Keepin’ It Real Rewinds 00

Sweet Henry’s posture captures my spirit well, as I’m stare at my computer screen… if only I could type comfortably in that position. This post has been brewing in my head for weeks now, so I’ll warn you in this first paragraph that it has the potential of being a catastrophic mess of Jen’s thoughts, …

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My Son Clark

The picture above illustrates what I thought the first time I saw David Cook of American Idol on my TV screen. As soon as I saw this guy’s hair, I thought, “what a mess”, then I thought, “hey, he looks like Clark!” What do you think? This was the best messed up hair picture of …

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NICU Survival Kit Headed to The Big “D”

Well past my bedtime last night, I was putting together a NICU Survival Kit for Casey Gerwer who just delivered quadruplets yesterday at 29 weeks in Dallas, TX! You can find the stats on Reid, Cameron, Trey, and Brady on their blog. Please keep them in your prayers especially over these next few weeks as …

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Absolutely, the TOUGHEST Month of my Life….

January 5, 2007 a bittersweet day that I will never, no never, forget. It was a day of celebration because we had made it to the vital goal of 28 weeks. A day that we had counted down week by week every Friday…. 10 more weeks until 28, 3 more weeks ’til 28, 2 more …

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Farewell 2007

Farewell, 2007. What a year you’ve been!!!!!! From an extreme high-risk, high-mortality pregnancy to a relatively short NICU stay and bringing 4 healthy babies homeFrom sleepless nights with 4 INFANTS to sleeping 12 hours at nightFrom swimming in preemie clothes to size 12 and sometimes 18 month clothesFrom helplessly laying on their bellies to sitting …

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Tell Me You Haven’t Seen a Cuter Christmas Card..

Here’s the secret – ONE outfit for all FOUR boys! Genius, Brad! The message reads: “Wishing you abundant joy during this season of Miracles“ Again I stress – my list was small this year, so please don’t be angry with your mailman. He’s not to blame. If you’d like a copy for yourself, email me, …

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Pumpkin Love

Some of you faithful blog readers that have been with us for the long haul may remember this post that we wrote around this time last year. Kristy, Brad’s sister, delivered four carseats to us after speaking with AAA representative, Barb Carrier. (I love her last name – so appropriate!). I was 16 weeks pregnant …

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Why St. Vincent’s? (Exclusive Birth Video!)

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRcG8GL6iDo](5 minutes after the Murray crew was born)When St. Vincent’s Hospital approached us about doing a commercial about our NICU experience, Jen and I were suprised to say the least. We quickly decided that we wanted to do the spot, despite the fact that it was going to be a really hectic day. We had, …

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