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		<title>Mommy wow&#8230;.I&#8217;m a big girl now!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Its hard to believe that it has been nearly eight months since we brought home our tiny little Costa Rican baby. Analeigh has been so much fun, and she is growing like a weed. A few weeks ago she had two teeth, today she has six. Not long ago she sat by herself for the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>We&#8217;re having a baby!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Its a catchy title isn&#8217;t it? As you know, we have been in the process of adopting from Ethiopia for quite some time. Recently, however, we were given a referral for the child who will become our son. He is about two months old, and from a poor part (no, there aren&#8217;t really &#8220;rich parts&#8221; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2 down&#8230;1 to go!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This week we wrapped up our second trimester of language school. Today we are off to Colorado, where we will enjoy spending some time with Marissa&#8217;s family and celebrating the wedding of her sister. We are looking forward to a week back in the US, seeing family and eating Chick-fil-a. When we return, it will [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Got Milk?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[That&#8217;s what Analeigh wants to know as we continue to give her new foods. So far she has tried avocado, green beans, carrots, and homemade salsa (her favorite!). Although she is enjoying playing with food, and she thinks she is pretty cool when she has her own seat at the table, so far she is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Of chalk houses and twins four years apart&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We talked to Avalyn about our recent change to Mexico City. She has been slowly processing the idea and is now comfortable freely talking about our upcoming move. One day while outside playing with chalk, she asked me to come see our house. She then explained all of the rooms and the people that she [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Analeigh Loves Herself</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Analeigh is a sweet baby, and loves to give kisses (although she kisses the way other people eat ice cream). Like many babies, she also loves to look at herself in the mirror. I often wonder if she knows that it is her she is looking at, or if she wonders who that baby is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Two Teeth and a Swimming Pool</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Things are ticking along here in Costa Rica. School is reaching the midpoint of the trimester (which is also the midpoint of our language school) and rainy season is in full force. The big baby news is that Analeigh got two teeth this week, which was the source of no small amount of crying and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Viva Mexico!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Sorry I haven&#8217;t updated the blog in a couple weeks, things have been kind of crazy. Many of you may know that a while back the organization that we work for informed us that our job in Argentina was probably not going to be filled, and that they would like us to consider a higher [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sweatin&#8217; With the Youngins</title>
		<description><![CDATA[People are frequently asking Avalyn how she stays so fit. Certainly good genes and proper nutrition play a part, but the reality is that it takes hard work. Recently Avalyn, always conscious about her health and fitness, began doing the 30 Day Shred with Jillian Michaels (this had nothing to do with the fact that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Happy Memorial Day</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It was a little sad today as we walked to school. We missed the American flags, grills covered with hot dogs and hamburgers, and parades of veterans and high school marching bands. Memorial Day just isn&#8217;t the same in a country that doesn&#8217;t even have a military. Nevertheless, we celebrated last night with a picnic [...]]]></description>
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