over my chest. When I find the results they gave me, I can give more detail, but essentially these are what the colors mean:Green is restful, a natural healing energy. All healers should have green auras, they make great doctors! Just being around a person with a strong green aura feels restful and healing.

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I have to give a shout out to someone, but I'm a terrible person and have already forgotten her name! What I have not forgotten was her beautiful daughter Sadie. Today while looking at a six-dollar scarf in H&M, a woman approached me and said, "Sorry to bother you, but is that Hazel?" Ha! She has been reading this blog, and was touched by Hazel's story. It was so funny talking to her, but she was

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We have had a crazy week over here. Mostly yesterday. In the morning we drove down to Boston to meet with Hazel's surgeon. She has been choking on food more frequently, and I got tired of my heart stopping every time I fed her, so I have only been giving her purees and stopped giving her the finger food she so desperately wants. I suspected that her esophagus was slowly closing up on me, and that

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I posted this on Facebook but never posted it here.  This is one of my favorite videos.  It was the day before we were discharged from Children's Hospital, and one of the happiest days of my life.  She did this for about half an hour.

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Hazel is eleven months old.  Can you believe it?  Neither can I.  Every month I planned to write what cool new developmental milestone she had hit, but I didn't.  There was a lot of stuff that I wanted to write but didn't.  I hope that I will never forget it, but I know I will.  I figured that I would take the time now to write a little bit about the Things Hazel Has Learned in these past eleven

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And for those who arent in the know, this is what cupping is all about.

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Hazel went to her infant massage class this morning that my doula, Lorryn is doing for a small group of friends, but she skipped her afternoon playgroup at the Ipswich Birth to Three Center so she could stay home and watch the historic Inauguration of President Obama on the tube. She was delighted by it, clapping whenever the crowd clapped (often) and staring with rapt attention at Elizabeth

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On Christmas Morning, soon after the Giraffe Incident, we headed up to the Northeast Kingdom in Vermont to stay with Grammy and Grampy Donovan for a few days. We made our annual trip to Caplan's Army Store, visited with friends and family and ate a lot of turkey. Hazel had a blast, as usual. Here are some pictures of her with her Uncle Jeremy and Uncle Christopher, her first encounter with a

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Still trying to catch up with all of these holiday pictures, so let's not waste any more time. First off, look at how incredibly beautiful my daughter is becoming. Every day she grows into herself a little more, and is just blooming into this opinionated, independent, curious almost-toddler. I'm just continually amazed by her. Even in my wildest dreams when I was pregnant, I never pictured her

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Jamie has had his eye on this giraffe for Hazel since I was pregnant. Finally he had his chance! Hazel woke up in a delightful mood- I would rate this a three on the four-point escalation scale for Hazels fussiness. You can tell by how many pacifiers she has in play- note in this picture that she has one in her mouth, and one in her hand. If we were to ignore her much longer and allowed her to

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Just wanted to post some pictures from our holiday snowstorm. Our neighbors house! They couldn't even use the front door. Methinks someone should think about some supplemental insulation in this roof.

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Here are some mediocre pictures from Hazel's first Langford Yankee Swap party in Maine. This is by far our favorite holiday party. Please note Hazel's super cute bow. She was quite the star, despite being passed from auntie to auntie all night long. She held up well like the tough girl she is. The last picture is Hazel picking her Yankee Swap gift. She got mama a "movie night" basket, complete

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Oh, and by the way, honey- in case you're interested someday, this is a picture of mama when she was 18 and living in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. I had not seen it before the other day when an old dear friend sent it to me. This is what your mama looks like without all those silly tattoos. But you know whats cool? I remember the moment that this picture was taken- I was sitting on a balcony in

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I am plugging away at getting back to blogging! I have a half-ton of holiday pictures that I have to crop myself out of and de-red eye before I post them. I know it has been centuries since I updated here, but here is an abridged version of our holiday. Tune in later for details!Langford Christmas Swap in Maine with a lot of "I'm not drunk! You're drunk!". We look forward to this Yankee Swap

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I had to come back to blogging really quickly to just say that today is a melancholy day. I noticed for the first time Hazel's body changing from Baby into Kid. Her visiting nurse came today to give her a check-up, and we stripped her down to her onsie to weigh her. Her limbs are getting noticibly longer and thinner, and her delicious thighs are losing some of the chunk and roll. Her belly is

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We are going to take a break from blogging while we do the Christmas and New Years thing.  I know we will have a ton of pictures to post when we get back, and of course news about Hazel's health.To everyone in bloggieland, have a SAFE and HEALTHY holiday and we wish you all the happiness and peace in the New Year.  Don't drive drunk!

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As you can imagine, I'm sure, this has been a pretty wild week.  We are still trying to process everything that we went through while trying to get back into real life.  Jamie and I have been working hard to get the word out about the dangers of button batteries with the help of the media relations folks at Children's Hospital and the Ipswich Birth to Three Center.  We are going to be drafting

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Hazel's mama in 1976

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Amanda and I have been playing the "Sneezing Game" with Hazel for a couple of months now, where we fake a dramatic sneeze, varying the pauses in "ah... ah... ahh... choo!" -- she loves it, but used to sort of stare and wait through the "ah"s and then laugh at the "choo!". Today I noticed that she now finds the "choo!" a bit trite and "so November", but now she laughs hysterically at the "ah"s

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Finally, home is home again. We are still pretty traumatized by all that went down, and glimmers of how close we came pop up frequently. Just now as I opened up our blog to make this post, I realized that the last batch of pictures that I posted could have been the last pictures that I had of my daughter. I stare at them and think, these could be the pictures that I spent the rest of my life

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I need some cuteness. These are some pictures of Hazel the week before she got sick that I never had the chance to post. Now that Jamie and Hazel are napping together in the crib, I have a moment to myself. I do love seeing my little family together, safe and sound. I'm so anxious to get back to our little life and our little house (hopefully today...we have our fingers crossed). Jamie and Hazel

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I wanted to let everyone who has been following her story with such interest, kindness and generosity of spirit, that Hazel continues to make big strides. This is Jamie posting again, because Amanda is spending her first night at home since November 25th -- and (hopefully) her first full night of sleep there since November 17th -- the night Hazel caught a flu bug that she got over just in time to

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Today my little family moved up to the Surgical Inpatient floor and out of ICU.  This was such a huge step, and I have finally exhaled.  As if we weren't freaked out enough after our mediastenitis conversation with Dr. Ray-of-Sunshine the other day, the surgeon who removed the battery from Hazel the night we came to Children's (one million years ago) came by to visit her.  He told us then how

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Here is one for the record books, folks. First, Jamie and I need to say that we have been stunned and amazed by everyone who has been following Hazel's story. We went from about 21 hits a day on this blog to about 1,800 hits per day. We have prayer circles going for us in Peru, South Africa, the UK, Japan, Mexico and of course all over the States. A convent in New Jersey, a church in Tuscon, and

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Jamie again, "guest blogging" for Amanda while she sleeps up in the parents sleeping dorm, hopefully soundly for the first time in two weeks. Hazel sounded pretty ragged for the first few hours after she came back from the OR, but they gave her a couple of nebulizer treatments -- which actually worked this time since she no longer had a battery in there -- and she settled down quite nicely.

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This is Jamie, a very rare contributor to Hazel's blog but you'll see why I am writing in a minute. The OR was backed up so they didn't take her down until 6 o'clock -- but she just came back up breathing on her own, no breathing tube, and a new feeding tube, and crying a really raspy cry. I am writing because Amanda is in bed cuddling with a very fussy (and now sleeping) Hazel. She is not out of

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I just wanted to say that Jamie and I are both amazed, impressed, overwhelmed, in awe and so incredibly moved by every ones kindness. Before we knew it, Hazels story was posted in practically ever Mama forum there is on the internets. I am astounded by the number of people praying for and thinking about her. I know she can feel it washing over her, like a cool blue light. I thought that I

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I don't know where to begin. I am writing this as I sit in the Children's Hospital Boston Medical Surgical PICU. Hazel is next to me, but she isn't there. She has been intubated and heavily sedated for five days now. Her little body is hooked into every machine they have in this place. I can start at the beginning, I guess...On Tuesday November18th, Hazel projectile vomited. On Wednesday the 19th

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Well, Hazel was admitted to the hospital last night because she was having difficulty breathing.  It looks like the has croup and a bronchial infection.  The cold air to treat the croup was irritating her bronchial infection.  So, we stayed there last night and will be there again tonight.  She is doing well, and is getting steroid treatment and nebulizers every two hours.  I think she has

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`t x b cvbg7 N JUHN VV6 I guess thats all she had on her mind. Hazel has been super sick with a fever and stomach bug lately. She might be starting to pull out of it, but this is day three of a fever and long, long naps. On Tuesday I was delighted to experience projectile vomit for the

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Everything she sees,she says she wants.Everything she wants,I see she gets.That's my daughter in the water.Everything she owns I bought her.Everything she owns.That's my daughter in the water,everything she knows I taught her.Everything she knows.Everything I say,she takes to heart.Everything she takes,she takes apart.That's my daughter in the water,every time she fell I caught her.Every time she

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Hazel went to the New England Aquarium with her grandparents and her dad the other day.  Hazel and Jamie took the train down to Boston from Ipswich (and we already know how much Hazel loves trains) and they had lunch in the North End.  She loved it.  She passed out cold on the way home, and slept like a champ that night.  Jamie took three quick little videos of her ooo-ing and ahhh-ing and

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I'm just posting some pictures that I've been collecting from the past week or so.Hazel's belly has been looking particularly chunky lately, so we had to get about a dozen pictures of its glorious round-ness.I love when it hangs over her pants.Chunky belly, chunky face, wonky eye.  Yum!Our old friend Steve was in town for the weekend from his home in Portland Oregon.  I have known Steve for

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I know these pictures are a bit overdue. A couple of weeks ago, Hazel went to the Franklin Park Zoo in Boston with her dad, Uncle Patrick and Cousin Oliver who is 18 months old. Hazel and Oliver under the table at Uncle Pat and Aunt Nini's house. Looking for something cool. See they both have the same hair color?Pat and Oliver Pat and Oliver Jamie and Hazel Hazel is more interested in her hands

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You're so gorgeous I'll do anything! I'll kiss you from your feet to where your head begins! You're so perfect! You're so right as rain! You make me make me hungry again! Everything you do is irresistible! Everything you do is simply kissable! Why can't I be you? I'll run around in circles 'til I run out of breath! I'll eat you all up or I'll just hug you to death! You're so wonderful, too good

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It's all we can talk about. There are a thousand angels singing in our heads. It is a very happy time! This picture says it all.

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Baby, I'm watching history and you are sleeping upstairs on your belly. In an amazing moment for our country, we have just elected the first black President of the United States, Barack Obama. He will be sworn in before your first birthday, and you will have already lived through a complete transformation in your country and in the world. We did this for you, baby. I have never been so proud of

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I will be taking a break from blogging until the presidential election is decided. This is an incredibly emotional election for me, my first as a mother. I feel as if more is at stake now than there ever has been before in my lifetime. I am scared, anxious and excited to see what the next couple of days have in store for my country. This is the end of a very long and trying struggle. As far

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So when we got our quarterly newsletter from The Trustees, Jamie noticed that a friend of his from college is an ecologist for the nonprofit, and lives in Ipswich. So we got in touch with one another, and he has two little kiddos. They invited us over to their place for a last-minute hot dog roast and bonfire in their back yard. THIS is their backyard... A large group of kiddos and parents

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