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oh what a day. poor gabe was circumcised this morning. best.kid.ever. he hardly cried at all. the nurses could not get over how amazing he was. seriously, he rocks. he didn't even freak when his IV was being taken out. my mom & i, on the other hand, had to turn our backs. really, we are wimps. my mom assured me she'd sit down if she felt faint... one time i had surgery. she saw my incision and i could tell she was about to pass out. the doctor made ME get out of the hospital bed so she could get in it. yes, that happened. i hate needles.  we did have a little "heads up" (no pun intended) on what the circumcision would be like. sweet vasa wasn't circumcised either when he joined our family. so at 3 years old he had it done...shwew. i'll never forget josh telling us about vasa realizing something had happened... vasa was kicked back eating a popsicle waiting to be discharged. apparently he felt a jolt of pain b/c josh said   he ripped back the...

gabe is napping and i'm bored. i kinda wish he'd wake up so we could play. but waking him up is a bad idea. then he's grumpy. so i'll wait... nobody wants to know this but whatever. i had a "runners moment" twice this week. yes, yes it's what you're thinking. i almost pooped my pants twice. tuesday was REALLY bad. i was praying so hard that i'd make it home. barely friends, barely.  today i was laughing with madison about my tuesday emergency and dang if it didn't happen again. barely.made.it. why does this happen??? ha. gross. gabe is the most amazing kid. yesterday was soooooo not fun. he's having a procedure done next week. so we had to go to the doctors office and fill out some paperwork THEN go to the medical center and do some pre-op stuff. they failed to tell me about the medical center part or i may have had my mom keep g. poor guy. at the doctors office we played with everything we could while waiting. they had a waterfal...

I read the following letter yesterday and it broke my heart. I rarely blog about anything important but I had to share. I also got to talk to MIke  yesterday and he said that 15 of his soldiers that deployed with him to Iraq have been diagnosed with a brain tumor. He mentioned Tim specifically. He's only in his early 40's and is dying. His wife & daughter are having to figure out how to pay their medical bills b/c the army says it's not "service related." HOW can they say that??!  I believe if we (Americans) are willing to send our military into battle that we have to be willing to take care of them when they return.  I am amazed by military and their families. I am overwhelmed by what they do, how they give and what they sacrifice for OUR freedom.  I wish I knew someone "important!" to call personally. But I can (and will) write my Congressman.  This is Michael- Very rarely if ever do I get on Facebook but “WE” as Americans that ha...