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Routines can sometimes feel, well, you know - routine.  "THEY" say 'variety is the spice of life' - I have to say I'm about 50/50 on this one.  Yes, it's good to seek out the new, the unfamiliar, to keep yourself open to new experiences, etc.  But for me, rejecting routines all together leads to (my own personal) chaos.  With no routine, my sleep cycle gets out of wack, my teeth get brushed 3

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I figured it was time to get in a post on this blog before my Clinic III starts (tomorrow!).  I think of these next two experiences as "the Big Kid Clinicals" - not as much hand-holding by my clinical instructor, more responsibility, higher expectations.  I struggle to lean towards the yay-this-is-a-challenge-and-if-I'm-not-challenging-myself-what-is-the-point side of things rather than the

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Hello all - have you missed us?  We've been plodding along, trying to balance school, work, home, relatives, friends - it's been challenge!  Thanks for all your encouragement and help.  This is turning out to be a bit of a stressful fall, but things should calm down after the holidays.  I'll be doing my Clinicals then, keeping a regular schedule, done with academics.  In the meantime, please

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A few factors have coalesced to make this THE PERFECT STORM of unplanned breaks in blogging: Caitlin's re-introduction to grad school, Eddy's whole-hearted embrace of the new-fangled transportational mode of WALKING, and the dying of Caitlin's laptop :(  Never fear, Caitlin will acclimate, both parents are getting used to running around after a much more mobile munchkin, and there are extra

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Yes, folks, she is getting to be SUCH A BIG GIRL!  I'm doing some studying right now (back into classes!) but wanted to get something up for your viewing pleasure :)  This is Eddy (and Daddy) at Prospect Park, Brooklyn, NY enjoying the dragon fountain!

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Summer is in full swing here in The House at Fellows.  One of our favorite trips so far was our trek up to Frye Island, Maine.  Frye Island is on Sebago Lake - and accessible only by ferry (and only from May to November at that)!  Unfortunately Jesse had to work summer school so Eddy and I were a whole week with ONLY family, pets, good food, ice cream, nature walks, ice cream, puzzles, the lake,

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Here are some lovely photos from our trip to the Rose Garden at Thornden Park.  We attended "Rose Day" hosted by the Syracuse Rose Society.  We missed getting to pick our own bouquet, but it inspired us to get some rose bushes of our own!  More info on that in the future . . .

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We're not bragging, but this is kind of awesome.   Ok, so maybe we are bragging :)

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After a 2 month long hiatus from any form of roller skating (and pretty much any exercise for that matter) due to illness and LIFE in general, last night I broke back into the world of derby :)  I've decided to start skating with the Crown City Rollerz Royal Pains down in Cortland.  It is a 40 minute trek but it makes the most sense for me right now: instead of trying to commit to 3+ practices a

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May I be like the common weed:Where ever I may find myself, In soil rich and loamy, barren, rockySandy, saltyOrganicToxicMay I put down roots just the same May I exploit every crackGrab any opportunityTo fling myself skyward May I accept the rain, the sunAlert and openNonresistance And turn it all into somethingFresh and green and fierceMay I hold my own amongst the flowersMay my life be one of

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"morning papers" meditation tea the gym dark chocolate family paperback books board games spirit and vibration outdoors Will you help me make this happen??

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Ok, so I made that 9.945 etc, etc up - but E is ALMOST 10 months.  In fact, TOMORROW she will be 10 months :)  6 months old was a big step for her because she finally started sitting up on her own - and that opened up a whole new world of possibilities for her (and for us!).  So that was cool, but Jesse and I both agree that the last 2 months have been pretty spectacular in the BIG SHOW we like

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Eddy has been having SO MANY "firsts" lately - it seems only fair that I get to have a first - FIRST Mother's Day!  Good news: I got to share it with a super-Mama, Grandma Woodford.  Her kids are about the best people I know.  They are so tip-top, I had to marry one of them.  (Sorry Lauren, Chris, you two lost the coin toss!)  Bad news: we were all SICK Mother's Day weekend!  Miss E perfectly

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Some Eddy Candy to hold you over while we are gone for the weekend :)  If you turn up the volume, you can hear the Doodle laughing in the background. The swings video is here! (This should hopefully solve our DUELING VIDEOS problem . . .)

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Miss E.B. has graduated up to an army crawl :)  Mostly we use electronics to entice her (ie cell phones, laptops, etc). Click HERE to see it! And this is all in the middle of a cold-turned-into-an-ear-infection!  Which means we have graduated to yet another step as parents: the step where you torture your child by forcing antibiotics down their sobbing throat :(  I may have mentioned before

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**The following is a dramatization of an actual conversation that occurred earlier today.  Any and all similarities to real people are purely intentional and should be taken withOUT any shards, chunks, morsels, or pieces of salt of ANY KIND.** *ring ring* (or, since this was a cell phone, insert your own song, ring tone, noise, etc) Caitlin: Honey! Guess what?!  Eddy just pulled herself forward

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I've always loved blackboards and chalk.  I haven't practiced my drawing skills much, but there is something so satisfying about running chalk across a waiting surface, leaving lingering dusty trails, smudging, smudging, smudging -- leaving a surprise message!  I love the small chalkboard in Mama Woodford's log cabin kitchen and it inspired me to put up one in our kitchen at Fellows.  I wanted to

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As promised, here are some pics of the front porch!  Yesterday was the perfect day for Jess to get a final coat of paint on everything.  All we have left to do is paint the concrete floor, install a couple canvas, linen, or bamboo shades (we get some major Western sun in the evenings), get some hanging flower baskets up and presto: an indoor/outdooor space for all three of us to enjoy.  E has

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Hey All!  The thawing weather around here lately has given both Jesse and I the itch to get moving, do some house revamping, get some small projects up and at'em!  Jess has been wanting to tackle the front porch for ages - we'd like to have another outdoor space where we can hang out with Eddy.  Happily, Jesse's dad was up for a visit this past weekend and he got to help out with the start of the

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Miss E had her first trip to the Zoo this past weekend!  It was a gorgeous day (we're talking sunny 70's!) and Aunt Jill and Uncle Tom were visiting the 'Cuse.  So we packed the wrap, water, sunglasses and some cheerios and headed to Rosamond Gifford Zoo.  As to be expected on one of the first fine days of Spring, the Zoo was a zoo.  Parents, babies, strollers EVERYWHERE.  I think Jill and Tom

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I've been feeling pretty good lately with all the skating I've been doing; my renewed interest in logging in some hours at the gym; the combo of yoga, pilates, zumba, weights, straight up cardio . . . I eat pretty well.  Actually, I eat really good food (fruits, veg, lean protein, yogurt) throughout the day - and then usually kinda shoot myself in the foot in the evening time.  Like, not one but

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Well folks, we've got a Shutterfly share site up for 'The Baby Sign Project' at http://thebabysignproject.shutterfly.com so head over there to take a look - we've already got a few contributors! I've decided that those of you who we are planning on seeing in the next couple months will get an in-person photo shoot :)  For those of you who we won't be seeing in the near future, we'll be emailing

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Howdy, folks.  I've got my mind set on another project - a fun one that you can all participate in!  As a lot of you know, we've been doing some "baby signing" with E.  A few words scattered here and there - we've mostly focused on words that might express her needs (eat, more, diaper, sleepy, water, cracker, etc) buuut we've got some fun ones in there as well, just for kicks, like butterfly,

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With the warmer weather (yay!) making its way into Syracuse, we were inspired to talk a jaunty walk around Green Lakes last week.  We did forget our usual "wrap" for the Doodle ("Oh, we'll be FINE . . . ) and by about half way around we remembered we were lugging a squirmy 18 lb turkey!  It was, however, a lovely walk, and E especially loved riding around on her daddy's shoulders.  We even ran

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Yes, Ladies and Gentlemen, that albatross, that magnum opus, that pain in the bee-hind, nearly-turned-my-husband-into-a-gibbering-wackjob portfolio is DONE.  Jesse officially mailed out his National Board Certification Portfolio Wednesday at lunchtime.  He and I had gone through a final organizational checklist Tuesday night before putting it all into the official provided cardboard box (looked

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Let me just say right off the bat, this is probably the ONLY DIY Tutorial that I will ever do.  I am not one of those proactive bloggers who get their act together enough to make it a regular feature :)  However, this is how I spent an hour or so yesterday (and a bit of time this morning, as you will see) - and it was super easy - so I wanted to share. This "frozen food cube" method came from

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I'm pretty sure I've used this title for a post before but ah well!  Happiness, indeed, is: An impromptu Thursday morning photo shoot . . .                                 Peanut Butter M&M's (yes, PEANUT BUTTER m&m's - you heard right)  . . .                                                   (. . . especially when they go in here) . . .

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So first off, let me just say that when I had first mentioned "Sally Jane" of "Try Again, Sally Jane" fame, I had COMPLETELY forgotten that she is actually on roller skates!! And I didn't remember until my post-tryout wash-the-morning's-disappointment-off-my-body hot shower.  It made me smile :) That's right, so I didn't make the Fresh Meat team this time around, but the evaluators were kind

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Sooooo this morning when I bounded out of bed (ack! I was supposed to be out of bed 10 min ago!) I didn't realize that my entire right leg was still asleep.  I crumpled to the floor, turning my ankle under me, and landed in a perfect derby "baseball" stop.  While I was lying on the floor of our bedroom, these things occurred to me:  - "Oh crap.  How am I going to carry Eddy around with a

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Yah, so this post was going to originally be about how the time of year has come when Spring is soooo close that I start wearing clothing that is not quite warm enough for the ACTUAL temp outside.  I start layering again, wearing sweaters and scarves when I should be wearing a full on coat, rainboots everywhere instead of snowboots . . . . You get the idea. But then, last night, we got snow. 

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As Kenneth would say: "Ohhhhh noh" . . . as if Etsy wasn't addictive and dangerous enough (holy baby paraphernalia, Batman!) I just found out from someone at practice that Etsy has DERBY gear as well.  These toe guards are fortunately/unfortunately already sold, but I thought some of you (NALLY!!!) would appreciate them.  These may have to be a Mother's Day present to myself if I make the team .

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Ok, so some of y'all have heard through the grapevine that I've started playing roller derby as "fresh meat" with the Assault City Roller Derby (ACRD) ladies.  I've been kinda keeping quiet about it up til now for a few reasons: a) it's been a looooooong time (decade +??) since I've donned a pair of skates and even then my skating was limited to "sticky skating" (all four eight wheels on the

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**I thought this was a funny picture for V-day.  For some reason it looks like both Daddy and E are yelling at Mommy!  I assure you, this was taken yesterday on Jesse's birthday and we were all having a wonderful time!*** I hope you all are enjoying a happy Valentines Day - be you attached or not, single or not, platonic or not, BFF's or not!  I think Valentines Day was at its best when we were

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Messy, messy girl . . . http://Ellie-Irene.smugmug.com/gallery/15608908_Fsc46#1182565451_nSxMK-A-LB

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Jesse is outside snowblowing/shoveling the driveway and sidewalk - he looks so cute in his hat and Carhart coveralls!  It's a pain to shovel but we can at least be grateful that it was only about 4 inches instead of the predicted 15!  Yeah, good one Mr. Weather Man.  We made out pretty well, all things considered.  Jesse got a snow day (whoop!) and it looks like we'll be able to get the cars out

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Hey folks - it seems as though most of you are buried in about a foot and a half of snow this week.  Ironically, we've gotten not much more than a few flurries!  That's how it goes in Syracuse . . . it either snows four feet in four days or just an inch or so . . .  FOREVER.  Am I being dramatic?  Maybe - but it applies :) I'm putting up our videos on a new site called SmugMug - Ellie has

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One last Christmas post - and then it will be time to put this topic to bed.  We have so much going on in the new year!  I'm pretty sure GLo got the prize for most excited on Christmas morning.  The first present opened was the largest - and it was addressed to the smallest among us!  That morning Eddy received her "Jungle" - you may have seen pictures of her playing in one at her cousin

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The time has come  . . .  for solid foods!!!  Actually "solid foods" is more like it - Eddy's first food is iron-fortified rice cereal thinned out with mama's milk - not very solid at all!  Our first attempt was a lot of fun.  As you will see, we quickly learned that Eddy's hands needed to be occupied or else she would knock Mommy's hands around, splashing food everywhere!  Hopefully soon our

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This weekend I finally got around to putting up the nursery room decals - thanks to the help of Lois, Nally, and Liz!  The decals are super cute and add a bit of 'whimsy' to Eddy's room :)  You will see that I've also put Eddy's handmade sweaters up on one of the walls.  They are easily accessible, I love the colors, and in the summer I can switch out the sweaters for some of her cute dresses.

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Well, it is snowing again :)  Poor Jesse - he started counting down the weeks til April (he is marking April 1 as his official start of Spring) at the beginning of December.  Snow, snow, and more snow . . .  I will not miss you when we (eventually) move to more southern climes. But enough pooh-poohing!  Let's talk about Christmas!  It was such a great week, it gets a couple of posts. We got

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For your viewing pleasure . . . .

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Welcome to the New Year everyone.  2010 was a busy year for us over at The House at Fellows - school, work, pregnancy, home and garden rehab, visitors, trips, starting National Board Certification, birth, baby, the Holidays!!  2011??  Bring it! The past month or so has been a bit crazy in terms of keeping up with this blog - I will have to make it an unofficial New Year's Resolution to stay on

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Thanksgiving marks the start of the "Holiday Season" - traveling, visitors in and out, coma-inducing food extravaganzas, shopping, colder blustery weather . . . Thanksgiving is also my favorite holiday - one that I usually take the time to reflect upon before hand, gear up the gratitude so to speak.  Don't get me wrong, this past week was wonderful; we got to see loads of family and the fridge is

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It's been a long time since we had a Sunday Funday.  What does a Sunday Funday entail, you ask?  Football - check.  Lazin' on the couch - check.  Some form of yummy food - uummm we'll get back to you on that one.  Cute Jets onesie - yes!  Uncle Johnny Love - check, check!  With Miss Eddy napping upstairs, we're all being snuggly and mellow on the couch - it's the best feeling to be utterly

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So yes, this video is pretty cute EVEN THOUGH it is sideways for more than half the time . . . Eddy was a Pea-in-the-Pod for her first Halloween.  Thanks Grandma Lo!  We had a great time carving pumpkins, sippin' cider (with a little extra sumthin!), and passing out candy to trick-or-treaters.  Eddy wasn't in her costume for long, but it was long enough to get a bunch of cute shots!  And P.S. . .

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Alright, you asked for it: more "Eddy Candy" coming up!

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Just some quick eye candy from Cider Day 2010 and our trip with (Great) Aunt Jan to the Montgomery Community Garden.  Enjoy! (Renee took most of the Cider Day pix and I took the garden pix!)

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Baby business is an INDUSTRY (just like buying a car and getting married) - soooo many products that you ABSOLUTELY NEED or your baby will die or worse NOT GET INTO A GOOD COLLEGE.  Aside from the not-so-subtle pressure to buy all this stuff you don't need or even like, there's the whole OTHER issue that a bunch of it is actually really really cute.  If I have been successful at all over the

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This past weekend we were fortunate enough to get to spend a few days with two of our favorite people, Jed and Laurie from Chicago.  Many of you may remember them speaking at our wedding three (!) years ago.  Chicago is far away and we don't get to see them often enough, but now that both their boys are off to college, these empty-nesters feel free to roam!  We were so glad they got to meet

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"Time keeps on slippin', slippin', slippin', into the future . . ."  The days fly by!  Edylene is already 2 months old - how did that happen??  Jesse has been having fun (50% in jest) putting "checks" next to the developmental milestones that Edylene has reached in our "What to Expect in the First Year" book.  For example . . . "By 2 Months, will probably be able to lift head to 45 degrees" -

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Here are a few photos encapsulating the glory that is our front yard right now!  Everything is ridiculously lush - those purple asters FINALLY popped!  We've literally had people reverse their cars in the middle of the street to ask us about them.  We have no idea why the asters got so big - we did tie them together with some string so instead of falling all over the place they do look a bit

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We keep having so many fun visitors and little trips and new Eddy updates - I can't keep up with them all!  This post is dedicated to Grandma Lo - affectionately sometimes "G Lo" (with Grandpa Steeves being "E Diddy" of course!).  We can't take credit for these fun nicknames - I'm pretty sure someone at Dad's office came up with them . . . Anyway, G Lo came up to the Cuse to lend a hand with

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Aunt Liz couldn't be here for a recent Steeves visit, but we were thinkin of her just the same!

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Well, I started this post a couple days ago when Eddy B was about to be 5 weeks old - now she is 5 weeks and a couple days :)  Things get delayed when you are a walking bouncer/shusher/feed trough  . . . . I can't believe how fast the past few weeks have gone by . . . it doesn't feel like it's been more than a month.  I do feel more confident as a mommy, but in some ways it still feels like we

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This past weekend we enjoyed a visit from the Dumont Crew - D, Mr. Mustard - and Emma!  Our big outing for the weekend was a trip out to Grindstone Farm to get our hands on some of the last of the blueberries.  The past 2 years Jess and I have enjoyed stuffing our freezer full of summer berries - always enough to last us into the following spring!  It seems as though Baby may put a bit of a cramp

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This post marks Edylene reaching the ripe old age of 3 weeks and 2 days.  It is also the day before I had been planning on going back to school for the Fall semester.  Three weeks and change since popping out this little one and already heading back into the madness of grad school - granted it was going to be part time (only 3 classes), but pretty quickly upon returning home from the hospital I

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Somehow this post got deleted the first time around - oops!  Amazing that we are at 2 1/2 weeks - Jess and I were just looking at photos of Eddy B when she was only a few hours old and she already looks so different!  It's partly due to the fact that she's gained over 2 lbs since being discharged from the hospital - as Grandpa Steeves would say, "She likes her grocceries!"  It is a comfort to

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Just a quick video of Eddy B for you all while Caitlin finishes off a post she's been working on (and keeps getting distracted from). She's a precious one - enjoy!

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I am taking advantage of a sleepy beautiful baby and the fact that I was able to shower this morning and feel like a somewhat normal person in order to say "Hello!" from the House at Fellows.  What an experience the past 10 days have been.  As much as you try to prepare for parenthood (!) over the 9 or so months of pregnancy, there is NO WAY (cliche though it may sound) to fully ready yourself

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No new kids on the Fellows block yet ;)  Though the past few days have brought new, more noticeable contractions.  They are only practice contractions, as it seems I'll have 4 or 5 and then they'll disappear!  We even went for a walk one day in the midst of getting excited over several in a row - and we think we scared them off.  Ah well - in this case, different is good because it means my body

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Well, Baby SheGlass must be pretty comfy in there because we are officially at Due Date + 3 days!!  This little girl has made a fool of me - for the first, but certainly not the last time - as some of y'all may remember me blithely throwing about a "oh she's due on the 19th but I think she's going to come sooner."  Ah well - I did hang out in Lois' belly for a solid 2 weeks after MY due date -

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A little excitement this morning over at the House at Fellows - just to clarify, NO BABY YET.  This morning we THOUGHT it was possible that my water had broken and with our baby doctor drilling us to call call call if we thought that might have happened, we took a little trip to the 5th Floor, Labor and Delivery to get checked out.  I think we did well for our first "practice run" of heading off

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The baby clock is ticking down over at the House at Fellows.  Our "official" due date is July 19th - but we'll see when this little girl actually decides to grace us with her presence!  I've been gettin feelings like she'll come sooner than that, buuuuutt this IS my first time to the circus so what do I know? ;)  She may even take a page out of her momma's book and show up LATE (though I hope not

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Just wanted to take a minute to give thanks for the break in the heat up here in the 'Cuse.  While having our bedroom air conditioned has been like manna from Heaven, being cooped up in one room for days on end was starting to wear me down a bit.  Yesterday I was able to go for a walk in the afternoon for some vitamin D and then Jess and I took a stroll down to our corner convenience store -

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We have progress!  Jess has been keeping his nose (and other sensitive parts) to the grindstone in order to assuage any feelings of panic I might be having at the baby clock counting down . . . Truly, in all fairness, I must admit that my knowledge of a ticking baby clock has not prevented me from letting my eyes nonchalantly pass over piles of laundry and crud on my side of the bedroom . . . . 

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Soooo there are at least 2 kinds of responses to the "nesting" impulse that pregnant couples are told commonly occurs in the final weeks leading up to baby birthing day . . . SOME people do things like wash baby clothes and sheets, organize said washed baby clothes in adorable piles totally negating functionality, eat massive amounts of leftover chocolate raspberry cake, shop online, and eat more

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Baby Shower - get it??  *Snort snort*  We seem to go through deluges and dry spells when it comes to this blog - it has been pointed out to me by several readers (and Jess) that it's been a while since our last post :)  I blame this fact on the start of Clinic II combined with dwindling energy reserves and the mixed blessing of a plethora of possible posts to pick from!  Alliteration - whoo hoo!

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You all will NOT believe the amount of work that one motivated Goodglass can get done in a single weekend . . . it boggles the mind!  About 3 weeks ago, our backyard was kinda sorta an asphalt wasteland.  Then commenced the beginning of the backyard overhaul - which all of you have seen in previous posts.  Since then we'd gotten inspired to line our flower beds with found brick - we thought it

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Soooo Jess has brought it to my attention that y'all might possibly be missing some of the posts whenever I get in a frenzy and post twice in one day :)  Make sure to scroll down when you see a new post (example: Soft As A . . . )  to check out the older posts (example: Backyard Overhaul: PART THREE!!) - don't want anyone to miss any of the backyard/baby/garden/foodie/baby action!  So folks, be

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Jess and I went to our first cloth diapering info session last night at the Syracuse home office of CNY Cloth Diaper Express.  We'd been toying with the idea of cloth diapering for this first little one but had NO idea how to go about making any concrete decisions.  As with anything when it comes to babies, there is a RIDICULOUS amount of info available on the internet, endless pros and cons, "

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I have a feeling this will become a continuing series on The House at Fellows - the backyard is already so vastly improved, but making something look nice ALWAYS seems to bring up MORE possibilities, MORE improvements . . . I'm going to include some hard-core before pictures here as well for your comparing pleasure - ENJOY!  "Finished Product!"

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On a quick break from the Backyard Overhaul series (don't worry - we'll be back later this week!), we take this opportunity to welcome back Gustav!  Gustav is this beautiful blanket hand-made for us by Miss Faith Hale - it reminded me of a Gustav Klimt painting, so the name has stuck.  He had a spot or two of unraveling and so went to the blanket hospital in Brooklyn (ie Faith's apartment!) to

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We know you've been waiting for it - Part TWO in the much anticipated Backyard Overhaul series.  So big, just one post wouldn't do it justice :) Thankfully, the rest of the week was, if not exactly warm, at least dry.  Monday was actually my last day of classes for this past semester, so Jess drove me over for my 8am class and then headed back to the house to START DIGGIN'!  The boys rented a

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We've had dreams for our black-top-covered backyard ever since purchasing The House at Fellows just a bit over a year ago - big dreams!  The top of our list for this Spring?  Electric out to the garage and a fence!!  We wanted to be able to better utilize our big, beautiful 4-bay garage.  It's pretty dark most of the time in Winter and even by the end of our CSA season (somewhere around October/

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 . . . I have a pretty great life.  :)  I was meaning to put together post numero uno of several about our Backyard Overhaul (still coming!!  probably tomorrow), but instead, I relished in having completed my last final as a 2nd Year DPT student and spent the afternoon planting lilies and daisies from South Jerz (thank you Woodford clan!) and baby lilacs from super awesome

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Here are some baby-bump pictures for your viewing pleasure . . . Plus!  The  bump is officially up to 39" around . . .

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We have a lot of fun stuff coming up soon (including more belly pictures!) so I wanted to be sure and get in the rest of our Easter Weekend down in Jersey . . . After a Saturday late night viewing of "Whip It" with Ellen Paige (think Juno! one of my favorite Silverscreen ladies) several of us were pretty pooped the following morning.  Of course, the early birds (Jesse, Mom, Dad) were bright-eyed

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Cait and I want so badly to plant a huge blueberry patch someday. Our Syracuse yard doesn't quite have the acreage that we're looking for. We want a patch, a grove of blueberries, with land to roll about and run on. Maybe we can plant that patch with our daughter someday, somewhere a little closer to you all...Blueberry Girl - from Neil Gaiman

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We had a lovely Easter Weekend.  It was jam-packed, but somehow it was one  of the most refreshing weekends I've had in a long time.  Maybe it was because it was chockerbock-full of friends, family, and good food (we tend to like those kinds of weekends) . . . Friday we jetted down to good old Brooklyn.  It did, however, take us a while to get going - Wally's pre-trip "tune-up" morphed into an

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And OUR first visit to the Carrier Dome!  And MY first NCAA game - and an "Elite 8" game to boot!  So I figure if my parents can claim that I have been to Disney World (I was about 1 yr old at the time), I TOO can claim that this baby's parents took her (though still in the womb) to a reasonably top-notch display of collegiate-level athletic prowess.  Thank you Uncle Jed for the hook-up!!  The

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This is a picture of the official BEST LOAF OF BREAD WE HAVE EVER MADE.  It is a 2-lb loaf of olive bread.  I LOOVE the olive breads I've tried from various supermarket bakeries.  I was expecting this loaf to be similar: hard crusty outside (sometimes a little too hard) and salty olive goodness inside (sometimes too salty!).  But this loaf beat the pants off them all.  It had a delicately crispy

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You might have seen this already, but if you haven't, check out this video. It's hysterically funny and totally worth the few minutes of your time...This Too Shall Pass

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Anybody get that reference to a holiday-time commercial that was going around this year??? Anyway, I've had it stuck in my head ever since . . . But look!  Holy Crappers! Look at what I saw!!  These are buds, right???  This is our crabapple tree out front - this will be our first Spring with it and we're hoping to see some blossoms soon!  Aaaaand what are THHHHHEEESSEEEE??  Green stuff!!!  I'm

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This week was much needed in terms of rest and relaxation.  Tomorrow it will be back to the grindstone - back to la escuela (aka Upstate).  The past couple days of sunshine, warm(ish) temperatures, and the promise of Day Light Savings next weekend have all helped to put me in a better mood.  Those things, plus a massage and a snuggle or two from my sweetie pie :) Baby continues to make her

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Ok, so happiness is ALSO finding a pencil, two kinds of ice cream, having a sister, etc, etc . . .but it is--right at this moment--golden, blissful, blindingly reflective (off of the snow) Syracuse sunshine.  Jess and I have yearning, ACHING for sunshine these past few weeks - I'm tempted to even go so far as to say it may have something to do with some sneaky feelings of being overwhelmed and

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Hi everyone! The American Heart Association is holding a Heart Walk in Syracuse this coming April 17th. Teams can participate in either a 3 or 6mi run or a 3mi walk/fun run and all the proceeds from fundraising efforts benefit those affected by heart disease, stroke, and heart attack. I won't be able to actually attend on the day, but I've joined Upstate's Physical Therapy Team and I've got my

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And THAT is why I am sitting here at 12:30pm on a Tuesday, eating THIS:Doesn't it look delicious?? Homemade bread-machine bread, super chunky PB, and blackberry jelly - oh my!So I've decided I perused WAY too many baby blogging sites yesterday - I suddenly woke up at about midnight last night (thank you bladder!) and then proceeded to lay awake for 2 hours with baby names, gadgets, and nursery

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I have designated March 1st as the new First Day of Spring. True, it IS simultaneously melting and snowing in Syracuse, but I've decided it is time. Time for above-freezing temperatures and early hardy flowers (crocuci! pronounced crow-cuh-kye of course) and SUNSHINE!!!! Jess and I have been leaning towards Spring with all our might the past couple weeks. We are determined that February will

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We know you've been hankering for them :) Our ultrasound tech, Sarah, said that Baby She-Glass was doing flips in the womb! She had to chase her around to measure all the parts. It was amazing to see so much movement - hands waving, head turning, little heart beating, beating, beating! The tech asked if I had had orange juice before coming over (the sugar energizes them!) and I had to admit

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Well, I am 19 1/2 weeks preggo which means we are about half way there with this bun in this oven! And, it is officially a LADY bun :) We had about an hour-long sonogram this afternoon - it's the longest one because they measure all the parts and bones and organs - tho I'm sure most people, like us, just want to know BOY OR GIRL (or OCTOPUS)???? When yer looking' at a 19 1/2 week babe on a

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Now, I'm sure that most of you down south must be thinking that these storms you've gotten over the past week have totally altered life for the moment -- schools closing, businesses closing, streets closing...But this link is just to remind you that, thus far, Syracuse still has the next snowiest city in the country by a foot! We just get it in little bits, and everyday.Happy shoveling!

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After finally getting home in daylight and having the time to try out my handy-dandy starter fluid, I got the snowblower working! Aside from the fact that there was only about 3-4 inches of already-driven-upon-snow, it was a complete success. Uncle John had walked me through the thought process of where I needed to spray the fluid (into the carburetor) and how to open it (with the choke) this

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Caitlin and I watched Obama's State of the Union last night together, and I, for one, felt hugely relieved at finally listening to eloquence and intelligence coming from that podium. After 8 years of listening to a man who had difficulty just memorizing his lines, it was like fresh air hearing a man deliver concepts to his audience with confidence, lucidity, and a flexible state of mind.I

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Alright all you blog junkies - we know what you've been craving - we know what you've been missing!! You've been waiting patiently to hear about . . . .insulating our attic!! No? . . . . . Caitlin starting a new semester!! Not that either? . . . Jesse's recent election to the board of Slow Food of Central New York (SFCNY)??? Hmmm . . . .what else could I POSSIBLY post about . . . .How 'bout

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Alright folks, it's time to reveal our deep, dark secret. Where exactly HAVE Jesse and Caitlin been spiriting off to the past few Thursday nights? What DOES that leather pouch clutched in Jesse's enthusiastic fist contain? Just HOW BIG of dorks are we?Well, you probably already knew the answer to that last one, but as for the others . . .Deep, dark confession here . . . .Jesse and I have

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I SEE SNOW! Yes, that's right, our first snow fall. I have no idea if it's sticking around for long, but it is nice that it has happened on a Friday (no classes for me!) so I can mosey throughout the house with my cup of coffee, snug as a bug in a rug! I know as a Syracusian we are in for more than our fair share of the stuff, but I can't help still getting excited at the first snow . . .So!

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I am BACK baby! With Clinic I under my belt, it's actually very nice to be back in the classroom and swapping experiences with my peers. I can't really express how different I felt in terms of confidence from Week 0 to Week 4 to Week 8! I know I've just gotten the tip of the iceberg of learning and knowledge, but at least now I have to tools to climb (descend?) the iceberg! Fort Drum broke me

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This Clinic I is flying by - I have less than 3 weeks left - how did that happen? It's hard to keep everyone up to date on how things are going. I feel like I internalize a lot - it's hard to tell day to day exactly what I'm absorbing, how it will shape my future PT practice, what lessons I'll have taken from this experience on an army post . . . We have the same schedule each week, but every

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I feel like I'm swimming in a sea of body parts! Gross as that sounds, I've definitely started dreaming in "PT" - which I think is a good thing ? At least it shows that my brain is working subconsciously as well to try and absorb as much as I can - though I've been dreaming about Buffy the Vampire Slayer too . . . hmm . . .So, these past two weeks? Strikes and gutters, strikes and gutters, my

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In this context, I mean "post" as in - Fort Drum is a military post. Apparently, only the Air Force and the Navy have "bases"! And here, PT means Physical Training - it's the running, push-ups, and sit-ups all the soldiers have to do. So it's important not to confuse physical therapy PT with Physical Training PT - so much to learn! My first two weeks of my first clinical experience have been

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