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Did he really live in Baghdad?

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Since it's Veteran's Day I thought it was an appropriate time to talk about the hubby's 15 month stay in Iraq and THANK HIM for fighting for our freedom! He served 9 years in the Army National Guard and was deployed to Baghdad for almost a year and a half in 2005/2006. As most of you know, he is a

Babysitter experience = SUCCESS!

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FYI: I almost forgot to mention that the babysitter and P totally hit it off! Miss E and P = new BFF's! Within the first 5 minutes of her being at the house P was already making her read him a book. We can't wait to ask her to babysit again!

His first fight!

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This morning was a typical Sunday morning for the Rose Family. Rushing around trying to get breakfast and coffee under our belts before we headed out the door to church. We actually made it on time...dropped off P in the toddler room and off to sing and worship! Little did I know that while J &

Football Saturday

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It's the Carterville LIONS vs Duquoin INDIANS today at 1:00 pm in round 2 of the playoffs! P is already decked out in his orange & blue and is ready to go!He really enjoys football...well...any ball that he can throw for that matter. But look at him, doesn't he look a future NFL quaterback? :)

Book Review: I Was A Really Good Mom Before I Had Kids

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One of my BF's from Chi, Addie and Mommies Blog, wrote this book review and I felt like I really had to share it with you. This is going to be my next read for sure! If your a mom...I am sure you will agree that this book is a must have! Here is what she wrote:Do you ever have nights where you just

Babysitter Checklist

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So tonight P will have his very first "real" babysitter. I say "real" babysitter because, up until this point, he has only stayed with Gigi and Papa, Auntie N, or Kiks and Frosty...and I don't consider them foreign people to my lil man. In fact, sometimes I think he'd rather hang with them, than me.

2 thumbs down!

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As I promised, I am reporting back on our first SIU Saluki BB game experience. From the title, I am sure you have already gathered...it did not go so hot. Don't get me wrong, the team was great! It was my son, however, who was...not so great. If I could write him a letter to let him know how he made

My Parker Bear

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Happy Halloween! Nin taught me how to use Picasa3 today too so now I how to upload collages of pictures...which is fabulous because now I don't have to pick just one or two pics. :) If you click on the collage you can see the pics closer.P was a bear for Halloween this year. Daddy's idea. When I

Hayrides and hot chocolate

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Sunday Kiki and Frosty invited us over for their annual Halloween Hayride. Frosty had the tractor ready to go and was dressed in his burberry scarf (had to mention that). The most fashionable Southern Illinois tractor driver I know! side note: Frosty does not normally drive tractors (like most SO IL

Some say….

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after almost 4 years of marriage and a baby...marriages lose their spark? Unless I'm just working with a delayed reaction here, I must say, that is not the case in my marriage! I will give much credit to the great hubby...he is SUPER wonderful at being romantic. Here's an example of some of the