Ramona Mae

We had a great vacation. The babies traveled well and slept pretty well too. The only hitch was their complete and total terror of the water. And Simon is afraid of sand. It didn’t occur to me that our city babies might need time to adjust to the lake experience. But we still had a ton of fun.

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Making choices for your child’s future is a challenge for every parent. In Jane and Andy’s case with Ramona it feels like they are constantly getting new information about her health and having to make choices at an alarming rate. Today is one of those days. (more…)

Our vacation is in cyber-blackout country, so I wanted to post some pics to tide you over 😉

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…But you’re gonna have to use the roof rack. Now that Ramona is a free-wheeling baby on Rumaire we can take her all sorts of places we couldn’t before. So Andy and I have decided to pack up the whole kit and caboodle and head to Michigan for a mini vacay. I have just started to compile a list of things needed for this “getaway” and am starting to feel like maybe we should just jack up the whole house and hit the road double-wide style.

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Hi everyone. Sorry for the silence lately. Here’s the latest. (more…)

When people tell me, “Children are such a blessing”, I sometimes find it a bit trite. Like some kind of pollyanna brainwashing to get people to buck up and stop complaining about all the things about parenting that don’t make it into Mother’s Day cards. Like open heart surgery. Or methadone withdrawal.

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Opportunities to provide “meals”:http://ramonamae.com/meal-schedule/ and “grocery runs”:http://ramonamae.com/help-needed-grocery-runs/ in July for Jane and Andy are available now — post a comment on that page and we’ll sign you up!

It’s 3:30am. I’ve given up sleeping. Ramona is crying out and waking up about every 15 minutes.

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We did some things right this time around.

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I am Ecstatic to report that Ramona is home with Jane, Andy and Simon, Oxygen Tank Free! (more…)