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Tami — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 19:46:39 +0000

I can’t dance even if my life depended on it. Watch this video I found on Kottke

Yeah, it doesnt make much sense to me either, kiddo

Tami — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 22:32:26 +0000

D: Where are you going mom?
Me: I’m going to work, buddy.
D: But, why mom?
Me: Because we have to pay bills and buy food.
D: But, why mom?
Me: because that’s what adults do.
D: mmmm… I see.

Latest read

Tami — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 19:51:41 +0000

I’m always looking for a medicine related book and this one is even better because is from a nurse’s perspective. I like they way she writes, and I was touched by some of the stories. She also has a website, Theresa Brown RN

The SoG continues

Tami — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 22:11:27 +0000

We’ve been crossing off a few things off our list for the summer. Here’s proof:

1:59:30!

Ben ran a Half Marathon at the San Francisco Marathon. Proud wife here!

Giants game

We attended a Giants game. We had an awesome view of the Bay and the Bay Bridge.

D at a demolition derby

This is from the 4th of July weekend in Utah, we attended our first demolition derby. It was a lot of fun and we were with really good friends. Also, look how much he’s grown! He started preschool last week

Us!

This last Sunday night we camped out at Kirby Cove, right next to the Golden Gate Bridge. The views were amazing! We had a yummy bbq, raccoons ate some of our food, heard a coyote in the distance and fell asleep to the sound of crashing waves. It was great.

The Bridge

Next up is Yosemite National Park. I think our plans to go to Disney might fall through, I’m really disappointed. But we’ve had a great summer. So maybe another time.

The Summer of George!

Tami — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 17:02:11 +0000

Since Ben has a few weeks without school we made a list of things we wanted to get done. We are big Seinfeld fans, so we named our summer: The Summer of George! (SoG for short )

Here are a few things that we have planned:

Giants game
Utah
Yosemite
Disneyland
Camp at Kirby Cove
1/2 marathon (that one applies to Ben only, D and I will be cheering him from the sides)
Redwoods
Farmers Markets
Sticker factory/Jelly Belly Factory

So far we’ve crossed off Utah and some farmers markets, I’ll let you know what else we cross off this coming weekend. How about you? How’s your summer going?

My Life List: Sparklers with Ben and Dallas

Tami — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 15:40:29 +0000

We just got back from a little vacation in Utah. We spent a few days visiting friends and family, meeting a new niece, playing Rock Band, attending a demolition derby and me watching Eclipse with my good friend Angi. We had a great time.

In between those things, I was able to accomplish one of my things from my Life List. We lit some sparklers and we had some fun with them. Dallas enjoyed them, and we enjoyed watching him play with them. It’s the little things, right?

Life List - Sparklers

Happy 4th!

from the BB

Tami — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 01:25:23 +0000

I’m only posting this from my BlackBerry to see how good it works (or not) its the WordPress application for BlackBerry. I’m at work right now, which means I should not be doing this. Ok then!

And she never came

Tami — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 21:02:41 +0000

I have been thinking about this for a long time, probably since I learned that my first child would be a boy.

After we had Conner and got pregnant the second time I hoped with all my heart that the baby would be a girl. How awesome would that be! We already had a name that worked for both a boy and a girl, I was already daydreaming of the beautiful dresses she would wear, the way I would do her hair every morning and as she got older start worrying about the kind of boys she would date. But when it was time to find out we learned we were having another boy. See, I have quite a few friends and family and lots of other moms I know who have a boy and a girl. And when I first learn that they’re having a boy and they already have a girl and vice versa, and can’t help but be jealous and disappointed and never be entirely happy for them.

After doctors found out what the exact diagnose was, they took a blood sample from everyone in our family and we got tested for it. Genetics is very complicated, but basically Ben and I are silent carriers of the disease, Conner was fully carrier and Dallas is a non-carrier. Every time we have a baby there is a 25% chance the baby will have what Conner had. After much consideration we decided we couldn’t do that to another child knowing what we know now. Of course modern medicine offers different options, like separating the cells and identifying the genes that would cause the disorder and remove them (or something like that, told you genetics is complicated!) but we didn’t want to go down that route or any other.

And so at 26, I had my last baby. And he was boy. She never came.

It was not an easy decision to make and I was very sad for a long time, but I’ve come to terms with it. For the most part. We talked about adoption and perhaps that will happen sometime in the future, but Ben will start Med School (if everything goes great) in about a year and a half and I would like to concentrate in my career in Nursing when Dallas starts his own school.

Don’t get me wrong, I love my sons with all of my heart, I can’t imagine my life without them but it feels like I’ve been cheated out of the experience of having a daughter. Who knows why that happened, and hopefully as the years go by I’ll stop feeling this way. But for now, this is how I feel.

So proud

Tami — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 16:58:03 +0000

Ben started taking Pre med classes back in January. Don’t think I mentioned it before (sorry if I did) but he decided he wants to be a Doctor, and I totally support him. We talked about how hard these next (7, 10? more?) years are going to be and we’re ready to face the challenge. We’ve been through a lot worse than this. Doesn’t mean I know what’s coming, but we can do it.

So far he’s taken 4 Chemistry classes. He goes to a Chiropractor’s school in San Jose every Saturday and Sunday. These are different than regular classes. They fit a whole semester in 1 month. Every class lasts about 7 hours, and every Saturday he has a test, the last weekend of the month he takes the final. Can you imagine studying that much? Don’t forget he has a full time job and a family to take care of. I honestly do not know how he does it, and gets straight A’s.

So yeah, I’m bragging a little bit about my man. He’s never taken a science class in college (he has a BA) and he is so motivated and disciplined, it’s amazing. I am very proud of him. Next week he starts Physics.

You can do it babe.

Three decades

Tami — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 03:53:54 +0000

No idea why I made a big deal about turning 30. Hey, at least I didn’t make a scene or had a midlife crisis or something.

It was a great day. Ben made me breakfast, Dallas sang me Happy Birthday all by himself. Then I was off to watch The Last Song . I did a little shopping and then we all drove to Palo Alto where we walked around Stanford University . What a beautiful campus! Then drove back home for dinner at House of Nanking. Awesome birthday spent with my favorite guys. Here are some pics from Stanford.