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Update Dec 4th-8th (at least)

2009-12-14T07:53:33Z

As most of you know, December 4th was Jonathan's third birthday. I am still in shock. I cannot believe he is three. My baby is a little boy. :sniff:

Jonathan's birthday was a great day. We slept in late and when we got up we put a "roast beast" in the nesco for dinner. Then we went out with my mom and met my dad for lunch at Macaroni Grill. I drew trains and trucks for Johnny on the paper table cloth topper as I do everytime we eat there, which he loves. Then Johnny stuffed himself on focaccia! The restaurant gave us complimentary cake and we sang happy birthday to Johnny.

Johnny enjoying my choo choo and firetruck drawings.

I drew him a picture of a purple pickup truck that went "HONK! HONK!" too, but didn't take a pic of it.

Happy Birthday, dear Jonathan...

Unfortunately, Kevin was unable to join us. He had worked all night at the Eye Bank and after sleeping for two hours in his car he had to work at Costco too. Since I was worried about him driving home, I had my mom take his car home and I picked him up. We went home and piled in bed for a nice long nap before going to see Disney on Ice (Nana & Papa's birthday/Christmas gift to Johnny)!

Kevin and the kids at Disney on Ice.

Disney on Ice was wonderful and so nostalgic. We all really enjoyed it.

Belle & her prince from Beauty & The Beast

Carmen and Johnny during intermission (and Johnny in his Mickey Mouse crown). :)

Bruce from Finding Nemo. This is a fuzzy pic, but I was so impressed with that shark! There were two skaters inside and its mouth moved!

Simba & Nala from The Lion King

Monstro the whale from Pinocchio. He is eating Geppetto!

Celebrating Mulan's victory.

Mickey, Minnie, Goofy, and Stitch were the narrators (more or less). They did a bunch of stories... Finding Nemo, Beauty & The Beast, Mulan, Incredibles, Lion King, Pinocchio, Aladdin, plus they did a number with all of the most famous Disney princesses and their princes and a number with different cultural costumes to the song "It's a Small World After All." It was really nice. Of course all of the characters came out at the end. :)

Both me and Kevin had to work on Saturday, so we had to reschedule the family party (shared with cousin Carolyn whose 7th birthday was 12/7) to Sunday after church. Poor Kevin had to miss that one too, since he was working at Costco again after having worked Eye Bank all of Saturday night. :\

Johnny and Carolyn with their cake.

Later Sunday night me and Kevin went to Embassy Suites in Greensboro for the Costco holiday banquet and ball. Poor Kevin was running on empty by then, but he really tried to show me a good time. It wasn't nearly as much fun as last year, but we did win a $50 gift card to Outback Steakhouse (which we traded a friend for one to Red Lobster). If I had it to do over again I would have skipped it and worn my new dress and shoes to the Eye Bank party instead. At least we matched...

This is the best photo of us from the party. :)

I was lucky to be off on Monday, which is a good thing because I had a hangover (we spent $75 on alcohol!!). Kevin ended up calling in to work at Costco (imagine how that must have looked), but he really needed the rest.

Tuesday night we went downtown to the BB&T building for the NC Eye Bank party. They had it at the Piedmont Club in the penthouse on the 19th floor. It was really really nice. I was a little uncomfortable at first though because it was a much smaller party - no chance of being lost in the crowd like at the Costco shindig. Fortunately, Kevin's co-workers are all very friendly and are good conversationalists (and didn't just talk about work the whole time - thank God). I met some very nice people. A lot of them left after dinner, but the folks who wanted to dance hung around. They had free drinks so all of a sudden this very high-brow party got LOOSE. It's funny too that we drank less at a party where we didn't have to pay for drinks, but we did... what can I say?

Kevin was out on the dance floor with me cutting a rug every other song. It was awesome. :) He does so much better in smaller groups. I was amazed. We had a GREAT time! And we didn't get home too late. The party went from 6pm to 10:30pm. They left us wanting more. And isn't that the way to do it?

This is my favorite pic of us on the dance floor...

Here is the best posed pic of us from the night...

We wore our party duds from last year (except I had new shoes... 4" black satin heels).

Kevin called in to work at Costco on Wednesday too (he had mandatory training at the Eye Bank). Finally by Friday he had talked to his supervisor to let him know he wouldn't be back. I think we can all breathe a bit easier now. He was going to work himself into the grave. No amount of money is worth a life.

By the way... there are tons more pictures on Facebook. If you haven't added me there already, please feel free to do so. ;)

Quickie

2009-12-10T05:31:34Z

I have a big update to make, but I'm too tired. Maybe tomorrow?

I've read everyone's posts. Didn't comment on all, but I want you to know I care. ♥

Geocities

2009-10-14T02:36:14Z

Geocities is closing.
I've had to relocate Ronan's entire website to my grief journal meandro.

Here is a link:

October 15th is National Pregnancy & Infant Loss Awareness Day
Light a candle at 7pm to remember.

THRILLED!!

2009-09-30T02:06:33Z

Our group presentation went very well tonight. So well, in fact, that our group (hypothetically) "won" the $500,000 grant to start our foundation! This was decided by an annonymous class vote. Assuming everyone would vote for their own group, this is a pretty big deal because it means we swayed two (or more) class members to vote for us instead. I am ecstatic! This is way better than a "thanks" for all of my hard work (and stress, and loss of family time, and - at times - suffering interpersonal relationships). I'm not gonna say it was "worth it," but it's nice. It feels like it paid off in the end. YAY!

We turned in a notebook with our powerpoint presentation, a mock-up of our website, a tri-fold brochure, tons of research, evidence of community support (from media sources and interviews), triage flowsheet, call log, 72 hour follow-up documents, and information on area referral agencies and etc. Ms. Essick was so excited about it she said that she was going to share our idea with some of her colleagues as an idea for an actual foundation. *squee*

I am so happy. I am going to partake of some serious (and well deserved) R&R tonight.

Sparkpeople

2009-08-12T02:45:23Z

I'm logging my calories and exercise on sparkpeople.com again. For those of you who don't know, it is a free site. The tracking tools are very helpful. I lost 40lb using it before my gastric bypass.

I wrote a blog on my page there tonight: "The honeymoon is over...". Please feel free to read it and share your comments. I may talk about my said issues more here at a later time (among other things weighing on my mind). It will be a locked entry, for sure. I would do it now, but I am just too tired tonight.

This is just for me:
992 calories today
No exercise (except @ work, LOL)

1) I have joined the gym at work and will hopefully tour Thursday and get set-up.
2) I'm taking a PE class at community college this fall - weight training! I really need someone to teach me how to lift weights correctly (bonus - it counts toward my BSN).

Did I ever mention that I hate exercise? I wish I was one of those endorphin junkies. I'd love to trade food for exercise. Is it possible?

Remembered

2009-08-03T01:40:23Z

Ronan by Liz Allen

My heartfelt thanks to my dear friend Liz for remembering our baby on her family beach getaway. I owe so much to her and to her angel Janell. I would have been lost without the support Liz gave to me in my deepest darkest grief. She was a positive example and gave me the courage and freedom to remember and grieve for Ronan the way I needed to. I may never be able to repay that to Liz, but I can pay it forward for Ronan and Janell. I have and I will continue to do so at every opportunity. Their memory lives on in my heart with many special angels.

Liz's nonprofit:
www.asmallvictory.org

My loss support community:
our_angels

Thank you, Liz. :)

Beach weekend

2009-08-03T01:16:14Z

Me & Kev in the surf with Jonathan. Myrtle Beach, SC - July 26, 2009.

We went to Myrtle Beach last weekend. Two days and one night. Lots of sand, lots of sun, lots of driving. It was fun and too short. The end.

Ultimate Johnny beach cuteness, 7/25/09.

Those are my favorites... More pics available on Facebook (some of you still need to join me there - c'mon, suck it up already).

LJ

2009-07-17T20:33:09Z

LJ also needs a "reply all" feature so that I can post one reply that everyone who has commented can see without having to return to my page. You know, like "thanks guys" once instead of however many times? LOL You know you agree.

LJ

2009-07-17T14:04:30Z

LJ needs a "like" button like facebook. That way I could let my friends know I'm reading without actually having to post a comment. I am so tired today.

Our New Car

2009-07-13T01:32:31Z

Our 2008 Toyota Yaris

We bought our first car together on Friday (7/10). After nearly seven years of marriage we are finally going into debt together. I guess it's about time? :P We bought a 2008 Toyota Yaris from Carmax. We got it for just under $14,000. It was barely used, only had 6,500 miles on it. It's a pretty little thing. I love that it's green. I am so sick of silver and champagne and burgundy and BORING cars. It doesn't have a lot of bells and whistles. It's an automatic with A/C and a CD AM/FM radio. That's it. No power door locks or windows, not even cruise control. The way we see it, those are a few less things we'll have to repair one day. It gets great gas mileage... 28mpg city and 33 highway. We wanted something economical to get us to and from work. We're going to share. Whoever comes home earliest from work will have to drive the van so that it is available for transporting children in the evenings (and on weekends). Kevin works a lot of late nights... Hehe. I love this car.

Utterly disgusting

2009-06-30T18:38:05Z

I saw this on the Tyra show...

www.ashleymadison.com

It's a dating website for married people. Need I say more?

The guy who founded it tried to defend it by saying that people were going to do it anyway. But why go online to regular dating sites and lie about their marital status? Ummm... newsflash ASSHOLE - cheating on your spouse through an "honest" profile on your site is STILL a betrayal and it is STILL deceit. Maybe not to the lowlife the person is hooking up with, but to the unfortunate and unknowing spouse. So who are you helping? Die now please.

I am absolutely appalled and outraged at this.

About Michael Jackson

2009-06-26T01:54:37Z

I'm going to give my opinion here and then I am going to let it lie... I won't be commenting here or on FB or anywhere after this.

I feel like the Michael Jackson - the TALENT - that we knew and loved died many many years ago. I mean no disrespect by that. It is the simple truth. I am not going to comment on his physical or mental state or about any of the allegations made against him. I just don't care to get into that.

Some people are taking this way too seriously. It's rediculous.

Anybody here watch Jon & Kate?

2009-06-23T03:35:49Z

I haven't been watching religiously all along, but I tuned in to the season premier (half of it) and I watched all of tonight's episode. What has happened to them makes me sad. Just seeing how much they've changed and how it's torn them apart. I know there is way way more than meets the eye, but wow... I am on Kate's side. She seems genuinely hurt, sad, and scared that her marriage is ending. Jon seems to care less. He seemed very nonchalant about it and even said he was "excited" to be moving on to a new chapter of his life. What an asshole. Yeah, Kate has always been a bit type A and has micromanaged the hell out of her family (and at times emasculated her husband), but I think she did it to keep a routine and sense of security for her family. Having a lot of kids is chaotic (I should know) and kids thrive on routines. The more you have, the less "routine" your life tends to be. And they are living theirs in the public eye. How impossibly hard is that? It doesn't matter if you shit sunshine and piss rainbows, someone is going to have an issue with how you are raising your kids. Yes, they made their choices, but I doubt either one of them planned on things turning out this way. So yes, I am sad for them.

First post

2009-05-28T04:23:28Z

...from my new iPhone. Squee!

Posted via LiveJournal.app.

March for Babies 2009

2009-04-28T21:31:03Z

Our March for Babies walk on 4/18 was a success! Team Ronan Christopher raised $905!! It was a beautiful and perfect day. It was emotional for me, but in a good way. I am always overwhelmed with gratitude for the people who show up for the walk. I know each and every one of them has a story and a reason for being there. We were all there to help improve outcomes for babies and THAT means everything!

Me and Kev showing off our team t-shirts after the walk. These are similar to our original shirts, but they had to be re-made smaller! Yay for smaller shirts!

T-shirts are a big deal at the walk. It's one of the ways we define ourselves as a team and tell a little bit of our story. Our t-shirts read:

Ronan Christopher Roberts
1/29/05 - 1/30/05
In Loving Memory

The route is easier now than it was when we did our first walk in 2005 (it used to be 6 miles and is now down to 3.5), but being over 100lb lighter made it a breeze. It was like a liesurely stroll to me this year. I enjoyed every minute. We stayed pretty much in the center of the pack the whole way. This is the first year we have not been the last to finish. How is that for a non-scale victory? :)

My precious little miracle. He is so cute.

Could you imagine a four year old version? That's what we're missing (and so much more than we can know).

Jonathan watching the balloon launch.

These balloons were released in memory of all the babies who didn't make it. I remember many many special babies and I walk for them all.

A really nice picture of my husband Kevin... Ronan's daddy. :)

Me and Kev together under the Kwanzan Cherry memory tree.

Team Ronan Christopher 2009

Thank you to our generous sponsors for helping us surpass our goals for 2009. And thank you to everyone who recognized the importance of this walk and showed your support even though you could not donate. We truly appreciate knowing we have friends who will remember Ronan with us. That has always been what is most important to us.

Easter 2009

2009-04-13T03:47:37Z

We had a great Easter. My 17 month old niece Christine spent the night with us Saturday night. We took her to Reynolda Gardens and took pictures and dyed eggs. She went down easily in Jonathan's toddler bed (which we moved to the girls' room for the night). She was a fun addition to our Easter morning too. She and Jonathan shared (and lightly fought over) his new toys. We all piled in the shower together to get ready for Church this morning. We even managed to leave the house on time! I guess I really could handle two kids 11 months apart. Not gonna happen, though.

We picked Sara up and took her to Church with us this morning too. She really appreciated that. The kids were pretty good at Mass, especially Christine. She is such an easy baby. She sat quietly the whole time. She only got a little squirmy once. Jonathan had to go to the crying room with daddy. :) LOL We went back there to keep him company for awhile after the homily. I traded and gave him a little break.

Back at the house we had our traditional Easter egg fight. All of the eggs we dyed the night before were smashed together and eaten with raisin toast. The last egg (the unbroken one) is the champion. Kevin had the champ egg this year.

While we were waiting for our Easter ham and other goodies to cook me and Kev took the kids outside for an egg hunt (provided by Auntie Sara). After the egg hunt we drew on the driveway with Johnny's new sidewalk chalks. Such fun!

The food was wonderful and we all had a really good time. It was a very pleasant and relaxing weekend. Happy Easter!!!

Me walking in Reynolda Gardens with Christine & Jonathan. Yes, that is the Easter dress... LOVE IT! Made me feel so pretty. You know I totally had my nails redone too. LOL

Sharing is caring... Johnny shares his new toys with Christine on Easter morning. Christine says "MINE!" LOL

Jonathan and Nana have an egg fight!

Christine enjoying the egg hunt.

Johnny coloring on the driveway.

There are tons more photos at Facebook. :)

Seeds of Hope

2009-04-03T04:32:54Z

My friend Liz (cant_wake_up) founded A Small Victory in memory of her daughter Janell Victory. Liz and ASV have been featured in "People" magazine's "Heroes Among Us" for their work providing their CARE (Compassionately Alleviating Regret Everyday) Packages to local hospitals and bereaved families.

When Liz lost Janell to stillbirth in 2004 she received no guidance in how to preserve the memory of her baby. Liz held her daughter, but there are no family pictures. There was no memory box. She was given a hospital photo taken over a week after her daughter's birth. She took a lock of hair and Janell's footprints and that single photo as her only memories. She has since added things to her collection that remind her of her baby, but there is no getting that precious time with her back. So many of us who have experienced loss were similarly unaware that it was alright to make our own memories and spend as much time with our babies as we wanted. We were all unprepared.

Since her loss, Liz has strived to support other families and guide them through their grief. She helped me so much after my loss of Ronan. I was lucky to have her there to tell me my feelings were normal and my remembrances were okay. She gave me so many wonderful ideas and so much support. Now I am giving back...

A Small Victory is hosting their "Seeds of Hope" benefit dinner & auction on May 2nd in Renton, Washington. I have made a necklace in Janell's memory. I am donating it to A Small Victory for the auction. I'm very proud of it. I wanted to share work that came from my heart and my hands for such a worthy cause...

Me working on the necklace.

Close-up, unfinished.

Me modeling the finished necklace.

I love the way it turned out.

Liz, I hope that you like it. Everything about this necklace reminds me of Janell. I didn't know her like you did, but you have made her important to me and to so many others. You do her a great honor. Her memory lives on in every life she's touched. And she has touched so many.

Random updates

2009-03-11T15:27:18Z

I bought Jonathan this shirt on sale from Gymboree. When I was pregnant with him after our two losses we always said (hoped), "the third time is the charm." We were jinxy about sharing his name with anyone while I was pregnant, so Jonathan's nickname became "Lucky." We were hoping it would be true and I would carry him to term and have a healthy living baby in the end. He was very lucky indeed and I carried him to 39 weeks (had to be induced, even). So this shirt means a lot more to me than a St. Patrick's Day novelty.

Other updates...

Kevin has put in for two new jobs. One is a full-time position with the marketing department at Costco (where he is a current part-time employee). His hours would be 9-5 Monday thru Friday, but would include going to some parties and community events to promote memberships for Costco. It sounds like a really good job and he's already gotten in good with marketing by doing the AMEX promos for them. The manager asked him to put in for the job. I hope he gets it!

The other job Kevin applied for is at the NC Eye Bank. He interviewed with them today and is very confident. He would be doing per diem work with them on nights. They would give him a Blackberry and he'd be "on call" to go and harvest corneas between the hours of 12am and 8am. This job obviously isn't for the squeamish, but Kevin thinks he would really like it. The pay is really good. It would be great if this led to full-time work in the future. Getting a foot in the door and all that... I am proud of him.

I am celebrating "birthday week" this Monday through Wednesday while I am off work (my actual birthday is Friday). Monday I had a nice lunch out at Macaroni Grill with Sara, Chris, and Kevin. It's been a long time since we've been able to have a double date and I really enjoyed it. Later that afternoon I took my kids downtown and we had pizza (I updated about it yesterday). Yesterday I treated myself to a mani/pedi. Today I plan to go to Reynolda Gardens with Jonathan and Kevin and have a nice lunch at Village Tavern. Should be nice. I hope the camilias will be in bloom. The pears, cherries, and willows already are. It's beautiful and the weather has been so nice the last few days... pure heaven.

I guess that's most of the important stuff for now.

I forgot to mention...

2009-02-13T19:49:32Z

That I am down to my pre-pregnancy weight. And by that I mean before I had Carmen. I have not been this small in 11 years.

This especially amazes me that I should have lost another 5 pounds while eating like utter crap. Entirely too much stress lately... When I finally get my butt back in gear, I am going to be on FIRE.

My new baby

2009-02-03T20:27:39Z

Toshiba M305 - S4848 Satellite Laptop

My Gateway laptop suffered death by scalding a little over a week ago when my mug of hot tea tipped onto it (and me). The hard drive was completely fried. I was using the kids' Toshiba laptop and waiting patiently for our tax returns, but I was lucky. My dad took me out Saturday and bought me the above Toshiba M305 laptop. It's shiney. And I am happy. It's birthday (mine is in March) and Christmas for 2009. Mom is contributing some money towards it too. I still consider this a mega gift and mass spoilage. My parents just don't do stuff like this. I was pretty floored.

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Based on the innovative Intel® Core™ microarchitecture, so it runs faster and is more energy-efficient for cooler, quieter operation.
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Multiformat DVD±RW/CD-RW drive with double-layer support
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250GB Serial ATA hard drive capacity (5400 rpm)
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Including play, pause, stop, previous track and next track provide easy media control.
Built-in webcam and microphone
Make it easy to video chat with friends and family.
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Supports Secure Digital, MultiMediaCard, Memory Stick, Memory Stick PRO and xD-Picture Card formats for convenient digital photo transfer.
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Update: The First 48 Hours

2009-01-23T05:10:43Z

Dear Friends,

I am pleased and excited to report that less than 48 hours after sending out my first email for March for Babies I have reached one quarter of my personal goal! I am now up to $125 thanks to the help of four very generous sponsors. We have also welcomed new team members! This year we will be combining our efforts with my friend and co-worker, Ashlie. She will be walking in memory of her son Mason James. We haven't decided on a new team name yet, but we'll keep you posted.

This is a tough time of year for our family with Ronan's birthday and anniversary so near. He would have been four years old on January 29th. It really helps to know that you are thinking of us. Thank you to everyone who has shown us your support!

Just to mention a few details I left out before:

Credit, Debit, and Paypal online Donations - All donations are one-time only. My site is set to take donations of $10, $15, $20, and $25, but you may manually enter a higher dollar amount if you wish. The website will automatically send you a receipt for tax purposes. I am also able to print them manually if there are any issues with receipts.

http://www.marchforbabies.org/caramaea

Don't forget to leave your name and a personal note on the site for me and my team!! We appreciate your encouragement! It will display in the scroll bar on the side of my page!

Cash and Check donations - The site is secured with VeriSign and McAfee and is backed by the BBB, but for those wary of making donations online, you can send cash or checks to me (please make checks or money orders out to March of Dimes) at:

*address provided via private email*

I would also be happy to collect them in person (in exchange for a big hug). I will take any amount from $1 on up. No amount is too small. I will enter cash and check donations manually on the site and print you a receipt.

If you want to sponsor me, but don't have the money now- you can make an online pledge using the site. The walk takes place on April 18th, so money can be turned in anytime before then. Your donation will reflect in my status bar once I have received the money and updated the site. Or you could just contact me and let me know. I would be so happy to hear from you.

Other ways you can help - Spread the word! Please consider posting my banner on your website or in your email signature. The details are on my site. There are lots of ways to show your support! I promise I would appreciate any effort at all.

Much love to you all,

Maggie

March for Babies 2009

2009-01-21T04:28:43Z

Dear friends,

I will be walking in the 2009 March for Babies in memory of my son Ronan Christopher. My team has raised over $2200 for this cause in the past. We have enjoyed a tremendous amount of support from many of you! Please find it in your hearts to sponsor me again. I understand that economic times have been hard on many of us. If you are unable to sponsor me there are other ways you can help! Join our team! You can help raise funds by posting a banner on your webpage or email signature. Just go to http://www.marchforbabies.org/caramaea to find links! We would also welcome anyone who would like to support us simply by walking with our team. Please show us you care!

With heartfelt thanks,

Maggie

The disappearing child

2009-01-20T16:44:54Z

I had a strange dream last night. I was outside in the back yard with Jonathan and my other son. I was about to take their picture. I fumbled and had some difficulty getting them in the viewfinder. By the time I got the camera focused, they were gone. I immediately worried about the road. They were both toddlers. I ran for the front of the house. I spotted them and called out, but they ran from me. I caught up to Jonathan, but not the other little boy. He was lost. In my mind he was younger than Jonathan. I couldn't remember his name and didn't remember being pregnant with him either. I stopped by the side of the road with Jonathan's hand in mine. I stared at the house and questioned my sanity. Had I even had another son? I just couldn't remember. I kept looking, but I never found him before I woke up.

It's close to Ronan's birthday and I just had a negative pregnancy test. Very interesting how this translated into my subconscious.

The wedding

2009-01-17T14:12:10Z

I had a weird, but good dream last night. I remarried Kevin. We got married outdoors on a green lawn. I recognized a lot of friendly faces looking on. All of our family and our children were there. I was slender, barefoot, and wearing a billowy strapless silk organza gown. I was gorgeous. We didn't have traditional vows. In fact, I didn't even make it all the way down the lawn. I broke into a run when I saw him. I ran toward Kevin smiling and he started running toward me too. I threw my arms out and he caught me, my leg came up and around his hip. We embraced. With my face pressed to his, I exclaimed, "I will be with you now and forever!" I kissed him. There was applause.

And you know we will be. And we will live happily ever after too. The end. :)