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		<title>A Happy Number</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today was a good day.  After school, we took the long taxi ride to the other side of town to the laboratory where we had Analeigh&#8217;s blood drawn.  Thankfully, the practice last time paid off, and the phlebotomist got her blood on the first try.  More importantly, Analeigh&#8217;s TSH dropped from 13.4 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tomorrow&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Tomorrow we go to get Analeigh&#8217;s thyroid blood tests.  We are praying that her TSH will be normal and that she won&#8217;t have to go on medicine.  We will get her blood taken around noon and then see the Endocrinologist at 3pm.  Thank you all for your prayers and encouragement!
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		<title>The Clock Broke Itself</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Along the way of language learning, you run into language issues, many of which are embarrassing, humiliating, offensive, and if you&#8217;re really lucky, all three at once. I (Marissa) recently was one of the lucky ones. Upon moving into our house on December 19th, the lady who lived next door informed us that she was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Our Sojourn Baby</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Since we made the decision to move our family overseas, no one, other than our immediate families, has been as supportive as our church.  Not only did they send us out, but since we left they have supported us, prayed for us weekly, sent us many packages, and taken care of many of our [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Little Song and Dance</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Whoever said that giving your daughter a little bourbon after dinner would help her sleep was totally wrong!


PS. My lawyer made me note that I am totally JOKING about giving our daughter bourbon.
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		<title>Hairs looking at you</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So we all went and got our hair cut today.  Avalyn looks really cute, but she messed it all up before I could take a picture (we&#8217;ll get one soon).  My haircut was fine, but after he was done, the guy cutting it decided to style it for me.  He picked a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sisterly Love</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Although Avalyn has at times struggled with sharing attention since Analeigh was born, and although we have had to deal with some even-worse-than-usual defiant behavior, we have been extremely thankful that Avalyn LOVES Analeigh.  Since day one she has wanted to hug, kiss, hold, love, and help with the baby.  It is precious [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Thyroid Observed</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Analeigh is 6 weeks old now, and we have been very thankful at how well she is doing overall.  At her first doctor&#8217;s appointment (at one week), however, they did the standard heel prick screening (which screens for a number of different problems), and found that her TSH was high.  This indicates possible [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fun with Bureaucracy! (part 4)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday we took a trip to the United States Embassy here in San Jose.  I wish that I could say that we were happy to find an efficient, helpful office ready to help.  Sadly, we encountered much of the same cumbersome bureaucracy we have encountered all along the way.  After showing our [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Good Reports</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today we spent our afternoon at the doctor&#8217;s.  Analeigh had her one month checkup, Marissa had her one month postpartum checkup, and Avalyn got her hearing checked.  Thankfully, everyone got good reports.  Analeigh is really becoming a gordita (little fatty)!  The pediatrician said girls usually gain about 700 grams (1 1/2 [...]]]></description>
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