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Although we try to reserve this blog for tips and stories regarding preemies and parenting, one of the parenting blogs we read, The McMommy Chronicles invited us to participate in her Meme. Since we feature our story and photo on our main site, but we don’t really offer any insight into who we are on The Playpen, we thought it would be a great opportunity for you to get to know us. This weeks topic: “Seven Things About us You May Not Know “. Thanks, McMommy!
FRANKIE
1. Her middle name is “Marley”, named after the late great Bob.
2. Was born at 32 weeks (3lbs, 6oz.), and spent a month-and-a-half in the NICU at Cedars-Sinai in Los Angeles. She’s now three and doing swimmingly!
3. Recently BEAT a condition sometimes associated with prematurity called ASD (more about this in next weeks post).
4. Loves the song “I Would Die For You”, by Prince and the Revolution.
5. Favorite activity at the moment: “Gardening”. (i.e.-taking a shovel and throwing dirt all over our tiled patio).
6. Hates….I mean HATES, having her hair washed, going to bed and any type of meat.
7. Loves….making art projects at daycare, saving them for us, then completely destroying them in the car on the way home.
ALINE
1. I love to read. I find comfort in cuddling up with my blankee and getting into a really good book. I do however have a darker side to reading, I go through these phases or reading trashy historical romance novels, the real cheesy kind too. You know, the ones with the tanned sea captain and the beautiful frail maiden? Yeah that kind. I never buy them, I check them from the library and anonymously return them.
2. I was born in a country of war, and pretty much until I moved to the States, hearing and seeing bombs drop all around our house was a “normal” thing.
3. My Parents never made it to the hospital in time for my delivery, I was born in the front seat of a cream colored 1969 VW bug.
4. Wore blue contact lenses in high school, and when asked if they were fake (as if you can’t tell) I would say no. I figured since my dad and brother have blue eyes people will think “oh it’s in the genes!”.
5. If there was a seed eating contest, I would win it every time. Due to my background, the skill of “cracking and opening” seeds comes innately to me. I’m the Speedy Gonzales of seeds, I can fill up a bowl in half the time any human being can. It’s quite impressive.
6. In my country they sell little “chicks” during Easter on a mobile cart. So, along with chocolate bunnies, marshmallows and jelly beans you can pick up a baby chick if you wish. I, of course had one. Took care of it like a pet until we couldn’t keep her in the house any longer. She ended up on a good farm where I would visit quite often.
7. One year my Grandparents gave me two hamsters for Christmas. By next Christmas I had 27. Yes, I do love the animal Kingdom.
MATT
1. I have played golf, piano and guitar for over 20 years. I have gotten progressively worse at each every year.
2. I gag whenever I eat pumpkin pie, but I also love the flavor. So one of my wife’s favorite Thanksgiving traditions is me sitting at the dinner table, pounding pumpkin pie while coughing, choking and gagging (got the visual?).
3. I wasn’t that excited about having my daughter for the first six months of her life. Now I would step out in front of a bus for her a thousand times over.
4. I don’t think my wife cooks arroz con pollo enough (It is absolutely delicious).
5. When I was in high school, I had curly hair down to my mid-back, a denim jacket with the cover of Iron Maiden “Killers” airbrushed on it, about 100 heavy metal buttons, and a little plastic skeleton hanging from each front pocket. I am considering bringing this look back.
6. I have a hard time coming to terms with the fact that I can’t just jump on a skateboard or dive for a football any more without seriously injuring myself. (I ran into a parked car on a post route after a night of tequila and lime on the rocks recently).
7. I have had some ups and down in my life over the past few years, and it has been a challenge. But through it all I have realized that my friends and my family are the one constant you can depend on. That, in and of itself, makes the rest of the “noise” irrelevant.
The next part of the process is to tag other blogs we read and invite them to join in. Be sure to post a comment so we know you’ve added your “Seven Things” to your blog.
Matt & Aline
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April 17th, 2008 at 2:01 pm
There are SO many good things about this post…I don’t even know where to begin!
Can I tell you how I love, love, love the fact that Frankie’s middle name is Marley?? We are HUGE Marley fans in this house. In fact, the first time both kids ever “danced” was to marley songs. Matty’s favorite is Jammin and Carter’s favorite is Buffalo Soldier.
Aline, I also wore blue contacts in high school and wanted everyone to think they were my real eye color!! I always thought there was nothing more beautiful than people who had blue eyes with brown hair. Of course, I looked downright SCARY with them in. The ironic part? I now have a son with blue eyes and brown hair! He doesn’t look scary at all.
And Matt. I’m not sure what I’m loving more…the annual pumpkin pie gag-a-thon…the Iron Maiden denim jacket…or the fact that you still think you can handle tequila and lime on the rocks.
I love The Playpen family!!! So glad I got to know you better!
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May 5th, 2008 at 5:47 pm
This is great! I love it! I guess I’ll have to reveal my cheesy obsession with diarrhea song jokes!
HAAAAAAAAAA
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