The Spohrs Are Multiplying…

So Far Away

July 27, 2009

Heather and I had been dating less than a year when we took a trip to Chicago in 2003 to check out the Windy City and catch the USC/Notre Dame football game. We had a great time and pledged to return one day, but we never could have imagined the circumstances that would eventually bring [...]

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Back To The Land Of California

July 27, 2009

We’re back from Chicago and I am exhausted. It was a really good, but emotional, weekend. I met so many people but I know I missed so many others. It’s impossible to meet everyone you want to when there are 1,400 people in one place, but it’s still a bit of a bummer. I want [...]

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My Kind Of Town

July 23, 2009

At this time last year I wrote a post about Mike and I going away for the weekend. At the time, I was too shy to say I was going to a blogging conference. This year, I am not. I’m going to BlogHer in Chicago. Mike is going to Chicago, too, although he won’t be [...]

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My Best Shot

July 22, 2009

So as I’ve mentioned in the past, I have a clotting disorder called Antiphospholipid Antibody Syndrome. In really simple terms, it means my body’s immune system “attacks” its own clotting mechanism. It’s exacerbated by pregnancy, so I have to take an anti-coagulant, or blood thinner. When I was first diagnosed, I just assumed the treatment [...]

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The Best Laid Plans

July 21, 2009

When Mike and I were trying to get pregnant with Madeline, I used to fantasize about how I would tell him we’d succeeded. MANY a cheesy idea floated in my mind, but the day I got the two pink lines I was too excited to do anything except thrust the stick in his face. We [...]

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