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The Olympics of Brisco County, Jr.

So yesterday, as most of you know, the Olympics started in Beijing, so Jessica and I turned on the opening ceremony on TV after the Simpsons was over. And watched all 4 hours of it. It was kinda neat, but also it was pretty long and got kinda boring after a while. Fortunately, I was…
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Firsts for Jude

Since Jude is only 5 weeks old there are alot of “First Time Experiences” he has that we get to document. Over the past two weeks he has made many great accomplishments. Here are a few. He went to his first wedding a few weeks ago and last weekend he went to his second. He…
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What a Wednesday

Yesterday Jude and I decided to get out and go to the mall… mainly to pick up a wedding gift and get some lunch. After we ate, walked around a bit and bought the wedding gift we headed to the car. The sky looked dark with rain clouds so we thought we should head home….
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Jude’s First Dr Visit

So today Jude has his first trip to the doctor. We took him to a local homeopathic physician and I think it was a good experience. Jude is a perfectly healthy little boy! He’s gain a pound and grown and inch in the past 3 weeks. Apparently he’s in the 90th percentile for height and…
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Cloth Starts Now

Today is the day… we started using our cloth diaper. We naturally transitioned to cloth after we ran out of the disposables we were using. We are using basic prefolds and covers. My first diaper was a prefold set inside a cover with a liner over top. Now I’m trying a prefold pinned with a…
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What’s in a name?

As many of you know Joe and I decided to keep Lil Lieb’s name a secret until he made his earth side appearance. We put alot of thought into the names we chose. Obviously we chose Jude Aidan for a boy but most of you don’t know the girl name we chose. If Jude was…
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The Sleepy Liebs

We’ve learned that you are supposed to sleep when the baby sleeps but what do you do when the baby never sleeps? For the past two nights Jude has spent 5+ straight hours awake wanting to eat. I’d feed him until he unlatches/falls asleep… thinking he was done I’d put him down and 5 minutes…
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Advice from Breastfeeding Moms

Jude is working on his 3rd week of breastfeeding and it’s been a challenge. I knew it would be work but I’m learning it’s more work than I thought. I think once Jude and I sync up and get this breastfeeding thing down our life will be alot easier but for now it’s a constant…
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he’s so smart

so i’ve seen these shows on tv while breastfeeding about women having multiples…. I cannot image what that would be like… one is challenging enough. I can’t imagine trying to breastfeed twins… I’m guessing breastfeeding anymore is next to impossible. jude has hit a few rough patches along the way but seems to be adjusting…
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Pressing my Luck

(Jude Aidan – 10 Days Old!) No I’m not talking about the 80’s Game Show, Press Your Luck (big bucks, big bucks, no whammies!) I’m talking about the 6.5 hours of straight sleep I got last night. For most people that’s nothing but for the mother of a 12 day old baby I think it’s…
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Jude’s Homebirth Story

On Friday, June 27, 2008, at 3:49pm. It’s a boy, Jude Aidan Lieb. 9lbs. 12oz.22.5 inches long 14-inch head14.75 chest In addition to documenting the newest Lieb family member, I wanted to let everyone knowthat despite the many complications we encountered during Jude’s birth we are very pleased with our home birth experience. I have…
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Jude Aidan Lieb is here!

In a few days I’ll write the complete birth story as best as I can remember but for now I want to let everyone know that we really are the “3” Liebs! On Friday, June 27, 2008 at 3:49pm. It’s a boy, Jude Aidan Lieb. 9lbs. 12oz. 22.5 inches long 14 inch head 14.75 chest…
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