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We went to Amy’s work yesterday and took a bunch of pictures of Tru with pumpkins. The little kids at her school usually go on a field trip to a pumpkin patch each year, but budget cuts prohibited the trip this year. So a local farmer came out to the school and dumped [...]

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Tru’s doing a lot better today. He’s still not swallowing his own drool–he just lets it build up in his mouth until he laughs or tries to talk. Then the whole mess dribbles to the floor.
Other than that, he’s doing well–no fever and he’s got his usual cheerful spirit. Nice to have [...]

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Tru woke up early this morning and just didn’t seem himself. Turns out that he’s got a sore throat, and it’s keeping him from eating and it wakes him up from naps when he swallows in his sleep. He doesn’t like it…
He really wants to eat, and he’s suffered through some ice cream [...]

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Tru got his “one-year” shots the other day…he didn’t like it. He’s still got lumps on each leg. They don’t seem to bother him though. He’s in the 90th percentile for height and the 20th percentile for weight. The doctor said don’t worry about the weight because one turd could move [...]

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Today was a baby dedication at church, but we didn’t dedicate Tru. There are good reasons to dedicate babies but, in our situation at least, it seemed redundant. This wasn’t an easy decision, and I don’t think either Amy or I am fully comfortable with it. My sense, though, is that the [...]

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