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Abby ~ 27 August 2010 ~ 14 Comments

Snips and snails and puppy-dog tails

Snips and snails and puppy-dog tails

Today all the Supergrands gathered for a very special occasion. Today Valor (who is already wearing 24 mo. clothes) officially graduated from being a baby into being a little boy (and one who likes cake!)

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Abby ~ 06 July 2010 ~ 7 Comments

leaps and bounds

leaps and bounds

After a month or two of backing up, Valor passed the 10-month mark and sprang into action, developmentally speaking. First, he was able to sit up by himself (from a lying down position). I walked into his room after his nap one day and found him sitting up. Then a week went by before he [...]

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Abby ~ 18 June 2010 ~ 0 Comments

touch of grey

touch of grey

“The glory of young men is their strength, gray hair the splendor of the old.” –Proverbs 20:29, NIV In December 1962 my father rode home from a hayride with three of his best buds. They all fell asleep and the car hit a tree, hurling my dad through the windshield (no seat belts back then). [...]

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Abby ~ 24 April 2010 ~ 13 Comments

Dear Mr. Chapman

Dear Mr. Chapman

I’ve been a fan of yours since I was a young Christian. My first album was The Live Adventure; I chose it because it seemed to have the most songs on it. I remember listening to Heaven in the Real World in my freshman dorm room. I saw you in concert a long time ago, [...]

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Abby ~ 27 March 2010 ~ 14 Comments

leaving James

leaving James

Today is Valor’s seven-month birthday, but this post isn’t about him (he’s doing fine, full of Luh Luh Luhs and Buh Buh Buhs, eating everything he’s been offered as well as things he shouldn’t eat, like paper napkins). As we prepare to leave Orlando (in a week and a half), we’ve been discussing what to [...]

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