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distracted

Wow. Where have I been?

Barely around at all.

And yet, I am here.

Oh, yes I am. Here at home. Haven’t left the house since Friday.

The kidlets are sick. And getting sicker. There is a constant chorus of coughs around here. Cheeks flushed with fever. Little feet clamoring to the refrigerator to grab their juice cups. For the 216th time.

And so it goes. When you have a big family, you are vulnerable to sickness – in a big way.

At least we’re all hunkered down at home… with Net Flix, numerous down comforters and lots and lots of tissue.

Hoping to be better by the time the snow storm hits later this week.

P.S. I’ve been distracted for some other, really wonderful, reasons as well. Can’t wait to share that with y’all.

Soon.

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01.10.11 · family, real life 25

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  1. clearness says

    January 10, 2011 at 10:11 PM

    You should totally see if Kleenex will sponsor your next round of sickies.

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  2. Jennifer says

    January 10, 2011 at 10:18 PM

    Oh your poor littles (poor momma too)!!! We'll be praying for a quick recovery!
    And now, I'll be refreshing my blog updates more often than I'd care to admit, cause I wanna know if your news is Poppy related! πŸ™‚

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  3. Kjbikakis says

    January 10, 2011 at 10:31 PM

    Awh hope ya'll get better soon! Snow storm is hitting us (nebraska) right now, and so far we've had one snow day. (hopping for another one tmw!) Get well soon (:

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  4. Martha says

    January 10, 2011 at 10:34 PM

    Can't wait to hear your news! Hope y'all are on the mend soon. We have had our share of the sicklys lately too…and it's no fun. We have cabin fever! LOL

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  5. megadog says

    January 10, 2011 at 11:52 PM

    Oh these teasers are just KILLING me! Now I have to wait-aaah!
    Hope everyone starts getting better soon too.

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  6. Cara says

    January 11, 2011 at 12:19 AM

    Oh! Do you have TA?!?!?! I'm hoping to get our TA in the next few weeks!!! Sorry you have sick kiddos :0(

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  7. Emily says

    January 11, 2011 at 12:45 AM

    oh see now that's just wrong! you can't say something like that at the END of a post!!!! πŸ™‚

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  8. Faith Runner says

    January 11, 2011 at 1:13 AM

    You must have TA or….you have a Special Focus Child tugging at your heart! Yep- are you gonna reuse Poppy's dossier- come on, Steph. You can join us in this crazy, incredible journey of resuing dossiers!

    Tamera
    -mama to many B's

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  9. Kristi says

    January 11, 2011 at 1:15 AM

    Oh no. Praying that at least a few of them (and you of course ~ no good when the nurse gets sick) are spared.
    But, really? You're gonna leave us with a teaser like that? I (along with all your other faithful readers) thought we were tighter than that. πŸ˜‰

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  10. GabbyRM says

    January 11, 2011 at 1:23 AM

    Poor kiddos. We only have three people in our household so far and still went through almost all the boxes of Puffs we got in bulk from the warehouse club when we were sick. Hope they get well soon!

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  11. Brandi says

    January 11, 2011 at 1:39 AM

    Please just two little letters.
    Praying for the kidlets.

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  12. Adrian Roberta says

    January 11, 2011 at 2:03 AM

    Hope you sweet family feels beter quickly Stephanie!

    Get the tissues with the lotion in it *sigh* love those….(-:

    ~Roberta

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  13. Karin says

    January 11, 2011 at 2:19 AM

    Oh no…so sorry your kids are all sick. Hope Mama doesn't get it. Can't wait to hear your big news. πŸ™‚ Are you bringing home two? πŸ™‚

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  14. Patricia/NYC says

    January 11, 2011 at 2:50 AM

    Sos orry to hear this, Stefanie! Hopefully you are all on the mend soon!! Stay healthy, momma!

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  15. Kim says

    January 11, 2011 at 3:24 AM

    hmmm…is it possible to get a TA and a PA at the same time? Now, THAT would be some really, really wonderful reasonS to be distracted πŸ˜€ Can't wait to hear the great news!

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  16. Eileen says

    January 11, 2011 at 3:53 AM

    Hmmmm….I'm guessing it's adoption-related! If it's not TA yet, you've got to be getting close! I'm thinking along the same lines as Karin. Can't wait to hear!

    P.S. I still want you to go at the end of March–for the completely selfish reason that we'd travel together.

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  17. Hailey says

    January 11, 2011 at 5:31 AM

    Sorry to hear yall are all sick! I guess it's pretty hard to avoid with so many kids. Excited to hear the news!
    And hopefully everyone will be better by the time the snow hits! We were hit hard last night and today (it's sleeting now). We love it down here though! πŸ™‚

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  18. Brooke says

    January 11, 2011 at 5:45 AM

    Praying that you all feel better soon!!! πŸ™‚

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  19. Kim says

    January 11, 2011 at 5:56 AM

    So sorry you are all sick.
    And so anxious to hear the news of the other distractions!
    Love & Blessings from Hong Kong,
    Kim

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  20. Wendy says

    January 11, 2011 at 12:42 PM

    Hope all are better soon! We've been passing around bugs all fall/winter here…definitely one of the hard parts of having a big family!

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  21. Aus says

    January 11, 2011 at 1:09 PM

    Oh that's so not fair!! Didn't you see blogger rule #4923 – no teasers?

    hugs – aus and co.

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  22. Desiree' says

    January 11, 2011 at 2:29 PM

    I sooo sympathize with you!! We are sick here to and it takes forever to make it's way through eight people…hope y'all feel better soon…
    on another note, did you get TA or maybe LOA for # 11??

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  23. Stacy in New England says

    January 11, 2011 at 7:20 PM

    Okay, reasons with an "s" so….. you got TA and Tori got engaged????? Thought I'd throw that in there to mix things up a bit! LOL!!

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  24. Jill says

    January 11, 2011 at 9:25 PM

    Hope you get that SICK swept right outta there…PRONTO!

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  25. Lindsay says

    January 12, 2011 at 6:34 PM

    Hope you're all better soon! I'm so tired of snow and germs…I can't WAIT until spring. Can't wait to hear you got your TA and follow your journey. We're STILL waiting for LOA (day 49). I know others (you) have waited longer, but I'm going nuts here.

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