tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6274947667856154582024-03-13T14:09:36.726-04:00Hazel is in the Eye of the BeholderBloom and Grow ForeverUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger209125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627494766785615458.post-20126832222949790352010-03-27T21:40:00.002-04:002010-03-27T21:58:38.083-04:00Sorry.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 Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627494766785615458.post-85939908339270560562010-01-31T20:12:00.005-05:002010-01-31T20:49:18.108-05:00And BeginningWelcome 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 Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627494766785615458.post-76787095139158870642010-01-27T09:51:00.004-05:002010-01-27T10:59:05.465-05:00EndingDear 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.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627494766785615458.post-46953008522596892632009-12-20T13:41:00.007-05:002009-12-20T14:07:14.284-05:00Summer Vacation in Sebasco, MaineThis 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 suiteUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627494766785615458.post-69278574423731497152009-12-20T13:00:00.008-05:002009-12-20T13:37:34.135-05:00Updating Pictures While Snowed In with a Sleeping BabyI 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 Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627494766785615458.post-60005999365677526962009-12-16T23:03:00.001-05:002009-12-16T23:05:47.124-05:00be (of love) a little more careful than of anythingHappy Holidays to everyone out there. Have a very safe, happy, grateful, love-filled, and healthy new year.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627494766785615458.post-35907116721329519462009-11-25T19:33:00.010-05:002009-12-01T21:02:32.267-05:00Moona es UP!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 Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627494766785615458.post-19138700297921211122009-10-20T19:51:00.004-04:002009-10-20T20:18:13.730-04:00No ExcusesI 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 Unknownnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627494766785615458.post-13361338050055536192009-07-01T16:26:00.004-04:002009-07-01T16:41:29.951-04:00Rain, RainI 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'llUnknownnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627494766785615458.post-38315112509071373802009-06-24T09:42:00.003-04:002009-06-24T09:50:17.246-04:00So, What Have You Been Doing That You Can't Blog?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.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627494766785615458.post-13713472275913137022009-06-12T22:00:00.002-04:002009-06-12T22:03:11.135-04:00Most Beautiful Kids In The WorldI 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!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627494766785615458.post-16321058429557789072009-06-08T11:59:00.004-04:002009-06-08T12:20:38.286-04:00Hazel's New PlayroomThis 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 Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627494766785615458.post-71186266039359316212009-06-07T19:56:00.006-04:002009-06-07T20:28:06.177-04:00Happy Birthday Beatrice!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' CrunchiesUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627494766785615458.post-27883274451719335032009-06-03T14:42:00.009-04:002009-06-03T21:51:26.563-04:00MasClearly 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 Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627494766785615458.post-71999833096012111262009-06-03T14:41:00.001-04:002009-06-03T14:42:34.086-04:00Talking Teddy"Cup", "clap" and "quack" sound suspiciously familiar.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627494766785615458.post-42161826241268144212009-06-01T15:31:00.003-04:002009-06-01T15:36:57.470-04:00Just Some Good Reading To ShareDear 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.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627494766785615458.post-27602353235237502052009-05-27T20:33:00.006-04:002009-05-28T17:02:21.291-04:00Can't Be ContainedI 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 Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627494766785615458.post-81922658876958296052009-05-20T18:39:00.004-04:002009-05-20T18:53:10.799-04:00One day, and Some Birthday FunWe 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 Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627494766785615458.post-88763458030565612052009-05-19T15:52:00.002-04:002009-05-19T15:59:15.483-04:00EasterJust 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 itUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627494766785615458.post-3506838185045087182009-05-19T15:37:00.011-04:002009-05-19T16:02:39.906-04:00Hazel Gets Her Hair DidThe "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 Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627494766785615458.post-86565610985644669052009-05-10T20:09:00.001-04:002009-05-10T20:11:19.032-04:00Stealing Cupcakes from StrangersUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627494766785615458.post-91322911442030086672009-05-09T11:22:00.003-04:002009-05-09T11:28:54.945-04:00WordsHazel 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)Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627494766785615458.post-89654761102726415802009-05-08T22:53:00.001-04:002009-05-08T22:56:42.524-04:00I Love This"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 HuntUnknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627494766785615458.post-70381120007189795222009-05-08T11:43:00.001-04:002009-05-08T14:50:08.661-04:00Perfecting the Walk at Mount VernonStay tuned for the good stuff at 1:45Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627494766785615458.post-39985856014518108562009-05-07T13:52:00.001-04:002009-05-07T13:54:13.651-04:00Mother of the YearI won the award, and was recognized by Obama..really!Happy Mothers Day to all the mamas out there. Keep up the good work.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0