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holiday gift guide for boys

by Allison December 4, 2011Family
holiday gift guides for boys

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How we celebrate Christmas Eve

by Allison December 1, 2011Family
christmas tree decoration

How we celebrate Christmas Eve with my little family of four is vastly different from how my family growing up celebrated Christmas.  I’m one of eight kids, so Christmas was an entirely different prospect altogether, but Christmas eve especially so.  Everyone’s holiday traditions are so different, and my new family traditions took a bit of [...]

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For baby Afton

by Allison November 28, 2011Family
baby Afton

Last week I wrote about my friend Kami Bigler whose sweet baby Afton Jean passed away after being born too soon at 26 weeks and 13 ounces.  It’s been a trying time for Kami and her family, but the online community has rallied around them with love and support.  It’s been a heartrendingly beautiful thing to [...]

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Happy Thanksgiving

by Allison November 24, 2011Family
happy thanksgiving from my family

Happy Happy Thanksgiving!  Today I’m taking the day off to spend time with my family.  Thanksgiving is one of my favorite holidays of the year.  There’s no pressure for gifts, no celebration of gluttony {except maybe the gluttony of all the food in mah belly}, nowhere to go but on the couch next to the [...]

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A baby born too soon

by Allison November 16, 2011Family
a baby born too soon

I write a weekly column for BabyCenter‘s Momformation blog, and today I wrote a little something about my dear friend Kami Bigler.  She’s the proud new mother of a micro-preemie baby girl, Afton Jean Bigler, born 2 days ago at the tiny birth-weight of 12.7 ounces.  She was born way too soon. About 3 1/2 [...]

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gratitude for friends

by Allison November 15, 2011Family
gratitude for my girlfriends

I am filled to the brim with gratitude every single day I get to wake up alive. Really. I’m grateful for the simple things in life: hot showers, massages, chiropractors, heating pads, indoor gyms, the invention of diet Dr Pepper, pebble ice. I could go on and on about the things I’m grateful for; instead [...]

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The first time I met my daughter

by Allison November 10, 2011Family
baby

Even though my pregnancy was less than standard, my labor (thankfully) was as smooth as silk.  I pushed for less than twenty minutes while my family congregated just outside the delivery room door, but when my daughter arrived she didn’t make a sound.  Of course I was terrified something had gone horribly wrong.  For several [...]

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adventures in post op recovery

by Allison November 4, 2011Family
rad jewelry

I told you last week Viktor was headed in for surgery to repair a torn rotator cuff.  He had the surgery, he’s in recovery, and I’M still in bed, recovering from playing nursemaid.  Turns out all those jell-o and ice runs are a little exhausting. For me at least, Viktor feels just fine. I was [...]

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On being full of thanks

by Allison November 1, 2011Family
thanksgiving craft

I know it’s early, but I’m ready to talk about Thanksgiving.  Sharing gratitude.  Being full of thanks. Especially since it’s cold and officially Fall in Utah. It’s hard for my children to fully grasp the concept of Thanksgiving past The Pilgrims + The Indians.  In fact, it’s really hard for them to see past the [...]

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