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Friday, 02 May 2008

Jack Thomas Stoutenger was born yesterday

It's cousin Tammy's and husband Kevin's 4th boy. They had triplet boys about 6 years ago I think. I lose track because I never see anyone, just like once a year around Christmas. He was 8 pounds something and delivered by c-section. Tammy is one month older than me. We were really close growing up. She had the triplets by in vitro because she wasn't supposed to be able to get pregnant naturally until 6 years or whatever later when she finds out she's pregnant. Big shock, especially for Kevin, I think the triplets were enough.

Anyway, welcome Jack!

Posted: May 02, 2008 17:40

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Tuesday, 25 December 2007

Merry Christmas!

Let's go back to an oldie time Christmas when I actually looked forward to it.

From left to right:

Cousins Tracy (RIP), Tammy, Brian J., Karaoke Brian, and Me on Timmy's lap (he doesn't have a messed up head, it's just how the picture scanned).

Posted: Dec 25, 2007 11:34

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Thursday, 20 December 2007

My babies are growing up!

First there was Ella (I tortured her w/ that crap on her head and neck, what an awful Auntie I am)

Then along came JJ

And now they both just keep growing

Posted: Dec 20, 2007 17:08

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Thursday, 11 October 2007

Happy First Birthday JJ!!

even if I'm the only one that knows when it is. My nephew turned 1 today, October 11, 2007. Since it's his first birthday, yesterday I called my mom to confirm that today was the day and not yesterday or tomorrow or something. She told me Yes, it is tomorrow (meaning today the 11th) so yesterday I shipped his present 2 day shipping to get there tomorrow, Friday, one day late, no big deal. Then my mom calls me at 7 this morning to say that it was yesterday (the 10th) because she had called my brother and they said it was yesterday. So then I feel kinda bad and stupid that I don't even know when my nephew's birthday is but don't know why I had it written down as the 11th. So I called my dad this morning and he said it was yesterday too.

So tonight I call my brother to find out about JJ's first birthday and mention that it's weird that I thought it was today and I didn't want to be insulting and ask them to check the birth certificate, though I really thought they should, just to make sure, but as we were on the phone my sister-in-law gave the birth certificate to my brother and he reads out that his birthday is the 11th but at this point I think he's just kidding and saying that to be funny but after a couple minutes he says that it's true, today is his birthday and they were just stupid and for some reason thought it was yesterday. So yesterday they had his party and even my sister-in-law's family came over and no one questioned the birthday, except me of course. Holy shit, if it wasn't for me, my family would be celebrating poor JJ's birthday on the wrong day.

Guess it could be worse, they could have forgotten it all together. At least they were a day early!

Sorry JJ you have stupid parents. At least your Auntie Heather is smart!!! Hope you and Ella take after me :0)

Posted: Oct 11, 2007 23:45

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Wednesday, 12 September 2007

I was going to post the other day about one of the #1 reasons why I love my Dad

I was going to say because, for example, I invited him to come to my little birthday get together to go see the musical Wicked here in Boston and without asking any questions he just says 'Let me see if I can get the day off from work.' That's because he lives a 5 hour drive away and works on Saturdays and we're going on a Saturday night so he'd have to take off work to drive up here. It's just funny that he doesn't even ask what Wicked is and I know he has no clue. All he hears is me asking him to do something and he'll just do it because I asked.

So he said he'd call me Wednesday to let me know if he can go. Turns out he can't go, not because of work but because his wife, my stepmom, has a 100th birthday party for her grandmother that they were already committed to going to and she wants my Dad to go to that.

Well now it doesn't feel so good. It's still one of the #1 reasons why I love my Dad but it doesn't have the same meaning when you include the stepmom.

He just got married this past Spring after being single since the divorce with my mother 15 years ago so I have yet had to deal w/ stepmom issues. Man oh man.

Posted: Sep 12, 2007 20:17

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