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<title><![CDATA[First Family Portraits]]></title>
<link>http://thetomlinfamily.wordpress.com/2009/11/30/first-family-portraits/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 10:19:26 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>thetomlinfamily</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[What&#39;choo looking at? Last Wednesday we took Madeleine to JC Penney&#8217;s portrait studio for ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><div id="attachment_899" class="wp-caption alignright" style="width: 310px"><a href="http://thetomlinfamily.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/p211-ltpp0211114386jcp-7.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-899" title="P211-LTPP0211114386JCP-7" src="http://thetomlinfamily.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/p211-ltpp0211114386jcp-7.jpg?w=300" alt="" width="300" height="240" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">What&#39;choo looking at?</p></div>
<p>Last Wednesday we took Madeleine to JC Penney&#8217;s portrait studio for her/our first family portraits.</p>
<p>I&#8217;m including some of my favorites throughout this post for your viewing pleasure. <img src='http://s.wordpress.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>Originally I had this grand idea that we would get portraits in our Halloween costumes as well, but we all thought that was way too much fuss once push came to shove, so we will be saving the costumes for next year and will do Halloween portraits then.</p>
<div id="attachment_902" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 310px"><a href="http://thetomlinfamily.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/p211-ltpp0211114386jcp-412.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-902" title="P211-LTPP0211114386JCP-41" src="http://thetomlinfamily.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/p211-ltpp0211114386jcp-412.jpg?w=300" alt="" width="300" height="240" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Adorable, right?</p></div>
<p>It&#8217;s a good thing we decided against it. She was definitely <em>done</em> with photos for the last bit of the photo shoot.  But it wasn&#8217;t before she managed to get some cute ones of her just in her little diaper! hehe!</p>
<p>Now, here are some additional photos. The rest can be found by <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/heather.tomlin/Family1MonthPortraits#"> clicking here</a>.</p>
<p><a href="http://thetomlinfamily.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/p211-ltpp0211114386jcp-21.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-905" title="P211-LTPP0211114386JCP-2" src="http://thetomlinfamily.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/p211-ltpp0211114386jcp-21.jpg?w=300" alt="" width="300" height="240" /></a><a href="http://thetomlinfamily.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/p211-ltpp0211114386jcp-4.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-906" title="P211-LTPP0211114386JCP-4" src="http://thetomlinfamily.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/p211-ltpp0211114386jcp-4.jpg?w=300" alt="" width="300" height="240" /></a><a href="http://thetomlinfamily.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/p211-ltpp0211114386jcp-8.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-907" title="P211-LTPP0211114386JCP-8" src="http://thetomlinfamily.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/p211-ltpp0211114386jcp-8.jpg?w=240" alt="" width="240" height="300" /></a><a href="http://thetomlinfamily.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/p211-ltpp0211114386jcp-11.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-908" title="P211-LTPP0211114386JCP-11" src="http://thetomlinfamily.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/p211-ltpp0211114386jcp-11.jpg?w=240" alt="" width="240" height="300" /></a><a href="http://thetomlinfamily.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/p211-ltpp0211114386jcp-16.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-909" title="P211-LTPP0211114386JCP-16" src="http://thetomlinfamily.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/p211-ltpp0211114386jcp-16.jpg?w=240" alt="" width="240" height="300" /></a><a href="http://thetomlinfamily.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/p211-ltpp0211114386jcp-22.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-911" title="P211-LTPP0211114386JCP-22" src="http://thetomlinfamily.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/p211-ltpp0211114386jcp-22.jpg?w=240" alt="" width="240" height="300" /></a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Frustrated mommy]]></title>
<link>http://thetomlinfamily.wordpress.com/2009/11/29/frustrated-mommy/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 29 Nov 2009 09:42:47 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>thetomlinfamily</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[I do not know what is going on, but I am one frustratd mommy. Here I was, so proud and over the moon]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>I do not know what is going on, but I am one frustratd mommy.</p>
<p>Here I was, so proud and over the moon that I&#8217;d been so successful at re-training Madeleine to go to bed in her own room, in her own bed. She&#8217;d been sleeping anywhere from 6-10 hours a night. WOOHOO! And then on some days, she&#8217;d wake up to eat and get her diaper changed and she&#8217;d go right back to sleep. Fantastic! I was a happy mommy. Ooooh sooooo happy.</p>
<p>It looks like I spoke too soon. I do not know what is different this week but she&#8217;s fussy beyond belief in the evenings (she&#8217;s relatively happy during the day and takes naps?), has gotten into a schedule where she is hungry literally ALL night from about 5-6 pm on, and then won&#8217;t stay asleep at night after being up all evening. What is going on?</p>
<p>We think she may have a touch of a cold. Alex and I have both been feeling not so fantastic and she&#8217;s been coughing a little bit. **Don&#8217;t worry! I&#8217;ve been taking her temperature and watching her like a hawk to make sure it&#8217;s not the type of sickness that requires a doctor&#8217;s visit** But we don&#8217;t know for sure.</p>
<p>I also think that we managed to greatly disrupt her fragile and new schedule on our trip to Olympia for Thanksgiving. Afterall, she&#8217;d only been sleeping through the night for a week when we threw her little schedule into chaos.</p>
<p>But whatever it is, I am so tired and sad that it&#8217;s so disrupted. And I&#8217;m incredibly frustrated that I can&#8217;t do <em>anything</em> in the evenings because she wants to eat for hours on end with only brief 5-20 minute breaks. If I hand her off to Alex, she screams. **sigh** This makes being a good housekeeper and wife rather difficult.</p>
<p>My schedule has been to take a shower as soon as I get up, usually around 7:30-8am and she&#8217;s still sleeping. Get as much done as I can while she is still asleep and then feed and change her. She will typically go down for another nap around 10-11 which is when I run errands (lately) or try to do some housework if I&#8217;m not exhausted from the night before. If I am, I will go to sleep too. Then baby M is back up anywhere from 12-2pm and she eats and naps off until 5ish when the <span style="text-decoration:line-through;">hellish</span> exhausting feedings begin. And of course, because I am staying home right now, about 6pm is usually when Alex asks me what I have planned for dinner. How the heck am I supposed to cook when she won&#8217;t let me stop feeding her? <img src='http://s.wordpress.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_sad.gif' alt=':(' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>So I go all night and <em>try</em> to make dinner, Alex is pretty patient, but we&#8217;ve had some late meals in the last week and a half. Like, anywhere from9:30-10:45. How embarassing. Either that or he gives up and goes and gets us something from a quickie place like Subway, etc.</p>
<p>I just finally got the baby girl to bed (it was about 1:20 am when she finally went down) MUCH past her 10pm bedtime that I&#8217;ve been trying to scoot earlier in the evening.</p>
<p>HELP!!! I&#8217;m willing to hear any and all suggestions.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Visiting with family the week of Thanksgiving.]]></title>
<link>http://rachelconrique.wordpress.com/2009/11/28/visiting-with-family-the-week-of-thanksgiving/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 28 Nov 2009 08:49:52 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>rachelconrique</dc:creator>
<guid>http://rachelconrique.wordpress.com/2009/11/28/visiting-with-family-the-week-of-thanksgiving/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Mine and Chris&#8217; families, to be exact. Unfortunately, I wasn&#8217;t able to make it to my fam]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Mine and Chris&#8217; families, to be exact.</p>
<p>Unfortunately, I wasn&#8217;t able to make it to my family&#8217;s actual Thanksgiving supper due to some poor planning on my part, and a lot of traffic&#8211;but these are some highlights from a visit with a very small portion my family visiting from Colorado the day before Thanksgiving. I never get to see them, so it was really nice.</p>
<p>This photo is just awkward enough that I feel it deserves to be posted. These are two of my cousins. Jessey was not down to be an active participant in the picture-taking process, but my mom managed to get her in the background. I also like how mine and Madeleine&#8217;s feet are cut off. It adds a little&#8230; je ne sais quoi.</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><a title="Visiting the Greens Thanksgiving Week 2009. by rachelconrique, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rachelconrique/4140311048/"><img class="aligncenter" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2684/4140311048_85223a663f.jpg" alt="Visiting the Greens Thanksgiving Week 2009." width="500" height="333" /></a></p>
<p style="text-align:left;">Mother and daughter. Tobia, my cousin Michael&#8217;s wife, and Madeleine.</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><a title="Visiting the Greens Thanksgiving Week 2009. by rachelconrique, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rachelconrique/4140304570/"><img class="aligncenter" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2701/4140304570_9693b56c16.jpg" alt="Visiting the Greens Thanksgiving Week 2009." width="333" height="500" /></a></p>
<p>This is lady, Michael and Tobia&#8217;s new dog. She is a mini-dachshund puppy, and she has puppy breath. Puppy breath is probably one of my top 5 favorite things.</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><a title="Visiting the Greens Thanksgiving Week 2009. by rachelconrique, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rachelconrique/4139543007/"><img class="aligncenter" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2555/4139543007_00ea876055.jpg" alt="Visiting the Greens Thanksgiving Week 2009." width="500" height="333" /></a></p>
<p>I could take photos of Jessey all day long.</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><a title="Visiting the Greens Thanksgiving Week 2009. by rachelconrique, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rachelconrique/4139535747/"><img class="aligncenter" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2662/4139535747_4e4eceebc3.jpg" alt="Visiting the Greens Thanksgiving Week 2009." width="500" height="333" /></a></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><a title="Visiting the Greens Thanksgiving Week 2009. by rachelconrique, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rachelconrique/4140296960/"><img class="aligncenter" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2665/4140296960_930f669f91.jpg" alt="Visiting the Greens Thanksgiving Week 2009." width="500" height="333" /></a></p>
<p>And here is Colton, the newest baby in our family. (We&#8217;ve had 5 new babies on my mom&#8217;s side of the family this year, and Chris&#8217; sister also had a baby.) That is my aunt Loey holding him. She is a proud grandma! And a good one, too. When my sister and I were little, she used to sit with us in the grass for hours and read us things like James and the Giant Peach.</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><a title="Visiting the Greens Thanksgiving Week 2009. by rachelconrique, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rachelconrique/4140298000/"><img class="aligncenter" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2790/4140298000_5ee26e17bb.jpg" alt="Visiting the Greens Thanksgiving Week 2009." width="500" height="166" /></a></p>
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<p style="text-align:center;">&#8211;</p>
<p style="text-align:left;">I spent Thanksgiving Day with Chris&#8217; family, who were all incredibly tolerant of my incessant picture-taking, as per usual.</p>
<p>Suk, Chris&#8217; sister Melissa&#8217;s mother in law, and Stephanie, her daughter, doing the mashed potato.</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><a title="Thanksgiving at the Gumpels' 2009. by rachelconrique, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rachelconrique/4140483146/"><img class="aligncenter" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2518/4140483146_1056ca6f12.jpg" alt="Thanksgiving at the Gumpels' 2009." width="500" height="373" /></a></p>
<p>Riley and his Grandpa Ed man-snuggling. Riley is practically impossible to take pictures of because he is two and he never, ever stops moving. Except to go the the bathroom. I had the pleasure of taking him to go pee, at which he is quite adept. And speedy!</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><a title="Thanksgiving at the Gumpels' 2009. by rachelconrique, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rachelconrique/4140482864/"><img class="aligncenter" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2563/4140482864_4cb8612b4c.jpg" alt="Thanksgiving at the Gumpels' 2009." width="500" height="333" /></a></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><a title="Thanksgiving at the Gumpels' 2009. by rachelconrique, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rachelconrique/4139722651/"><img class="aligncenter" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2600/4139722651_013c5b1def.jpg" alt="Thanksgiving at the Gumpels' 2009." width="500" height="249" /></a></p>
<p>Chris and his Dad. The Renner men. Doing manly things.</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><a title="Thanksgiving at the Gumpels' 2009. by rachelconrique, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rachelconrique/4139723775/"><img class="aligncenter" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2727/4139723775_82f3abdf12.jpg" alt="Thanksgiving at the Gumpels' 2009." width="500" height="333" /></a></p>
<p>Tony telling Stephanie that he knows who she is. She&#8217;s Rachel!</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><a title="Thanksgiving at the Gumpels' 2009. by rachelconrique, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rachelconrique/4140485070/"><img class="aligncenter" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2660/4140485070_7f15381422.jpg" alt="Thanksgiving at the Gumpels' 2009." width="500" height="83" /></a><br />
<a title="Thanksgiving at the Gumpels' 2009. by rachelconrique, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rachelconrique/4139724655/"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2773/4139724655_ee4eb3d96a.jpg" alt="Thanksgiving at the Gumpels' 2009." width="500" height="83" /></a></p>
<p>Kendall, Chris&#8217; sister Melissa&#8217;s new baby, with her aunt Stephanie. How pretty is Stephanie, btw? Ridiculous. I don&#8217;t think she even wears makeup.</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><a title="Thanksgiving at the Gumpels' 2009. by rachelconrique, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rachelconrique/4139724957/"><img class="aligncenter" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2684/4139724957_d94cb8087e.jpg" alt="Thanksgiving at the Gumpels' 2009." width="500" height="373" /></a></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><a title="Thanksgiving at the Gumpels' 2009. by rachelconrique, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rachelconrique/4140486106/"><img class="aligncenter" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2793/4140486106_a7626cdbd9.jpg" alt="Thanksgiving at the Gumpels' 2009." width="500" height="373" /></a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Madeleine's First Thanksgiving]]></title>
<link>http://thetomlinfamily.wordpress.com/2009/11/27/madeleines-first-thanksgiving/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 28 Nov 2009 08:14:49 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>thetomlinfamily</dc:creator>
<guid>http://thetomlinfamily.wordpress.com/2009/11/27/madeleines-first-thanksgiving/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Mommy even bought me a new, festive sweater for the holiday! Madeleine had a very busy first Thanksg]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><div id="attachment_880" class="wp-caption alignright" style="width: 235px"><a href="http://thetomlinfamily.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/img_0017.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-880" title="IMG_0017" src="http://thetomlinfamily.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/img_0017.jpg?w=225" alt="" width="225" height="300" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Mommy even bought me a new, festive sweater for the holiday!</p></div>
<p>Madeleine had a very busy first Thanksgiving. We spent the day and evening down in Olympia visiting with Alex&#8217;s side of the family.</p>
<p>First, we stopped by his mom and Tim&#8217;s place to say hello before they headed up to Seattle to spend the evening with Tim&#8217;s children. Baby M got to spend some time being held by both Tim and Karli, although she was a bit of a fuss monster for some reason and was awake and eating and fussy nearly the entire 2-1/2 hours we were visiting.</p>
<p>Then we were off to Steve and Joan&#8217;s. Again, we continued with the awake baby and  she fed off and on nearly the entire time we were there and was fussing quite a bit as well.  I&#8217;m not sure why she wouldn&#8217;t sleep yesterday. If it was just too much stimulation and she couldn&#8217;t handle it? But she&#8217;s normally such a great sleeper. In fact, she has slept nearly all day today to make up for it. LOL!</p>
<p>Joan and Steve put together a fantastic dinner &#8211; which was just as delicious cold as it was hot, I&#8217;m sure, thanks to Madeleine&#8217;s lack of desire to do anything but eat. Hey, she knows what the spirit of Thanksgiving is! EAT EAT EAT!!!</p>
<p>And now, here are some photos!!</p>
<div id="attachment_881" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 235px"><a href="http://thetomlinfamily.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/img_00091.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-881" title="IMG_0009" src="http://thetomlinfamily.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/img_00091.jpg?w=225" alt="" width="225" height="300" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Oooooooh Hi!</p></div>
<div id="attachment_882" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 235px"><a href="http://thetomlinfamily.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/img_0013.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-882" title="IMG_0013" src="http://thetomlinfamily.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/img_0013.jpg?w=225" alt="" width="225" height="300" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Taking a break from checking ourselves out in the mirror</p></div>
<div id="attachment_883" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 235px"><a href="http://thetomlinfamily.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/img_0014.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-883" title="IMG_0014" src="http://thetomlinfamily.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/img_0014.jpg?w=225" alt="" width="225" height="300" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">It&#39;s my gramma!</p></div>
<div id="attachment_884" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 310px"><a href="http://thetomlinfamily.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/img_0018.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-884" title="IMG_0018" src="http://thetomlinfamily.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/img_0018.jpg?w=300" alt="" width="300" height="225" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Our little family <img src='http://s.wordpress.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p></div>
<div id="attachment_885" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 235px"><a href="http://thetomlinfamily.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/img_0019.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-885" title="IMG_0019" src="http://thetomlinfamily.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/img_0019.jpg?w=225" alt="" width="225" height="300" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Hi Auntie Lyssa!</p></div>
<div id="attachment_886" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 235px"><a href="http://thetomlinfamily.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/img_0024.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-886" title="IMG_0024" src="http://thetomlinfamily.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/img_0024.jpg?w=225" alt="" width="225" height="300" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">My uncle Trevor made me smile</p></div>
<div id="attachment_887" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 310px"><a href="http://thetomlinfamily.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/img_0027.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-887" title="IMG_0027" src="http://thetomlinfamily.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/img_0027.jpg?w=300" alt="" width="300" height="225" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">With my daddy, after the Turkey. I woke up again 5 minutes later. <img src='http://s.wordpress.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_razz.gif' alt=':P' class='wp-smiley' /> </p></div>
<div id="attachment_888" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 235px"><a href="http://thetomlinfamily.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/img_0028.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-888" title="IMG_0028" src="http://thetomlinfamily.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/img_0028.jpg?w=225" alt="" width="225" height="300" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">They just can&#39;t get enough of me. I&#39;m soooo cute.</p></div>
<div id="attachment_890" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 235px"><a href="http://thetomlinfamily.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/img_00291.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-890" title="IMG_0029" src="http://thetomlinfamily.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/img_00291.jpg?w=225" alt="" width="225" height="300" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Hi grandma Joan!</p></div>
<div id="attachment_891" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 235px"><a href="http://thetomlinfamily.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/img_0033.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-891" title="IMG_0033" src="http://thetomlinfamily.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/img_0033.jpg?w=225" alt="" width="225" height="300" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">I even got some tummy time <img src='http://s.wordpress.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif' alt=':D' class='wp-smiley' /> </p></div>
<div id="attachment_892" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 235px"><a href="http://thetomlinfamily.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/img_0036.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-892" title="IMG_0036" src="http://thetomlinfamily.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/img_0036.jpg?w=225" alt="" width="225" height="300" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Play time!</p></div>
<div id="attachment_893" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 235px"><a href="http://thetomlinfamily.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/img_0038.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-893" title="IMG_0038" src="http://thetomlinfamily.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/img_0038.jpg?w=225" alt="" width="225" height="300" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Awww!</p></div>
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<title><![CDATA[SMILE!!]]></title>
<link>http://thetomlinfamily.wordpress.com/2009/11/25/smile/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 17:36:46 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>thetomlinfamily</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[As I&#8217;ve mentioned before, I was pretty anxious to see Madeleine smile for the first time. Gran]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>As I&#8217;ve mentioned before, I was pretty anxious to see Madeleine smile for the first time. Granted, she has been smiling involuntarily for a long time, but I mean the first REAL smile. You know, the first time you smile real big at her and she smiles back at you <em>intentionally</em>.</p>
<p>For the past several days I&#8217;ve been wondering if she was smiling intentionally or not&#8230;wasn&#8217;t sure. But I was definitely getting a lot more smiles than I had been. And then, this morning, it happened. She is always a bit more cheerful in the mornings after a long night&#8217;s sleep (we&#8217;re up to 9 hours with no waking up!!) and has been very smiley in the mornings for the past few days.</p>
<p>So this morning I got up with her, changed her, fed her and then played with her a little bit. You know, cooing at her. Making faces at her. Having her stand while I hold her and praising her. And then, I saw a glimmer of a smile and I smiled really big and almost immediately I got a HUGE grin from her!!! Awww my sweet girl. <img src='http://s.wordpress.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif' alt=':D' class='wp-smiley' />  That just made my day!</p>
<p>I&#8217;m working on getting a picture of her huge grins, but those are kind of tough to get. There are some pretty cute ones in the post right before this one though.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Baby Einstein Play Gym]]></title>
<link>http://thetomlinfamily.wordpress.com/2009/11/25/baby-einstein-play-gym/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 17:25:43 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>thetomlinfamily</dc:creator>
<guid>http://thetomlinfamily.wordpress.com/2009/11/25/baby-einstein-play-gym/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[My aunt Beverly recently got in touch after talking to my mom and finding out about baby Madeleine. ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>My aunt Beverly recently got in touch after talking to my mom and finding out about baby Madeleine. She said that she wanted to send her something as a gift, and it arrived two days ago!</p>
<div id="attachment_861" class="wp-caption alignright" style="width: 310px"><a href="http://thetomlinfamily.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/dsc04118.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-861" title="DSC04118" src="http://thetomlinfamily.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/dsc04118.jpg?w=300" alt="" width="300" height="200" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Tummy time on the play gym</p></div>
<p>Alex and I opened it up and it was a <a href="http://www.babyeinstein.com/en/products/product_explorer/age/mos0/90510/Around_the_World_Play_Gym.html">play gym.</a> How fun!!! <img src='http://s.wordpress.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' />  So I got busy setting it up and attaching all the little toys for her to explore. She has a great time with it. She especially likes the musical star and the mirror at this age, since she can&#8217;t  grab at the other toys yet. However she also really loves to just lay on the mat and look at all the bright colors and fun things.</p>
<p>We have it set up in her room in the middle of the floor so that when I have changed her diaper and need to set her down for a minute while I go to wash my hands, she can do her tummy time while listening to music and/or she can lay on her back and look at all the bright colors and fun shapes. I&#8217;m sure it will only get more fun for her as she&#8217;s able to interact with it more. But this way she doesn&#8217;t scream and cry when I put her down on her tummy and/or back to go wash my hands! I&#8217;m sure her little brain is just absorbing all the information. <img src='http://s.wordpress.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif' alt=':D' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<div id="attachment_862" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 310px"><a href="http://thetomlinfamily.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/dsc04119.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-862" title="DSC04119" src="http://thetomlinfamily.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/dsc04119.jpg?w=300" alt="" width="300" height="200" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">This is fun!</p></div>
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<div id="attachment_864" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 310px"><a href="http://thetomlinfamily.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/dsc04121.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-864" title="DSC04121" src="http://thetomlinfamily.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/dsc04121.jpg?w=300" alt="" width="300" height="200" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">And when I say fun, I mean REALLY fun!!</p></div>
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<div id="attachment_865" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 310px"><a href="http://thetomlinfamily.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/dsc04125.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-865" title="DSC04125" src="http://thetomlinfamily.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/dsc04125.jpg?w=300" alt="" width="300" height="200" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">See? I&#39;m not even fussy during tummy time.</p></div>
<div id="attachment_866" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 210px"><a href="http://thetomlinfamily.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/dsc04129.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-866" title="DSC04129" src="http://thetomlinfamily.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/dsc04129.jpg?w=200" alt="" width="200" height="300" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Oooooooooh!!</p></div>
<div id="attachment_867" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 310px"><a href="http://thetomlinfamily.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/dsc04130.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-867" title="DSC04130" src="http://thetomlinfamily.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/dsc04130.jpg?w=300" alt="" width="300" height="200" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Look at all the pretty colors!</p></div>
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<title><![CDATA[Johnny Jumper]]></title>
<link>http://thetomlinfamily.wordpress.com/2009/11/25/johnny-jumper/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 16:26:05 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>thetomlinfamily</dc:creator>
<guid>http://thetomlinfamily.wordpress.com/2009/11/25/johnny-jumper/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Ever since we found out we were expecting, Alex talked about getting a johnny jumper for her. It]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Ever since we found out we were expecting, Alex talked about getting a johnny jumper for her. It&#8217;s the one item he was obsessed with.  So I made sure to buy one for her/him.</p>
<div id="attachment_852" class="wp-caption alignright" style="width: 310px"><a href="http://thetomlinfamily.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/dsc04092.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-852" title="DSC04092" src="http://thetomlinfamily.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/dsc04092.jpg?w=300" alt="" width="300" height="200" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Hmmm...What is this thing?</p></div>
<p>Well, now that she&#8217;s managing to hold her head up on her own, we thought we&#8217;d break it out. She LOVES when we hold her on our laps and assist her upper body while she pushes off our legs with her lower body. She has strong legs!! She can keep herself standing for quite some time now. We figured she&#8217;d do well with it since she loves to kick her legs and push off of us.</p>
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<div id="attachment_854" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 210px"><a href="http://thetomlinfamily.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/dsc041071.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-854" title="DSC04107" src="http://thetomlinfamily.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/dsc041071.jpg?w=200" alt="" width="200" height="300" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">What&#39;s going on? I&#39;m going sideways!</p></div>
<p>She&#8217;s been in it a few times since then and does pretty well. After a little bit she gets frustrated and wants to be taken out, much like tummy time frustration. Maybe her little legs and neck are tired from holding her up!! <img src='http://s.wordpress.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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<div id="attachment_857" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 210px"><a href="http://thetomlinfamily.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/dsc041081.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-857" title="DSC04108" src="http://thetomlinfamily.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/dsc041081.jpg?w=200" alt="" width="200" height="300" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Woo! I did a 180!!</p></div>
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<p>She learned that with a few kicks of her feet, she could move herself, and started turning herself. <img src='http://s.wordpress.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>I&#8217;m sure that as she gets a little bigger, she&#8217;s going to love it more and more.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Sleep Is For The Weak]]></title>
<link>http://thetomlinfamily.wordpress.com/2009/11/23/sleep-is-for-the-weak/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 10:18:28 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>thetomlinfamily</dc:creator>
<guid>http://thetomlinfamily.wordpress.com/2009/11/23/sleep-is-for-the-weak/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Madeleine has a onesie that says that, but she clearly doesn&#8217;t believe it anymore (thank goodn]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Madeleine has a onesie that says that, but she clearly doesn&#8217;t believe it anymore (thank goodness!!) Yes, that&#8217;s right. This darling girl of mine has learned the art of sleeping through the night! WOOHOO!!</p>
<p>Knowing that she is a product of my husband&#8217;s and mine, this shouldn&#8217;t be all that surprising. Afterall, we both love our naps and sleeping in. In fact, my husband can be asleep on a car ride in .05 seconds of getting on the road. (ha!)</p>
<p>I mentioned in my last post that she&#8217;d slept for 5 hours straight on Wednesday night. Then Thursday and Friday night she slept for 8+ hours both nights!! Woke up to eat and went back down for 3-4 hour naps. YAY! Last night she reverted backwards a little bit and was up after just 6 hours and only napped for a couple of hours after getting fed. But I&#8217;ll stilll take that as opposed to the schedule of being up every 1-3 hours that she had been on.</p>
<p>We&#8217;ve even started a little bedtime routine. <img src='http://s.wordpress.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' />  Starting between 6 and 7pm, she eats off and on until anywhere from 10:45-12:45. I&#8217;m trying to slowly get that time frame down to where she&#8217;s going to bed earlier, but so far it has just resulted in her waking up every 20-30 minutes after being put down to eat again.</p>
<p>Then we go upstairs and she gets her diaper changed. She gets put in her sleep sack swaddler and then we read a bed time story in her glider. So far she seems to love the Madeline and the Bad Hat book the best. My guess is that it has a lot of words and rhymes, so she must like the cadence that I read it at. Tonight we read &#8220;The Itsy Bitsy Spider&#8221; <img src='http://s.wordpress.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif' alt=':D' class='wp-smiley' />  After her bedtime story we continue rocking until her little eyes flutter closed and she falls asleep and I can put her in her bed without waking her up. As long as she&#8217;s ready to go to bed and her belly is completely full, she&#8217;s great at falling asleep for bed time!</p>
<p><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-848" title="DSC04111" src="http://thetomlinfamily.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/dsc04111.jpg" alt="" width="499" height="334" /></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Should I add these to my favourites?]]></title>
<link>http://babynamelover.wordpress.com/2009/11/21/should-i-add-these-to-my-favourites/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 05:07:26 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>babynamelover</dc:creator>
<guid>http://babynamelover.wordpress.com/2009/11/21/should-i-add-these-to-my-favourites/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Adeline, Eleanor, Amelia, Theodora, Beatrix, Sidony, Madeleine, Clementine, Henrietta, Ione, Lila, D]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Adeline, Eleanor, Amelia, Theodora, Beatrix, Sidony, Madeleine, Clementine, Henrietta, Ione, Lila, Delphia, Adele, Adela, Dora, Vera, Evelyn, Greta, Ingrid, Fern, Opal, Finola, Olive, Lyra, Willa, Angeline, Petra, Mina, Pearl, Mehitabel, Ellen, Keisha, Thora, Lucinda, Ramona, Naomi, June, Sarai, Thea, Evanthia, Thomasina, Tilda, Mirabella, Iole.</p>
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<p>What do you think of these? which do you like? dislike and why? which could you see on a child born in the next couple of years?</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Happy 1 Month Birthday!]]></title>
<link>http://thetomlinfamily.wordpress.com/2009/11/19/happy-1-month-birthday/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:15:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>thetomlinfamily</dc:creator>
<guid>http://thetomlinfamily.wordpress.com/2009/11/19/happy-1-month-birthday/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Madeleine has officially made it through her first month of life here on the &#8216;outside&#8217;. ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Madeleine has officially made it through her first month of life here on the &#8216;outside&#8217;. <img src='http://s.wordpress.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' />  And even more importantly, this means that <em>we</em> as parents have survived the first month, too!</p>
<div id="attachment_822" class="wp-caption alignright" style="width: 210px"><a href="http://thetomlinfamily.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/dsc040881.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-822" title="DSC04088" src="http://thetomlinfamily.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/dsc040881.jpg?w=200" alt="" width="200" height="300" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">One month old, already!</p></div>
<p><a href="http://acesmommy.blogspot.com">Jo</a> recommended the fantastic idea of taking a picture of Madeleine every month of this first year in the same spot as a way to show her growth progression. Fabulous! So, here&#8217;s her first one, to the right.  Note the adorable glider mentioned in <a href="http://thetomlinfamily.wordpress.com/2009/09/06/moms-visit/">this post</a>. It arrived while my parents were here for their visit. <img src='http://s.wordpress.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' />  We just love it and spend a good amount of time rocking her back to sleep. In fact, I just finished rocking her to sleep for the night in that chair. It&#8217;s like a miracle chair for putting her to bed.</p>
<p>So, what has happened in this first year of her life? Let&#8217;s recap:</p>
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<li>Madeleine made quite the <a href="http://thetomlinfamily.wordpress.com/2009/11/03/the-birth-story/">dramatic entrance,</a> scaring both her mom and dad and doctor and nurses in the process.</li>
<li>She had her first visitors at the hospital. Alex&#8217;s mom, step-dad, dad and step-mom and Trevor all came to see her! We also had lots of friends stop by and my boss even made an appearance.</li>
<li>4 days after her birth we went for a check-up at the family care center and she was already back to her birth weight! </li>
<li>October 24th, my parents showed up for their visit to meet the baby girl. <img src='http://s.wordpress.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </li>
<li>Madeleine got to go visit her parents&#8217; birthing teacher and show herself off in her Halloween costume</li>
<li>Madeleine celebrated her very <a href="http://thetomlinfamily.wordpress.com/2009/11/01/happy-halloween/">first Halloween.</a></li>
<li>Madeleine experimented with how her face muscles work&#8230;you can re-visit that <a href="http://thetomlinfamily.wordpress.com/2009/10/28/the-many-faces-of-madeleine/">here.</a></li>
<li>She has learned how to hold up her head and swivel it around for extended periods of time. She just loves looking around at everything.</li>
<li>She had her <a href="http://thetomlinfamily.wordpress.com/2009/11/09/madeleines-first-trip/">first trip to Olympia</a> to visit those members of her extended family that she had not yet met.</li>
<li>She lost her umbilical cord and had her <a href="http://thetomlinfamily.wordpress.com/2009/11/09/madeleines-first-bath/">first bath!</a></li>
<li>She has already gone to the doctor&#8217;s twice. Once at <a href="http://thetomlinfamily.wordpress.com/2009/11/03/14-day-doctors-visit/">14 days</a> and once for her <em>almost</em> <a href="http://thetomlinfamily.wordpress.com/2009/11/14/1-month-doctors-visit/">1 month check-up.</a></li>
<li>She had her first tummy time session at about 2 weeks old. <img src='http://s.wordpress.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' />  And has since started getting the hang of trying to roll her hips and swing her leg over. Now she just needs a bit more oomph behind it and she&#8217;ll be rolling over. She&#8217;s also been pushing with her arms a bit more.</li>
<li>She&#8217;s had many a meal out with her parents and friends.</li>
<li>She even went to her first book club at Jo&#8217;s house with her boyfriend, Aiden. (tee hee!) He did <em>not</em> seem pleased to see his mom holding another baby.</li>
<li>Jo was kind enough to loan us their infant swing, so Madeleine has had her first ride(s) in the swing. It even allowed me to cook a decent meal for Alex one evening.  Victory!</li>
<li>Madeleine went for her first walk around the neighborhood while my parents were  here visiting, and we&#8217;ve gone on several more since then, when weather permits.</li>
<li>Madeleine has been moved into her own room and now sleeps in her own bed in her room each night. Again, victory!!</li>
<li>Madeleine had her first successful night sleeping for an extended stretch of time last night. She went a whole 5-ish hours from about 1 in the morning until 6:30am, after Alex got home from work.</li>
<li>She has had her own special reading sessions with both her grandma and also with her mom and dad. She loves being read to at night before bed. <img src='http://s.wordpress.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif' alt=':D' class='wp-smiley' /> </li>
<li>She has been introduced to the pacifier. Although, oddly, she still prefers our finger.</li>
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<p>And now, for photos!!</p>
<div id="attachment_827" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 310px"><a href="http://thetomlinfamily.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/dsc03988.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-827" title="DSC03988" src="http://thetomlinfamily.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/dsc03988.jpg?w=300" alt="" width="300" height="200" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">She smiles in her sleep. <img src='http://s.wordpress.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif' alt=':D' class='wp-smiley' /> </p></div>
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<div id="attachment_828" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 210px"><a href="http://thetomlinfamily.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/dsc040031.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-828" title="DSC04003" src="http://thetomlinfamily.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/dsc040031.jpg?w=200" alt="" width="200" height="300" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Cuddling with daddy and getting dry after a bath.</p></div>
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<div id="attachment_829" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 310px"><a href="http://thetomlinfamily.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/dsc04022.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-829" title="DSC04022" src="http://thetomlinfamily.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/dsc04022.jpg?w=300" alt="" width="300" height="200" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Wrapped like a little burrito in the sleep sack. The only way she&#39;ll stay sleeping for long.</p></div>
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<div class="mceTemp mceIEcenter">Tummy time cuteness!!!</div>
<div class="mceTemp mceIEcenter"><a href="http://thetomlinfamily.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/dsc04060.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-830" title="DSC04060" src="http://thetomlinfamily.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/dsc04060.jpg?w=300" alt="" width="300" height="200" /></a></div>
<div class="mceTemp mceIEcenter"><a href="http://thetomlinfamily.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/dsc04046.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-831" title="DSC04046" src="http://thetomlinfamily.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/dsc04046.jpg?w=300" alt="" width="300" height="200" /></a></div>
<div id="attachment_832" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 310px"><a href="http://thetomlinfamily.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/dsc04061.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-832" title="DSC04061" src="http://thetomlinfamily.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/dsc04061.jpg?w=300" alt="" width="300" height="200" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Probably not the best place to look for food. </p></div>
<div id="attachment_833" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 310px"><a href="http://thetomlinfamily.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/dsc04065.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-833" title="DSC04065" src="http://thetomlinfamily.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/dsc04065.jpg?w=300" alt="" width="300" height="200" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">I&#39;m trying REALLY hard to get my leg over. Why won&#39;t it work?</p></div>
<div id="attachment_834" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 310px"><a href="http://thetomlinfamily.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/dsc04071.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-834" title="DSC04071" src="http://thetomlinfamily.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/dsc04071.jpg?w=300" alt="" width="300" height="200" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Just cause I&#39;m being chill, does not mean I&#39;m happy about my mom styling my hair all crazy after my bath.</p></div>
<div id="attachment_835" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 310px"><a href="http://thetomlinfamily.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/dsc04085.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-835" title="DSC04085" src="http://thetomlinfamily.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/dsc04085.jpg?w=300" alt="" width="300" height="200" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">But I suppose I&#39;ll put up with it if it means I can ride in my swing.</p></div>
<div id="attachment_836" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 210px"><a href="http://thetomlinfamily.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/dsc04086.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-836" title="DSC04086" src="http://thetomlinfamily.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/dsc04086.jpg?w=200" alt="" width="200" height="300" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">However it also doesn&#39;t mean I won&#39;t be ornery and spit out my pacifier just as my mom snaps another picture. <img src='http://s.wordpress.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_razz.gif' alt=':P' class='wp-smiley' /> </p></div>
<p>And here&#8217;s just a quick reminder of how teeny she was just a month ago.</p>
<p><a href="http://thetomlinfamily.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/dsc03306.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-838" title="DSC03306" src="http://thetomlinfamily.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/dsc03306.jpg?w=300" alt="" width="300" height="200" /></a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Sibling for Willoughby]]></title>
<link>http://babynamelover.wordpress.com/2009/11/19/sibling-for-willoughby/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:06:27 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>babynamelover</dc:creator>
<guid>http://babynamelover.wordpress.com/2009/11/19/sibling-for-willoughby/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Alice, Arabella, Bedelia, Clementine, Clover, Cordelia, Daisy, Esme, Eleanor, Flora, Fern, Hazel, Ha]]></description>
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<p>Arthur, Bertram, Bartholomew, Baxter, Bruno, Bramwell, Chester, Cassius, Cato, Dexter, Dominic, Emerson, Emmett, Elliot, Fergus, Felix, Gregor, Gulliver, Isidore, Jasper, Ned, Orlando, Quentin, Rupert, Rafferty, Samson, Toby, Thomas, Theodore.</p>
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<p>Thoughts? Suggestions?</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Dieu est un fumeur de Havanes.]]></title>
<link>http://mybemol.wordpress.com/2009/11/19/dieu-est-un-fumeur-de-havanes/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:11:20 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>mybemol</dc:creator>
<guid>http://mybemol.wordpress.com/2009/11/19/dieu-est-un-fumeur-de-havanes/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Pendant longtemps j&#8217;ai fumé. Quelques substances illicites parfois, surtout pour faire comme l]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p style="text-align:left;">Pendant longtemps j&#8217;ai fumé. Quelques substances illicites parfois, surtout pour faire comme les autres, afin d&#8217;atteindre des états altérés de la conscience, afin d&#8217;être cool et dans le vent, afin de montrer que moi aussi je me moquais des lois, des convenances et autres valeurs de la bourgeoisie qui pourtant m&#8217;avait vue naître.</p>
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<p style="text-align:left;">Pendant longtemps surtout, j&#8217;ai été accro à la nicotine. Dois-je le mettre au passé ? Où suis-je encore accro mais non pratiquante ?</p>
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<p style="text-align:left;">Je ne connais pas bien les phénomènes d&#8217;accoutumance. Je sais qu&#8217;on dit des alcooliques qu&#8217;ils le restent à vie, même lorsqu&#8217;ils ne boivent plus. Suis-je encore une fumeuse  même si ça fait quatre ans que je ne fume plus ?</p>
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<p style="text-align:left;">Ce que je sais, c&#8217;est que je n&#8217;ai plus à angoisser parce que la réserve de cigarettes baisse, parce que je vais devoir passer plusieurs heures de train ou d&#8217;avion à m&#8217;abstenir, parce que le prix du paquet va  encore augmenter. Et, j&#8217;en suis heureuse. Je vivais la cohabitation avec Dame Nicotine comme un esclavage&#8230; et si je l&#8217;avais bien vécu pendant des années, il était temps de reprendre mon indépendance.</p>
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<p style="text-align:left;">Comme beaucoup, j&#8217;ai eu à souffrir, lorsque la clope était encore ma compagne, des regards méprisants, des soupirs et autres remarques assénées par les bien-pensants. Je craignais de devenir à mon tour une facho anti-fumeurs. A mon grand plaisir, je cohabite très bien avec mes congénères adeptes de l&#8217;herbe à nicot.</p>
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<p style="text-align:left;">Lorsque je croise un groupe de fumeurs, il m&#8217;arrive de humer avec une certaine nostalgie&#8230;  et j&#8217;inhale des substances que je n&#8217;ai même pas eu besoin de payer ! Ça n&#8217;est pas, bien sûr, seulement la nostalgie de la fumée elle-même, mais celle de l&#8217;insouciance de nos vingt ans, des nuits dans les bistrots à refaire le monde. Oui, bien sûr, c&#8217;est un cliché tellement utilisé qu&#8217;il ne veut plus dire grand chose, mais c&#8217;est pourtant ce que j&#8217;ai vécu.</p>
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<p style="text-align:left;">Toi&#8230; tu es encore à cet âge où on se croit éternel, où peut-être penses-tu que toi tu peux arrêter quand tu veux et que la cibiche n&#8217;est qu&#8217;une pote de passage. Tu as raisons, ou pas, je ne sais pas&#8230; il s&#8217;agit de ta vie, de tes poumons, de tes sous, et de ton goût du froid lorsqu&#8217;il s&#8217;agit de respecter les lois et sortir pour fumer. Cette sèche, elle fait partie de toi, comme ton prénom, tes cheveux, ta voix et ton air de tout le temps te marrer !</p>
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<p style="text-align:left;">Le seul souci, c&#8217;est que maintenant, j&#8217;associe cette odeur à toi&#8230; et lorsque mon prof de piano s&#8217;installe juste à côté de moi « Attendez, Mybemol, je vais vous montrer comment faire », son odeur de fumeur me rappelle la tienne&#8230; et j&#8217;ai beaucoup de peine à mon concentrer sur la mélodie ou les doigtés.</p>
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<p style="text-align:left;">Ma Madeleine a des odeurs de Camel.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Pâtisserie du jour]]></title>
<link>http://the2pblog.wordpress.com/2009/11/18/patisserie-du-jour/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:15:17 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>2P</dc:creator>
<guid>http://the2pblog.wordpress.com/2009/11/18/patisserie-du-jour/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[&nbsp; ADELEINE&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;. façon  Commercy &nbsp; &nbsp; 2 oeufs 150 g de sucre 15]]></description>
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<p><span style="color:#ff00ff;">ADELEINE</span>&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.<span style="color:#000000;"><em> façon  Commercy</em></span></p>
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<p>2 oeufs</p>
<p>150 g de sucre</p>
<p>150 g de farine</p>
<p>125 g de beurre</p>
<p>1/2 cuil de levure</p>
<p><em>Après <span style="color:#ff00ff;">p</span>lusieurs tentatives  J<span style="color:#ff00ff;">pp</span> à trouvé  le secret : Laissez re<span style="color:#ff00ff;">p</span>oser la <span style="color:#ff00ff;">p</span>âte une bonne heure !! </em></p>
<p>Mélangez les  oeufs  avec le sucre, ajoutez le beurre, la farine, <span style="color:#ff00ff;">p</span>uis la levure, vous <span style="color:#ff00ff;">p</span>ouvez aussi ajoutez un <span style="color:#ff00ff;">p</span>eu de fleur d&#8217;oranger ou un zeste de citron&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;</p>
<p>Beurrez les moules&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;</p>
<p>Laissez re<span style="color:#ff00ff;">p</span>oser et enfournez à feu doux (thermostat 6 ou 7) <span style="color:#ff00ff;">p</span>as <span style="color:#ff00ff;">p</span>lus de 10 min !</p>
<p>Sortie du four c&#8217;est un régal&#8230;&#8230;dans une boite on <span style="color:#ff00ff;">p</span>eut les garder 10 jours&#8230;&#8230; encore faut-il qu&#8217;il n&#8217;y est <span style="color:#ff00ff;">p</span>as de voleur dans la cuisine<span style="color:#ff00ff;"> </span> !!!!</p>
<p>N&#8217;oubliez surtout  <span style="color:#ff00ff;">p</span>as que les véritables Madeleine de Commercy restent sans rivales !!!!! c&#8217;est eux qu&#8217;ils le disent !!!</p>
<p><a href="http://www.madeleine-commercy.">www.madeleine-commercy</a></p>
<p><a href="http://the2pblog.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/img_2384.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-240" title="moules beurré" src="http://the2pblog.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/img_2384.jpg" alt="" width="600" height="407" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://the2pblog.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/img_2410.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-241" title="The madeleine" src="http://the2pblog.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/img_2410.jpg" alt="" width="600" height="207" /></a></p>
<p><em>Le voleur de Madeleine&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.</em></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><em><a href="http://the2pblog.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/img_24061.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-245" title="Le pt'i voleur" src="http://the2pblog.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/img_24061.jpg" alt="" width="420" height="623" /></a><br />
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<title><![CDATA[My Parents' Visit]]></title>
<link>http://thetomlinfamily.wordpress.com/2009/11/15/my-parents-visit/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 09:42:23 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>thetomlinfamily</dc:creator>
<guid>http://thetomlinfamily.wordpress.com/2009/11/15/my-parents-visit/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[My parents came out to visit the last week of October and I&#8217;m just now getting around to sorti]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>My parents came out to visit the last week of October and I&#8217;m just now getting around to sorting through all the photos so I can post my favorites. <img src='http://s.wordpress.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>It was a nice visit. I feel a little bit bad that I was unable to do much, so I do hope they had a nice time &#8211; even if it was a low-key visit.</p>
<p>And here come the pictures!!</p>
<div id="attachment_801" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 310px"><a rel="attachment wp-att-801" href="http://thetomlinfamily.wordpress.com/2009/11/15/my-parents-visit/dsc03634/"><img class="size-medium wp-image-801" title="DSC03634" src="http://thetomlinfamily.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/dsc03634.jpg?w=300" alt="DSC03634" width="300" height="200" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">My dad - being a goofball!</p></div>
<p><a rel="attachment wp-att-802" href="http://thetomlinfamily.wordpress.com/2009/11/15/my-parents-visit/dsc03683/"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-802" title="DSC03683" src="http://thetomlinfamily.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/dsc03683.jpg?w=300" alt="DSC03683" width="300" height="200" /></a></p>
<div id="attachment_803" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 210px"><a rel="attachment wp-att-803" href="http://thetomlinfamily.wordpress.com/2009/11/15/my-parents-visit/dsc03691/"><img class="size-medium wp-image-803" title="DSC03691" src="http://thetomlinfamily.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/dsc03691.jpg?w=200" alt="DSC03691" width="200" height="300" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">That&#39;s one happy grandma!</p></div>
<div id="attachment_806" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 310px"><a rel="attachment wp-att-806" href="http://thetomlinfamily.wordpress.com/2009/11/15/my-parents-visit/dsc03692/"><img class="size-medium wp-image-806" title="DSC03692" src="http://thetomlinfamily.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/dsc03692.jpg?w=300" alt="DSC03692" width="300" height="200" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Grandma reading Madeleine her special &#39;grandma&#39; book!</p></div>
<div id="attachment_807" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 210px"><a rel="attachment wp-att-807" href="http://thetomlinfamily.wordpress.com/2009/11/15/my-parents-visit/dsc03736/"><img class="size-medium wp-image-807" title="DSC03736" src="http://thetomlinfamily.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/dsc03736.jpg?w=200" alt="DSC03736" width="200" height="300" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Awww</p></div>
<div id="attachment_808" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 210px"><a rel="attachment wp-att-808" href="http://thetomlinfamily.wordpress.com/2009/11/15/my-parents-visit/dsc03749/"><img class="size-medium wp-image-808" title="DSC03749" src="http://thetomlinfamily.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/dsc03749.jpg?w=200" alt="DSC03749" width="200" height="300" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Kisses for the baby girl</p></div>
<div id="attachment_813" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 310px"><a rel="attachment wp-att-813" href="http://thetomlinfamily.wordpress.com/2009/11/15/my-parents-visit/dsc03710/"><img class="size-medium wp-image-813" title="DSC03710" src="http://thetomlinfamily.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/dsc03710.jpg?w=300" alt="DSC03710" width="300" height="200" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Getting ready to go on her first walk!</p></div>
<div id="attachment_812" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 210px"><a rel="attachment wp-att-812" href="http://thetomlinfamily.wordpress.com/2009/11/15/my-parents-visit/dsc03712/"><img class="size-medium wp-image-812 " title="DSC03712" src="http://thetomlinfamily.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/dsc03712.jpg?w=200" alt="DSC03712" width="200" height="300" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Home from her first walk!</p></div>
<div id="attachment_809" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 310px"><a rel="attachment wp-att-809" href="http://thetomlinfamily.wordpress.com/2009/11/15/my-parents-visit/dsc03794/"><img class="size-medium wp-image-809" title="DSC03794" src="http://thetomlinfamily.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/dsc03794.jpg?w=300" alt="DSC03794" width="300" height="200" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">The three generations!</p></div>
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<title><![CDATA[1 Month Doctor's Visit]]></title>
<link>http://thetomlinfamily.wordpress.com/2009/11/14/1-month-doctors-visit/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 07:29:48 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>thetomlinfamily</dc:creator>
<guid>http://thetomlinfamily.wordpress.com/2009/11/14/1-month-doctors-visit/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Yesterday we took Madeleine to her 1 month well baby check-up. We switched doctor&#8217;s this time ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><a rel="attachment wp-att-767" href="http://thetomlinfamily.wordpress.com/2009/11/14/1-month-doctors-visit/dsc03920/"><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-767" title="DSC03920" src="http://thetomlinfamily.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/dsc03920.jpg?w=300" alt="DSC03920" width="300" height="200" /></a>Yesterday we took Madeleine to her 1 month well baby check-up. We switched doctor&#8217;s this time because I didn&#8217;t realize that the first Doctor we took her to was a D.O., not an M.D. Alex and I weren&#8217;t super comfortable with that, so this time she went to see <a href="http://www.mypediatricassociates.com/doctor.cfm?doctor_id=429&#38;page_id=2"> Dr. George</a>, who we both like a lot! It&#8217;s hard to describe the difference, but we both felt he was more scientific based in his comments and a bit less&#8230;opinion based?</p>
<div id="attachment_770" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 310px"><a rel="attachment wp-att-770" href="http://thetomlinfamily.wordpress.com/2009/11/14/1-month-doctors-visit/dsc03981/"><img class="size-medium wp-image-770" title="DSC03981" src="http://thetomlinfamily.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/dsc03981.jpg?w=300" alt="DSC03981" width="300" height="200" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Yes, she wriggles her way into these crazy positions all on her own! </p></div>
<p>Is it really possible that she&#8217;s a whole month old already??  The answer to that is actually, no. She&#8217;s not a whole month old already. That doesn&#8217;t happen until next week, but this was when we could get in to see the Dr. we wanted to see, so we&#8217;ll be going back for her Hepatitis B shot next week. Let me get back to the point though &#8211; where is time going? It&#8217;s going by far too quickly! Our little girl has already grown so much, it&#8217;s crazy!</p>
<p>So, once again, here are her stats:</p>
<p><strong>Weight:</strong> She started out weighing 8lbs 8ozs at birth, went down to 8lbs 4ozs and was at 8lbs 13ozs last time we were at the doctor. This time? She was at <strong>9lbs 8ozs.</strong> She&#8217;s in the 50-75% for weight still. I just can&#8217;t believe she&#8217;s gained a whole pound already. I wasn&#8217;t kidding when I mentioned that she&#8217;s a great eater. I suppose there&#8217;s no need to be worried about her cluster feedings.</p>
<p><strong>Length:</strong> She&#8217;s now at 22 1/4&#8243; long. So she dropped to the 90th percentile from the 95th that she was at last time she was measured. She might just end up being like me. Who knows. According to my mom, this is what happened with me. I started out really big/long and slowly stopped growing as quickly as other kids.</p>
<p>A few notable facts:</p>
<ul>
<li>Madeleine started taking her first vitamin, per the doctor&#8217;s recommendations. She is taking Vitamin D supplements now. Just one little drop per day. <img src='http://s.wordpress.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </li>
<li>
<div id="attachment_773" class="wp-caption alignright" style="width: 310px"><a rel="attachment wp-att-773" href="http://thetomlinfamily.wordpress.com/2009/11/14/1-month-doctors-visit/dsc04002/"><img class="size-medium wp-image-773" title="DSC04002" src="http://thetomlinfamily.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/dsc04002.jpg?w=300" alt="DSC04002" width="300" height="200" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Naughty daddy!!</p></div>
<p>We got in trouble for co-sleeping with her without the use of a baby co-sleeper.  The risk of SIDS was the doctor&#8217;s major concern. That scared Alex from sleeping with her in bed anymore.  I guess I just needed the Dr. to scare him straight. LOL So now we are trying to break her of this habit, which is quite the task. **sigh** She has gotten so spoiled by always being held or sleeping with us that she almost refuses to go down in her own bed. The pack&#8217;n'play has been moved out of our room (her crib is not here yet) and into her room and she will sleep in her room, in her bed, from now on. Even if it kills me. Which last night, it almost did. I didn&#8217;t get more than an hour of sleep at a time last night, and an hour only happened once or twice. I&#8217;m hoping for better success tonight.</li>
<li>The doctor confirmed that her noisy breathing is still normal. Evidently babies have somewhat floppy airways and that&#8217;s what causes this noisy breathing. Good to know!</li>
<li>The doctor confirmed that her excessive eye goobers are normal, too. Baby tear ducts are so small that they have a hard time handling the volume of tears the eye makes and that&#8217;s what leads to this. He showed me how to massage the tear ducts to help with drainage, so I do that a few times a day.</li>
<li>We asked when it was ok for her to use a pacifier without disrupting breast feeding and he said it was more than ok now. It has helped a TON in keeping her asleep and/or soothing her when I put her down to do anything other than hold her. LOL</li>
<li>The doctor also stressed the importance of tummy time. We had been doing that with her anyway, but would pick her up when she started to get super fussy. He said that the frustration is good because it is what will motivate her to push up with her upper body and learn to roll over and crawl. Today after we let her fuss for a bit, she started moving her arms around and looked like she was trying to push off with them! <img src='http://s.wordpress.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </li>
<li>The exciting news is that within the next 2 weeks or so, she should start smiling socially!! <img src='http://s.wordpress.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' />  One of the very early signs of autism is the lack of a social smile between 4 and 6 weeks of age. So now I&#8217;m all paranoid and am making all sorts of silly faces at her and then smiling really big to try and get her to smile back at me. haha!</li>
<li>The doctor said that her neck strength is good and she&#8217;s holding her head up on her own (which we knew already) and he&#8217;s not concerned about anything there.</li>
<li>He also said that because I had pretty severe anemia while pregnant, that we may start her on solid foods a tad bit earlier than normal. We&#8217;ll take that as it comes. <img src='http://s.wordpress.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' />  She was approved for a pacifier though&#8230;and thank goodness for that! She loves it &#8211; and I think it&#8217;s the only thing that got me through the night last night.</li>
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<p>Overall &#8211; a very good visit! No concerns from the doctor &#8211; except for the co-sleeping issue &#8211; which is more of a &#8220;naughty parent&#8221; concern. Not to worry. We (ahem..I&#8230;) am being super stubborn with her at night now to go down in her own bed. Even at nap time during the day, I try to put her down so she gets used to it.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Blind date mit Harry oder designte Ausmaßlosigkeiten]]></title>
<link>http://1668cc.wordpress.com/2009/11/14/blind-date-harry/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 10:40:50 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Richard K. Breuer</dc:creator>
<guid>http://1668cc.wordpress.com/2009/11/14/blind-date-harry/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Eigentlich wollte ich noch gestern, weit nach Mitternacht, diesen Blog-Beitrag schreiben. Gehört sic]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="http://1668cc.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/plakate_ausmasse.png"><img class="size-thumbnail wp-image-2182 alignleft" title="plakate_ausmasse" src="http://1668cc.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/plakate_ausmasse.png?w=150" alt="plakate_ausmasse" width="150" height="145" /></a>Eigentlich wollte ich noch gestern, weit nach Mitternacht, diesen Blog-Beitrag schreiben. Gehört sich so. Am Puls des Geschehen, sozusagen. Aber die Müdigkeit ließ mich wie einen vertrockneten preußischen Generalstabsoffizier klingen. Kein Witz. Keine Ironie. Staubtrockenes Abhandeln der letzten Tage. Derweil, es böte sich an, das Geschehene in amüsante Worte zu verpacken. Freilich, schenkelklopfenden Humor kann ich nicht bieten. Aber ich denke, das erwartet jetzt auch niemand. So viel zur Einleitung. Kommen wir zum Wesentlichen &#8211; denn alsbald sollte ich auf die BUCH Wien. Mich dort ein bisserl umsehen. Am frühen Nachmittag wird die Autorenstammtischrunde des TIEMPO die Messe unsicher machen. <strong>Claudia Toman</strong> und <strong>Vicotria Schlederer</strong> (wir besuchten am Mittwoch ihre erste Lesung im W3 Thalia) sind mal dabei. Um 17 Uhr Lesung im MQ von Köhlmeier. Um 20 Uhr die CD-Präsentation von <strong>Irmie Vesselsky</strong> im Haus der Musik. Edler Rahmen. Genau das Richtig für die Musik von Irmie, die mich schon vor einem Jahr dermaßen begeistert hat, dass ich sie und ihr Klavier zu einer Lesung ins Prückel einlud, wo sie für den passenden musikalischen Rahmen  sorgte. Mit ihrem vorzüglichen Lied &#8220;Run&#8221; unterlegte ich übrigens einen meiner Videoclips. Hoffe, sie hat nicht vergessen, mich auf die Gästeliste zu setzen.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Von Donnerstag auf Freitag Nacht den Designer raushängen lassen. Gut. Designer kann sich jedermann, jedefrau schimpfen oder nennen oder auf seine/ihre Visitenkarte drucken. Verhält sich wohl so ähnlich wie mit der Bezeichnung Schriftsteller. Vermutlich wird es alsbald den Schriftsteller-Führerschein geben &#8211; samt den dazugehörigen Überprüfungen (&#8220;Haben Sie etwas getrunken?&#8221;, &#8220;Wo ist der Verbandskasten?&#8221;, &#8220;Haben Sie Tabletten genommen?&#8221;, &#8220;Wann haben Sie das letzte Mal etwas veröffentlicht?&#8221;). Jedenfalls, um nicht abzuschweifen, meinte TB., es wäre gut, wenn der Stand des Spielemagazins auf dem SPIELEFEST (20. &#8211; 22. 11. im Austria Center) einen Banner hätte. Vielleicht auch noch gleich so einen Rollup Banner zum aufziehen. Kostet ja heutzutage nicht mehr die Welt. Also habe ich mich hingesetzt (nein, gesessen bin ich ja schon) und habe mich mal schlau gemacht, was es denn da so zu beachten gilt, wenn man Plakate und Banner in solchen Ausmaßen bastelt. Die wichtigste Frage schlechthin: wie hoch müssen Grafiken und Bilder aufgelöst sein, damit sie nicht pixelig wirken. Da Banner und Plakate ja nicht mit der Nase gelesen werden, reichen üblicherweise geringer aufgelöste Bilder als für, sagen wir, den Fotodruck in einem Buch (300 dpi aufwärts). In einem der unzähligen Foren, die sich mit diesem Thema beschäftigen (&#8220;Hey, ich soll für eine Band ein Plakat machen, aber ich hab das noch nie gemacht. Muss ich da wirklich die Fotos mit 300 dpi nehmen &#8230; da wird die Datei so groß, oder reicht da weniger. Ich kenn mich da nicht so aus. Wäre um Unterstützung dankbar.&#8221;), konnte ich eine interessante Info finden (leider habe ich mir nicht mehr gemerkt, wer und wo es war):</p>
<blockquote><p>Bildgröße                    Bildauflösung    Dateigröße</p>
<p>DIN A4                         300 dpi min      min. 35 MB<br />
von 1 m² &#8211; 3m²          100 dpi min.    min. 61 MB/m²<br />
von 4 m² &#8211; 10 m²          72 dpi min.   min. 31 MB/m²<br />
von 11 m² &#8211; 25 m²        50 &#8211; 10 dpi     max. 15 MB/m²</p></blockquote>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Wie die Angaben zu den Dateigrößen zu verstehen sind, entzieht sich meiner Kenntnis, aber falls jemand etwas damit anfangen kann, hab ich es mal eingestellt. Wichtiger ist ja die Bildauflösung im Verhältnis zur Bildgröße. Damit ist klar, dass man für ein Riesenplakat sein Foto, das in 300 dpi vorliegt, vergrößern kann. Zwar stößt man auch hier bald an seine Grenzen und es bedarf wohl des einen oder anderen Tricks (Software zum Skalieren, ausgedrucktes Bild einscannen), aber es ist gut zu wissen, woran man ist bzw. woran man zu arbeiten hat. Tutorials (vulgo &#8220;Wie-mache-ich&#8221;) gibt es im Web ja genug. Eine Site hat ein paar nette Tutorials im Angebot: http://www.dma.ufg.ac.at Zwar hab ich diese nur überflogen, dürften aber eine gute Einführung in die Materie sein.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Nachdem ich also die einfachste Lösung für die Riesendinger gefunden habe (bzw. stand es schon von vornherein fest), nämlich eine reine Schriftenlösung zu machen, ist das Herumdoktern natürlich um Vieles leichter. Schriften sind ja in Kombination mit Größe und Farbe eine probates Mittel, um aus wenig mehr zu machen. In einer Woche wissen wir, ob ich Recht behalten sollte. Wobei, das ist das Gute an der Sache: sollte die Chose in die Hose gehen, dann hätte ich nur ein paar hundert Euro versenkt (vielleicht kann man sich mit dem PVC-Banner einwickeln &#8230; hm?! Bitte mich zu erinnern, dass ich mir den Banner genau anschaue; eventuell wäre das etwas für die gute Miriam aus Mainz, die neuerdings TaschenBuchTaschen aus Kunststoff-Tischdecken schneidern lässt &#8230; ich sag ja, man muss nur blöd in der Gegend herumschreiben und schon stößt man auf eine Idee &#8211; während im Hintergrund &#8220;My Heart Asks Pleasure First&#8221;  von Michael Nyman läuft). Um die Ausmaße und Dimensionen einschätzen zu können, habe ich die verschiedenen Plakat- bzw. Bannergrößen gegenübergestellt. Ziemlich beeindruckend, oder?</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Weit nach Mitternacht habe ich also die beiden Banner in Auftrag gegeben (Lieferzeit etwa 5 Tage! Und in einer Woche brauchen wir die Dinger &#8211; da heißt es, machen und nicht trödeln). Und weil ich auf den Geschmack gekommen bin (es verhält sich mit dem Baden ähnlich: ist man einmal im (anfangs) kalten Wasser, fühlt man sich darin recht wohl und will gar nicht mehr raus), habe ich mir gedacht, mache ich gleich ein <strong>Plakat für &#8220;Schwarzkopf Black Edition&#8221;.</strong> Weil es sich ja förmlich aufdrängt. Wer als Hauptton bzw. Hintergrund Schwarz wählt, kann eigentlich nicht mehr viel falsch machen &#8211; es sieht im Normalfall stylish cool aus. Da auch hier die Schriftenlösung im Vordergrund stand, konnte ich natürlich aus dem Vollen schöpfen. Weil ich bereits am Buchrücken der neuen Auflage die Quotes (&#8220;Erinnert an die Werke von Wolf Haas!&#8221;, &#8220;Ja, fast schon Monty Python!&#8221;) in eine mir passende Form gebracht habe, konnte ich diese ohne weiteren Aufwand übernehmen, eine funktionierende Größe finden und auf dem Plakat arrangieren. Dazu garniere man mit dem einen oder anderen grafischen Detail (Wien-Silhouette, Schw-arz-koPf-Hintergrund vom Buch &#8230; jetzt fällt mir gerade ein, dass ich diesen über das ganze Plakat gehen hätte lassen können &#8230; hm?!), versehe es am Kopf und am Fuß mit einem amüsanten Schmankerl (&#8220;5 Tage, 4 Männer &#8230;&#8221; und &#8220;Hollywood kommt nach Wien &#8230;&#8221;) und biete den Interessierten noch die Gelegenheit, im Kleingedruckten zu lesen, was es mit dem Plakat auf sich hat (Titelei, ISBN und, ach ja, der Autor und &#8211; wichtig &#8211; die WebSite). Voilà. Fertig ist ein Plakat. Zwar kann ich nicht sagen, ob  die Farben versprechen, was sie am Bildschirm halten (RGB vs. CMYK), aber für einen ersten Wurf sollte es schon okay sein. Die Auflagenhöhe beträgt übrigens 500 Stück. Vielleicht gebe ich eines zu jedem Buch dazu. Oder verpacke es damit. Oder mach Confetti daraus, falls ich mich genieren sollte (&#8220;Was soll&#8217;n das für ein Plakat sein? Is ja super peinlich!&#8221;). Die gute <strong>Elli</strong>, mit der ich gestern noch in facebook zwitscherte, und die mich auf dem Spielefest besuchen kommt, zeigte sich sehr begeistert davon, dass ich ihr zum Buch ein Poster dazugebe (okay, sie hat es noch nicht gesehen). Falls alle Welt so reagieren würde, ich wäre ein gemachter und zufriedener Mann. Ja, ja. Ich werde vielleicht auch noch <strong>Buttons</strong> machen (gleich notieren, sonst vergess ich!). Diese Buttons (<strong>Marijke </strong>traf fast der Schlag, weil sie so groß waren, derweil sind es die 08/15-Buttons) erfreuen sich ja bei <strong>Literaturkritikerinnen der Leipziger Volkszeitung </strong>großer Beliebtheit (&#8220;Anstecker nun am Rucksack&#8221;). Und am Josefstädter Straßenfest waren sie der Renner bei den Buben (&#8220;Wie viel kostet der?&#8221; &#8211; worauf ich mit einer generösen Geste ihm bedeutete, er könne sich einen nehmen, wenn er ihn gleich ansteckte &#8211; was er auch tat).</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Als ich mit dem Schwarzkopf-Plakat zu einem Ende gekommen bin, dachte ich an meine anderen beiden Bücher. Und weil man als Vater keines seiner Kinder allzu sehr hervorheben sollte, entschloss ich mich, weiter zu machen. Gegen 2 Uhr früh fing ich also an, eine Lösung für &#8220;Rotkäppchen 2069&#8243; zu finden. Auch das ist keine Hexerei. Cartoons von Gunther Ecki gibt&#8217;s ja genug (die Auflösung war ausreichend, noch mehr, wo ich eigentlich sogar eine pixeligen Effekt  erzielen wollte, da die Figuren ja in der Virtuality stecken &#8230; aber ich habe davon dann doch Abstand genommen, weil ich ja befürchten muss, dass man mich belächelt). Der &#8220;binäre&#8221; Hintergrund hat bereits im Folder seine gute Wirkung gezeigt (überhaupt ist anzuraten, zuerst im Kleinen die Ideen zu überprüfen; da ich den Folder und die Postkarten immer bei mir am Tisch herumliegen habe, kann ich einen kurzen Blick darauf werfen und weiß, wie grafische Elemente und Farben zueinander wirken &#8211; Mikro-Design, sozusagen, das dann aufgeblasen wird; das muss nicht funktionieren, ist aber ein guter Anhaltspunkt und besser, als vor einem leeren Plakat zu sitzen und sich das Hirn zermartern). Da ich ja mein eigener Verlag bin (psst!), muss ich natürlich ein corporate design einfügen. Also habe ich die &#8220;Fußnote&#8221; mit den Informationen einfach aus dem Plakat von &#8220;Schwarzkopf&#8221; kopiert und bei Rotkäppchen eingefügt (natürlich die Daten soweit korrigiert &#8211; der Autor und die WebSite sind gleich geblieben, ja?). Das Ganze dann natürlich auch bei &#8220;Tiret&#8221;. Da wären wir auch schon beim Stichwort. Rotkäppchen war recht schnell fertig. Bei &#8220;Tiret&#8221; musste ich kurz inne halten. Es gab ja nicht nur ein Buch, sondern derer vier (wir erinnern uns: Kheira Linder illustrierte die nächsten 3 Bände für mich: &#8220;Brouillé&#8221;, &#8220;Madeleine&#8221;, &#8220;Penly&#8221;). Jetzt war guter Rat teuer. Der einfachste und zugleich schlechteste Weg wäre gewesen, alle vier Illustrationen zu verwurschten. Geht nicht. Weil es plötzlich vier gleichwertige Illustrationen gegeben hätte, die sich gegenseitig konkurrieren. Wohin soll der Betrachter dann gucken? Es würde ihn ablenken (die Grafik soll ihn nur hinführen, soll eine positive Stimmung vermitteln &#8211; so dann soll er die Information wahr nehmen und nicht auf den Grafiken verbleiben). Also entschied ich mich für die erste Illustration aus &#8220;Tiret&#8221;. Leider nur in einer kleinen Auflösung. Ich habe sie ein wenig vergrößert. Hoffe, dass sie nicht zu sehr pixelt. Wäre jammerschade. Danach die Titelei der drei Folgebände mittels der passenden Schriftart und den dazugehörigen Farben (blau, braun, rot) am Plakat arrangiert. Wesentlich natürlich auch hier die Quotes. Ohne diesen geht gar nix. Warum sollte einer mein Buch kaufen? Eben! Man muss dem potenziellen Käufer einen guten Grund geben (&#8220;Hey, das Buch wird mit Terry Pratchett verglichen &#8230; und das andere mit Wolf Haas &#8230; wir könnten es ja X. schenken, der hat ja alle Haas-Bücher, oder?&#8221;). Und wenn ich sage, dass meine Bücher gut geschrieben sind, naja, das zählt Elfe, also nix. Die Leute wollen an der Hand geführt werden. Und keine Verantwortung übernehmen (&#8220;Du findest das Buch nicht gut? Komisch. Auf dem Buchrücken sind sie alle begeistert &#8230;&#8221;).</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Kurz und gut. Gegen 7 Uhr Morgens war ich fertig. Sowohl als auch. Schickte meine PDFs an die Druckerei und gab den Auftrag zum Druck. Die beiden anderen Plakate haben die Hintergrundfarbe weiß. Deshalb entschied ich mich für ein hochgläzendes Fotopapier. Sollte Eindruck machen. Die Plakate gibt&#8217;s dann bitteschön nicht zu erstehen. Da hilft auch kein Betteln. Ich habe mir nur eine Hand voll machen lassen. Und für meine Events, nun, da brauch ich diese, sonst weiß ja keiner, was da so gelesen, beworben und verkauft wird, nicht?</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Zu guter Letzt &#8211; die Zeit drängt &#8211; noch schnell erzählt, dass ich Stunden später aus dem Schlaf geläutet wurde (nein, zuerst rief mich TB. an und fragte, ob die Banner in Auftrag gegeben wurden). Eigentlich öffne ich keinen unangemeldeten Besuchern die Türe (da könnte ja jeder kommen, also hallo?!), aber nach einem Hin und Her musste ich bemerken, dass der Bote der Druckerei mein Muster hatte (&#8220;Don&#8217;t shoot the Messenger!&#8221;). Da war sie also, die Black Edition von Schwarzkopf. Nun könnte ich sagen, dass ich vor Begeisterung auf die Knie gefallen bin und ein Halleluja gen Himmel (Plafond) ausgerufen habe. Nein, dem war natürlich nicht so. Wie es sich mit Blind dates nun einmal verhält (und da kenne ich mich aus, wahrlich!), ist die Vorstellungskraft so stark, dass die  Realität nie mithalten kann (freilich, Ausnahmen bestätigen wiederum diese Regel). Was soll ich also sagen. Wie bei einem Blind date, das nicht den Erwartungen entspricht, macht man das beste daraus und versucht sich einzureden, dass alles gut ist. Ist es natürlich nicht. Aber was bleibt über.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Das Muster war nicht cellophaniert. Dadurch konnte ich schon mal nicht erkennen, wie die Farben durch die glänzende Oberfläche noch einmal um eine Nuance hervorgehoben worden wären. Und dann, Schreck lass nach, musste ich bemerken, dass eine &#8220;graue&#8221; Farbe ein wenig gelblich wirkte. Sie stieß mir unangenehm auf. Überhaupt, der Kontrast war nicht so überwältigend wie gedacht, erhofft. Und die Titelei ragte in den Falz hinein. Muss man natürlich ändern. Gehört sich nicht. Mit gerade einmal zwei Stunden Schlaf machte ich mich mit dem Taschenbuch also auf, in die weite Welt und zog Erkundigungen ein. Schließlich, eine Binsenweisheit, muss es nicht mir gefallen, sondern jene, die es verkaufen bzw. kaufen, also Buchhändler.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Über die späte <strong><span style="color:#ff0000;">Liebe </span></strong>(besser: ans-Herz-wachsen) zur Black Edition erzähle ich dann ein anderes mal mehr. Ich muss mich fertig machen. Los, los!</p>
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<link>http://wolfeyebrows.wordpress.com/2009/11/13/madeleine/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 07:36:50 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[I found this photo on The Streethearts website. This lady is called Madeleine. Her Russian-inspired ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>I found this photo on<a title="The Streethearts" href="http://thestreethearts.com" target="_blank"> The Streethearts</a> website. This lady is called Madeleine. Her Russian-inspired hat, doll-like make up, and wispy hair, makes her look like a lovely matreshka. She was photographed in London by Andreas Schjonhaug.</p>
<p><a href="http://wolfeyebrows.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/madeleine.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1803" title="madeleine" src="http://wolfeyebrows.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/madeleine.jpg" alt="madeleine" width="500" height="752" /></a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[one week for Madeleine]]></title>
<link>http://findmadeleine.wordpress.com/2009/11/12/one-week-for-madeleine-2/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 13:52:49 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>soulmerchant</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[Week 3 Milestones]]></title>
<link>http://thetomlinfamily.wordpress.com/2009/11/09/week-3-milestones/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 02:12:33 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Daddy&#39;s favorite onsie! So, I already posted about Madeleine&#8217;s umbilical cord stump fallin]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><div id="attachment_745" class="wp-caption alignright" style="width: 210px"><a rel="attachment wp-att-745" href="http://thetomlinfamily.wordpress.com/2009/11/09/week-3-milestones/dsc03933/"><img class="size-medium wp-image-745" title="DSC03933" src="http://thetomlinfamily.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/dsc03933.jpg?w=200" alt="DSC03933" width="200" height="300" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Daddy&#39;s favorite onsie!</p></div>
<p>So, I already posted about <a href="http://thetomlinfamily.wordpress.com/2009/11/09/madeleines-first-bath/">Madeleine&#8217;s umbilical cord stump falling off.</a> What else has happened this week?</p>
<p>She is now holding her head up on her own for extended periods of time. She was able to lift it from the day she was born, but it usually flopped back down right away. Now she can hold it up and look around as I carry her around the house!!</p>
<p>A funny facial development is that she now sticks her tongue out and uses it when she&#8217;s making faces at us. <img src='http://s.wordpress.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' />  Makes me giggle!</p>
<p>She also has been spending more time on her tummy! Her legs are quite strong and she&#8217;s got the bottom half of crawling figured out. Now she just needs to get her arms working as well and she&#8217;ll be cruisin&#8217; in no time. Also, if I hold her in the standing position in my lap, she will straighten her legs out and push off. Get ready for your Johnny Jumper, baby girl!! <img src='http://s.wordpress.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>While you wait for me to update with a tummy time post, here&#8217;s a picture to tide you over. But first, a disclaimer: no, we are not torturing our child. Sometimes she screams, sometimes she smiles and looks all around lifting and swiveling her head.</p>
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<p>She had her first video chat with my parents. <img src='http://s.wordpress.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<div id="attachment_749" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 310px"><a rel="attachment wp-att-749" href="http://thetomlinfamily.wordpress.com/2009/11/09/week-3-milestones/dsc03877-2/"><img class="size-medium wp-image-749" title="DSC03877" src="http://thetomlinfamily.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/dsc038771.jpg?w=300" alt="DSC03877" width="300" height="200" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Neener neener neener!</p></div>
<p>She also had her first outing with just her mommy yesterday.  We went to the grocery store and then to her daddy&#8217;s work to take him some Dayquil. We then went to lunch with <a href="http://www.acesmommy.blogspot.com/">Jo and Aiden</a>, <a href="http://ravennagirls.wordpress.com">B and D</a>, Jackie and Dana! She&#8217;s had so much fun meeting all these new people. Unfortunately she was a tad fussy when it was time for people to hold her, so we had to leave rather quickly and get her home for her lunch.</p>
<p>She has developed a bout of baby acne. <img src='http://s.wordpress.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_sad.gif' alt=':(' class='wp-smiley' />  Poor baby! But after some googling, this appears to be rather common and showed up right on cue with what the MD websites say it should. What a relief to know it&#8217;s normal. I&#8217;d been worried!</p>
<p>And on Saturday, she transitioned from her newborn clothes into her 0-3 month clothes. <img src='http://s.wordpress.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_sad.gif' alt=':(' class='wp-smiley' />  My little girl is growing WAY too fast. Right now she&#8217;s just between sizes where the NB clothes are a tad bit short in the sleeves and sometimes the legs. Most of the onesies are too tight though. But the 0-3 month clothes are still just a tad bit big.  I can&#8217;t believe it&#8217;s already been 3 weeks. *cry*</p>
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<link>http://carinebenedictus.wordpress.com/2009/11/05/madeleine/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:34:27 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>carinebenedictus</dc:creator>
<guid>http://carinebenedictus.wordpress.com/2009/11/05/madeleine/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[La recherche d’un nouveau job vous amène parfois à découvrir des personnes, des endroits, des produi]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p style="text-align:justify;">La recherche d’un nouveau job vous amène parfois à découvrir des personnes, des endroits, des produits qu&#8217;un environnement professionnel routinier ne vous aurait pas donné la chance de croiser. A la faveur d’un récent entretien, j’ai redécouvert les magnifiques tissus VLISCO, fabriqués suivant le fameux procédé du wax hollandais. Une sorte de madeleine pour moi puisqu’en Côte d’Ivoire où j’ai grandi, il était du plus grand chic de porter le véritable, l’authentique wax hollandais…</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Le job n’était finalement pas pour moi. Peu importe, j’ai pris un plaisir fou à me promener sur ce <a href="http://www.vlisco.com">site internet </a>très bien fait dont je conseille la visite aux amateurs de belles choses.</p>
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