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It melts me to watch Tucker’s focused concentration while playing with and launching his Blue Angels.  He loves them.  He flies them from their aircraft carrier at the base of the stairs to the kitchen counter, to the table and to the couch.  Although he’ll ask for them if he can’t find them (“Bwue An-gos?”), […]

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While worrying about Tucker’s dental health, speech delay, sleep schedule and general well being, it occurs to me how focused I get on a particular worry.  Like, borderline obsessive.  I have to remind myself how quickly each moment passes.  I can remember being utterly freaked out when my milk hadn’t yet come in, crazily documenting […]

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On Halloween, I shared that I was nervous about the way in which people might react to Tucker not being able to say “Trick or treat!”  Since that post, I’ve had a few inquires asking how he did.  Here’s his Halloween Report Card. Also, I’d like to say that trying to be thoughtful backfired on […]

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Like the good mom that I am, I make Tucker a hot breakfast each morning.  Well, pretty much every morning.  Some days he gets cereal and fruit.  Oh, and that one day, he had Oreos.  But, whatever, today was a hot breakfast day.  While I was slaving in the kitchen, my adorable sweet boy came […]

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I just realized last night that I haven’t been helping Tucker practice saying “Trick or Treat.” Last year, he had just turned two in July.  When October 31 came along, it seemed like him not saying anything was ok.  He was still a baby.  But this year, people generally expect so much more of him.  […]

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I think I was in third grade when my dad tried to take my younger brother and me to see the original Star Wars movie.  After bouncing with excitement for more than an hour while standing in a line that snaked itself all the way around the building, we were turned away from a sold-out […]

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