The Spohrs Are Multiplying…

The Perfect Name

February 19, 2010

I love hearing stories about how baby names are chosen, and lots of people have asked how we named our girls. Madeline Alice is, in our opinion, a perfect name. Chosen for a few reasons – I had always loved the name Madeline, my grandmother was Mary Alice, and Mike had a great-aunt named Madeline. [...]

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The Second Little Girl

February 18, 2010

Enough time has passed where I feel like I can finally talk about the day Annabel was born. Every time I’ve tried to write about it I haven’t been able to find the words, or the emotions were too overwhelming to work through. But I fear as more time passes I will forget things, and [...]

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I’ll Be Seeing You

February 17, 2010

For a little over three weeks now Heather and I have been lost in the business of having a new baby. This is a business full of great joy, and we have reveled in the happiness it has brought back into our home. Unfortunately, as opposed to most new parents, our interaction with our newborn [...]

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She Is Mine

February 16, 2010

I spend a lot of time staring at her. For practical reasons – feeding, changing, bathing, checking. Some more anxious. I count her breaths. Are there too many? Is she pulling? Why did she sneeze? She has the hiccups again. I stare at her to remember her. She’s already gained over a pound. She’s filling [...]

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A Day For Love

February 14, 2010

Valentine’s Day is a big day around the Spohr Haus. Five years ago, Mike told me to get in the car because we had to pick up my Valentine’s Day gift. We drove 45 minutes north, and when we pulled up in front of a nice ranch house I was thoroughly confused. Mike laughed at [...]

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