Which makes 'Yote a Grandpa, a fact that is providing endless amusement for most of his friends and family.

But anyway, let me introduce my grandson, Gavin Rhys Dugan!

Born on 12/18/12 at 10:33 PM EST (39° 3' 34" N/ 4° 10' 38" W for any astrologers out there)  9 lbs (even), 22 1/2 inches long ( Read more... )

The very first post I ever made on LJ was something of a tribute to how my dog kept me sane through the biggest nightmare of my life.

He was only 5 months old at the time, and already the size of a full grown labrador

Pictures of when we brought him home in June 2004...gods, he looks so TINY to me in these pictures!

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As a parent, you want to do the best for your kids, and I think all moms (all parents really) live with regrets and self-blame as their kids are growing up. At least I *hope* I’m not unique in having a host of things I feel I screwed up royally on that my kids are paying for now. I know, I know - I’m far harder on myself than I deserve in most ( Read more... )

Day 04 - A picture of the cast of your favorite TV show
Day 05 - A picture of your favorite animal
Day 06 - A picture of a person you'd love to trade places with for a day

( Once again, ya gotta work for it - click for pics! )

So yeah, between being out of town on the 1st and work being sucky and needing to recover from it since, I'm a little late getting this started. I *could* go ahead and do all 8 days of catching up, but since the idea is to get me posting more regularly, I'm going to do three at a time every day until I'm all caught up and go from there ( Read more... )

It's time. No really, it's time to get back to posting and checking my f-list more often over here. I miss you guys, and though I've made a HUGE bunch of really awesome and supportive friends on SparkPeople, LJ is still my first love and I've sorely neglected it over the past year ( Read more... )

I just realized I hadn't updated - Debora is home!

Two links with pictures and updates - one from me, one from my sister!

Including a 30 second video 'Yote took of them arriving!

My sister details the trip to Guatemala to bring Debora home, and includes a bunch of pictures!

These pictures were taken last night. I met my sister and niece and we went ( Read more... )

You can thank aztecknight for this one...

Eat THIS Tiger Woods...
*grins*


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I have a sparkfriend who changed her sparkpage layout to fall-autumn-ish stuff yesterday. I am SO not ready to go there quite yet - YES Fall is one of my favorite seasons, but I'm really enjoying summer this year. Amazing what actually getting outside can do for a person! Sunshine! Fresh (well, when we're not under a smog alert like today) air! ( Read more... )

Remember the baby that was born on Halloween (2 months early) who's organs were flipped and we had everybody praying that she'd be okay?

( She's WAY more than okay these days! She's SUPER ADORABLE BABY! )