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Posted by Cassie at 3:04 PM | Permalink | Comments

I had to steal this off of Marie's blog again. You rock! Thank you again for these memories. Now let me tell you about my little girl. She is the sweetest, most loving little angel. She has the best smile and the best temperament. What makes me so sad is that most people just don't know it, or really anything about her. Is this the curse of the second child? When Connor was born, we had visitors from the day he arrived til months after with people wanting to meet him, see him and spend time getting to know him. People showered him with attention. My little girl just hasn't had that kind of introduction to the people in her world. I cannot begin to tell you how many people have still not met her. I guess I am feeling very over protective of her, I know she has no idea how different her life is compared to how her big brother's was, and I vow right now to never make her feel like the "second born". I do take pictures of her, I do write in her baby book, I do read to her, sing to her, talk to her. I know it is different, but for us it is different in a good way. She is our baby! My one friend said to me that the initial glow of having a baby is over for everyone, and that she will never have the big hurrah that Connor received. Is this how it works for the second born? I was a first born, I really have no idea how I was received or if it was different for my brother. Does anyone know if it's the same in other households???

Posted by Cassie at 11:18 PM | Permalink | Comments

Patrick and I have another love in our life, and we are doing all that we can to make her feel just as important. It's hard to do the same things for the second that we did for the first. One thing we did with her is a photo shoot. I took this picture off of Marie's blog, cuz I couldn't stand it! Thanks Marie for this memory. And if any of you out there need a great photographer let me know and I'll get you in touch with her.

Posted by Cassie at 3:07 PM | Permalink | Comments

Tee Hee Hee! I love this picture:

So my hubby and I went on a date on Saturday night. Don't kiss an elephant on the lips today was Patrick's fortune. WHAT?? It was our first date in a long time, and it was so wonderful to just sit there, eat slowly and talk. We don't get to do that much anymore. I love spending time with Patrick when we can actually snuggle with each other. Don't get me wrong, we LOVE to snuggle as a foursome, but it was just nice to hear his voice without someone trying to talk over it in the background. We had a wonderful dinner, then we walked around downtown Akron and looked around at all of the things that have changed since we "grew up". They are really trying to turn downtown around and it is nice. We sat outside of Lock 3 and listened to a concert and snuggled (Patrick wasn't much into the entertainment). It was a picture perfect night.

Posted by Cassie at 12:52 PM | Permalink | Comments

I added pictures to some of the old posts, so if you scroll down you can take a look at those too!

Posted by Cassie at 2:58 PM | Permalink | Comments

Is it real? Does it end? WHEN? My Dad came to relieve me of my terrible two pain this morning. I called him feeling my head throbbing and trying to feed Jordyn. Connor just keeps having these awful meltdowns. He screams and runs around the house like the sky is falling on top of him at that very moment. We have never given him his way when he freaks out like this, I have tried doing what the books say and divert his attention to something else, which usually works to solve the issue then, but moments later we have another episode. Is this normal? I suppose normal is relative. My Dad says to spank him, and I have never thought that was the way to go. My Dad says the experts are quacks and that is why we have so many bad kids these days. That's my Dad's take on it. I am a semi new parent going through this for the first time and all I can do is learn by trial and error. When will I be able to reason with him? When will he know and understand that this behavior is unacceptable? I am beginning to feel like such a bad Mom. You know the thing is, is that he is not a bad kid. He is a great kid with a great heart and great spirit, but he has these meltdowns. They became worse over the past couple weeks. He did cry to me the other day and say ,"baby" while shaking his head. My heart broke, but what can I do? UGH!

Posted by Cassie at 10:14 AM | Permalink | Comments

Due to an overwhelming response - I've fixed the blog for Cassie. I didn't realize you all were so involved. I apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused you. You can direct any pain and suffering lawsuits to our legal department at:

TheJebbers.com Legal Department
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Posted by Patrick Jebber at 1:55 PM | Permalink | Comments