Marching For Maddie 2012

April 4, 2012

It’s time for the 2012 March for Babies, the March of Dimes’ biggest fundraiser. There are walks in cities all over the nation. We Spohrs are ready to walk for Maddie for the fifth year in a row. By participating, we are helping The March of Dimes champion the needs of families and babies in [...]

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It’s More Fun To Share

September 22, 2011

Annie has been going on a lot of play dates lately. It’s been really great for her (us) to get out of the house and play with her (our) friends, especially now that’s she’s older and she “gets” playing with other kids. Her play dates used to be a lot of kids playing NEAR each [...]

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Do Grandparents Know Best?

August 17, 2011

Our new house is about fifteen minutes away from my parents’ house – much closer than the 45 minute drive it used to be. This is great for all sorts of reasons, but it is especially great because it means my parents can help us out with child care when Mike and I need it [...]

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Off The Wagon

July 27, 2011

In the fifty eight days since I wrote this post (yes, I am counting), Annabel has fallen off the wagon and is back on a bottle. Like, ALL the way back. I don’t know what happened. Well, that’s a lie, I do know what happened. One day she just straight FREAKED about using a sippy [...]

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Support Friends Of Maddie

June 29, 2011

The following post is part of a two-part series sponsored by Yahoo! Every time someone clicks here to make Yahoo! their homepage, they’re showing their support for Friends of Maddie! As you all know, Mike and I started Friends of Maddie with the money many of you donated to our family after Maddie passed away. [...]

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What About The Children?!

June 15, 2011

Yesterday my nephew graduated from kindergarten. I remember the day I graduated from kindergarten. Each breath was heavy with excitement. My parents’ pride was thick in the air. I felt accomplished. Oh wait. I didn’t. Because there wasn’t kindergarten graduation. On the last day of school I’m pretty sure my teacher just pushed us out [...]

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