Martine f. posted an article on I Need A Sugar Fix - Feb 10, 2012, 2:35 pm
Hi Everyone! It's Friday again, go visit Sippy Cups for more info! There is a new post on Reality BitesEarlier this week a stranger came up to our front door and tried to steal a package I had out for UPS to pick up. He had with him a large dog and it was the kind of dog that you wouldn't want to p...
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Martine f. posted an article on I Need A Sugar Fix - Feb 9, 2012, 1:57 pm
I really like to read, but in the past few years I haven't done very much of it. Life took over and anytime I'd try to pick up a book I'd either get distracted or quickly get heavy eyes and fall asleep! I could never really get into a book and before I knew it, I wouldn't even be able to find it. Gu...
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Martine f. posted an article on I Need A Sugar Fix - Feb 7, 2012, 2:22 pm
We enjoyed our time out of the Southern California Sun, in the Michigan snow. We've learned that BB does not appreciate standing in sand or snow. He prefers a hard compact surface instead of sand or snow. He did enjoy "shoveling" though!
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Martine f. posted an article on I Need A Sugar Fix - Feb 4, 2012, 12:24 am
Friday Night Leftovers!! Visit Sippy Cups (and her newborn baby boy) for more info! - There is a new post on my private blog Reality Bites... and doesn't let go. If you're a member click on the link on the top left hand of this blog. If you're not a member and want to be, leave a comment and make s...
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Martine f. posted an article on I Need A Sugar Fix - Feb 1, 2012, 3:50 pm
I censor myself on I Need A Sugar Fix, a whole heck of a lot! I don't know who is and isn't reading the blog so I keep it neutral. Plus I've got some fairly good intel that gives me a descent idea that I've got a few blog stalkers (ie: people I don't deal with in real life because they are A holes, ...
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Martine f. posted an article on I Need A Sugar Fix - Jan 28, 2012, 3:11 pm
Our first ever mobile post can be viewed here: http://tenboa977.blogspot.com/
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Martine f. posted an article on I Need A Sugar Fix - Jan 18, 2012, 6:28 pm

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Martine f. posted an article on I Need A Sugar Fix - Jan 18, 2012, 1:00 am
BB's trike got delivered today, two days early! I couldn't believe it and was really glad I didn't pay for expedited shipping, considering it would have been delivered today as well. I LOVE ITand think it's the cutest dang trike I've ever seen.I put it together.... and searched through Seth's tool...
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Martine f. posted an article on I Need A Sugar Fix - Jan 17, 2012, 12:30 am
We did BB's Valentine photos today. It was fun and they turned out completely different than what I imagined. I thought last years photos were hard with a 9 month old wiggling around. LET ME TELL YOU,a nearly 21 month old with a mind of his own...all I can say is last year was a piece of cake!BB ...
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Martine f. posted an article on I Need A Sugar Fix - Jan 13, 2012, 5:00 pm
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh it's FRIDAY! Check out Sippy Cups for more info on FNL When I placed the trike order, they said it would arrive 1/19 but today when I looked at the confirmation it says it will arrive by 1/18!!! One day sooner than expected so that's good! We decided on a Schwinn, check out how cut...
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Martine f. posted an article on I Need A Sugar Fix - Jan 13, 2012, 12:12 am
I read the I AM post on MaMe Musings and thought I'd do it too, and was going to do it tomorrow but realized (excitedly) is Friday! I do FNL on Friday, so I have to post two times in one day :) I AM I AM... keeping my fingers crossed for something exciting to happen. I WANT… BB's new trike to ship...
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Martine f. posted an article on I Need A Sugar Fix - Jan 12, 2012, 8:24 pm
Sometimes the stroller is more exciting than the park toys. 
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Martine f. posted an article on I Need A Sugar Fix - Jan 11, 2012, 2:20 pm
I'm pretty sure BB is allergic to milk, he's tried yogurt/ice cream/milk and each time he's gotten a red rash on his face. So none of those things for BB and his doctor was concerned he might not get enough calcium, so we started to give him liquid calcium. At first he took it like a good little boy...
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Martine f. posted an article on I Need A Sugar Fix - Jan 10, 2012, 4:14 pm
Have I mentioned that BB LOVES his puppies?  They love him too, especially now that he has learned how to be gentle. We've never allowed him to man handle the dogs, but for a while BB wanted to pull their tails and ears.Something that shouldn't happen to pets. Kids shouldn't be allowed to do whatev...
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Martine f. posted an article on I Need A Sugar Fix - Jan 9, 2012, 11:23 pm
I read a chapter in the car from Everyday a Friday, on the way to the beach. I think it made our trip to the beach that much better. Seriously! (even though I forgot my camera & we had to take phone photos!) It was gorgeous, the water was pretty warm and BB ran around. The tide was out and we lo...
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Martine f. posted an article on I Need A Sugar Fix - Jan 6, 2012, 5:27 pm
Happy Happy FRIDAY! It's the first Friday of the year and so I've got to start it off right :) Visit Sippy Cups for more details.  I had a crazy thought the other day after BB was enjoying the birds... for a split second I thought he might need his very own bird at home! I quickly had flash back...
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Martine f. posted an article on I Need A Sugar Fix - Nov 1, 2011, 5:35 pm
Candy and Baby Boy are best pals.  Wherever Baby Boy is.... Candy is too! It's fun to watch them play together and grow up together.  These two dogs quotes are special! The dog was created specially for children.  He is the god of frolic.  ~Henry Ward Beecher The greatest love is a mother'...
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Martine f. posted an article on I Need A Sugar Fix - Oct 31, 2011, 12:50 pm
We went to Baby Boy's gym yesterday for their Halloween party. There were TONs of kids and parents. Thirty six kids signed up for the hour long party. Each child had to have one parent with them on the gym floor at all times, and only one parent because there were so many people. It was pretty crowd...
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Martine f. posted an article on I Need A Sugar Fix - Oct 30, 2011, 4:08 pm
Last weekend we saw some family.  Here are some photos from the visiting.... again I'm bummed I didn't get more.  These were taken outside my Grandmother's 80th birthday party. Baby Boy was running around with his balloon we got for free at Walgreens.After a while my dad, niece and nephew joine...
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Martine f. posted an article on I Need A Sugar Fix - Oct 29, 2011, 3:17 pm
It's Saturday and I'm late for Friday Night Leftovers.... oh well better late than never!!! I have a lot of things on my mind right now.... here are a few of them:If you have nothing nice to say, don't say anything at all; especially if it pertains to unhappiness regarding the possibility of a futu...
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Martine f. posted an article on I Need A Sugar Fix - Oct 25, 2011, 2:49 pm
Some of you might not realize that I Need a Sugar Fix was once a dog blog. In the spirit of dog blogging, I'm dedicating this post to my sweet pups.  The pups, Captain & Candy came with us this past weekend on our road trip up North. They are such good travelers, they make no noise in their crate, ...
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Martine f. posted an article on I Need A Sugar Fix - Oct 19, 2011, 10:30 am
Sometimes it's the small things that make my day a million times better. This morning I needed a cup of coffee, I didn't make any at home. We are heading out of town tonight and I want to minimize messes as much as possible. So early this morning I headed to Starbucks for my coffee fix with Baby Boy...
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Martine f. posted an article on I Need A Sugar Fix - Oct 7, 2011, 4:36 pm
Friday Night Leftovers! I got a quilt earlier in the year at Bed Bath & Beyond, it was on a super duper clearance for $12.99. It's currently on the back of out couch (see photo below). I liked it when I saw it and loved it when I saw the price! The funny thing is, I've seen it on a few TV shows the...
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Martine f. posted an article on I Need A Sugar Fix - Oct 4, 2011, 11:55 am
Last week I found Baby Boy with a notebook and a pen, he must of grabbed them off the table. He was "drawing" on the pages of the notebook. I was surprised to see him doing this because he's never showed any interest in coloring or drawing before. It was neat and I thought he might enjoy a real colo...
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Martine f. posted an article on I Need A Sugar Fix - Oct 2, 2011, 8:39 pm
Sidewalk chalk was on sale at Target this Saturday. Baby Boy has never played with sidewalk chalk before.When he experiences new things, he's always very serious. So don't expect a bunch of smiley photos!   At one point, Baby Boy decided he was done playing with the chalk and that the broom was mor...
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Martine f. posted an article on I Need A Sugar Fix - Sep 30, 2011, 6:38 pm
YAY!!!!!!!!!!! Can you tell I'm excited it's Friday?? Visit Sippy Cups for more info! Netflix Watch Instantly, I hope what I've been reading is true and they continue to add more and more selections. We've been watching instantly since before Baby Boy was born and I've definitely seen the options i...
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Martine f. posted an article on I Need A Sugar Fix - Sep 23, 2011, 12:09 am
Today, Baby Boy sat on his potty for the first time. He did have all his clothes on. He had removed the inner potty liner...So he couldn't actually go potty. BUT he sat on his potty all by himself for the first time! Based on my google research Baby Boy is not ready for potty training. A bunch o...
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Martine f. posted an article on I Need A Sugar Fix - Sep 18, 2011, 2:57 pm
A Few weeks ago I stopped into the The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf  for a cup of tea. As I was waiting for my tea I was looking at all the photos and advertisements on their community board, there was one for My Gym. The flier was promoting their enrollment weekend, the part that caught my attention was...
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Martine f. posted an article on I Need A Sugar Fix - Sep 16, 2011, 3:17 pm
YAY! Friday. It's my third week in a row participating since before Summer.   Click here to read more about this fun Friday tradition. I hate when I open a bottle of fuzzy water (also knows as sparkling water) and it explodes all over the place. This happened to me last night and it got all ov...
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Martine f. posted an article on I Need A Sugar Fix - Sep 15, 2011, 8:12 pm
Have you seen or heard of TOMS? I've seen them around and just figured they were just another fad. Then I saw the creator of TOMS shoes Blake Mycoski on TV and I learned that for each and every pair of TOMS shoes purchased they donate a pair to a child in need. I've always taken having shoes for gr...
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Martine f. posted an article on I Need A Sugar Fix - Sep 13, 2011, 1:09 pm
A new toy is great. A gigantic box of new toys is even better.  Thanks to my mom, Baby Boy got a GIGANTIC box of new toys from this great site:Fat Brain ToysBaby Boy tested out one of his new toys, his pound a peg set.  You can see from the below photos that he is enjoying this new toy. It's als...
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Martine f. posted an article on I Need A Sugar Fix - Sep 9, 2011, 10:09 pm
It's Friday again, THANK GOODNESS! Visit Sippy Cups for more details on this weekly post! It's September 9th and things are finally starting to look up for us. We are waiving good bye to our bad luck August. YAY. Please keep your fingers crossed, your paws crossed and say a prayer for us that things...
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Martine f. posted an article on I Need A Sugar Fix - Sep 8, 2011, 7:14 pm
I originally had planed to take some photos of Baby Boy and his fun Bunny my mom got him.  This is the only descent photo of the fun Bunny.  Little did I know, the fun Bunny would be such a hit with the dogs. Baby Boy thought this was really neat. He was instantly obsessed with putting the bunny...
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Martine f. posted an article on I Need A Sugar Fix - Sep 6, 2011, 6:51 pm
According to my camera, the last time I a took a photo was on 7/28! So now we finally have some photos!Enjoy.  Please ignore the nap time hair... we forgot to fix it before we left!  
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Martine f. posted an article on I Need A Sugar Fix - Sep 4, 2011, 7:11 pm
I haven't picked up my camera in weeks. WEEKS! Maybe even more than a month. I can't believe it.  When we were cleaning up a while back I put my camera in the closet and honestly I don't even know where exactly in the closet it is and I don't have a clue where any of my lenses are. Now that I thin...
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Martine f. posted an article on I Need A Sugar Fix - Sep 2, 2011, 2:32 pm
I haven't blogged since 8/19/11, the day after my birthday. I recently read on blog I follow the reason why the blogger blogs daily. She simply said if she didn't blog each and every day then she's eventually feel like in order to blog it would have to be something really interesting or important. I...
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Martine f. posted an article on I Need A Sugar Fix - Aug 19, 2011, 6:53 pm
We've always been intrigued with Captain's beak....His nose sticks out way past his chin.  His ears are gigantic, they are what got Seth's attention. Captain should be thankful for those big ears, without them he may not have come home with us! Anyhow, this week Seth commented that he looked li...
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Martine f. posted an article on I Need A Sugar Fix - Aug 17, 2011, 6:40 pm
Yesterday we celebrated two years with the kiddlets!I can't believe two years have already gone by. Click HERE to read our first post about Captain & Candy! These two are still tiny little dogs and it's like having eternal puppies! The pups are a very important part of our family. Candy is a Baby...
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Martine f. posted an article on I Need A Sugar Fix - Aug 13, 2011, 3:36 pm
Baby Boy has a neat skill... FISH LIPS!!!!!!!!!!!! I love this skill, it's really cute!  progression of fish lips
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Martine f. posted an article on I Need A Sugar Fix - Aug 13, 2011, 3:11 pm
If you are new to the blog, then these hairless kitty cats might be shocking.  These fabulous cats live with my parents and Miss Bailey. They've adapted well to their new Southern location.  Baby Boy likes the cats, he loves all animals regardless of their fur status!Actually, Baby Boy has never ...
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Martine f. posted an article on I Need A Sugar Fix - Aug 11, 2011, 2:43 pm
After a fun night in the Hot Spring Cabin, we packed up our things at the Hot Spring cabin, we headed back to Asheville. We stopped 20 minutes outside of town and had breakfast at Momma's County Kitchen. WOW! We enjoyed another wonderful home cooked southern meal.  When we were back in Asheville, w...
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Martine f. posted an article on I Need A Sugar Fix - Aug 7, 2011, 11:37 pm
Another fun trip we took while visiting the south was to Asheville, NC & Hot Spring, NC. We took an over night trip to celebrate my Dad's Birthday! e It's a couple hour drive from my parents, so packed up the car and headed to Asheville. Baby Boy is at the age where he doesn't really want to be si...
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Martine f. posted an article on I Need A Sugar Fix - Aug 4, 2011, 11:40 pm
Our southern travels took us to a magical farm, The Rocky Creek Farm in fact! I'm sure most of you are familiar with Lynn, her Scotties and her farm. If not you should stop by their blog. Lynn and I have been blog pals for a while now. So, when we found out that we were only about 2 hours away from ...
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Martine f. posted an article on I Need A Sugar Fix - Aug 3, 2011, 12:28 am
It's August 2 and I'm just now getting to sharing photos from our trip June! Can you say bad blogger?? :) Oh well, better late than never right?! So here I go.... our first day trip while visiting the South was to beautiful and historic Charleston, SC.  After a few hours in the car, we made an imme...
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Martine f. posted an article on I Need A Sugar Fix - Jul 16, 2011, 1:22 am
I went on vacation and then disappeared, but I'm back. I realized today that I needed to get back to my blog. I love to blog, so I'm back and rejuvenated! We had so much fun in North Carolina, we went all over the place. I'll gradually get photos posted to catch everyone up on our adventures. So...
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Martine f. posted an article on I Need A Sugar Fix - Jun 2, 2011, 11:21 am
We've been having so much fun in North Carolina, that we forgot to blog!! We got our photos back from our session a few weeks ago.check out the link - http://www.melissamaephotoblog.com/?p=2760 We are of on another Southern adventure... I promise to post photos and updates soon!
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Martine f. posted an article on I Need A Sugar Fix - May 21, 2011, 10:15 pm
Baby Boy also climbed a tree today...   Don't worry... Seth was holding him in place the entire time! He enjoyed his new vantage point and liked touching the bark.  The wind blew his hair into a mohawk!   He's also practicing early for a career in football! We also saw a really calm gopher....
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Martine f. posted an article on I Need A Sugar Fix - May 21, 2011, 9:47 pm
Baby Boy took his first official swing ride alone today. The swing set was part of a tiny kid play area at a local park.Everything was way smaller than a normal play area. Seth was taller than the swing set. I really thought Baby Boy would be bigger in the seat than he was. Looks like he's got a ...
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Martine f. posted an article on I Need A Sugar Fix - May 20, 2011, 3:48 pm
I stopped into Trader Joe's this morning and found a dozen roses for $4.99!I had to get them, I just couldn't pass up beautiful roses for less than $5!I cut them down and put them in a jar. I added a crystal necklace to jazz up the jar, I think it looks pretty cute! Happy Friday!!!!!!
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Martine f. posted an article on I Need A Sugar Fix - May 17, 2011, 3:16 pm
Hi Everyone! I'm going to be away from the blog for a while.... Baby Boy and I are headed to visit my parents in North Carolina for 2 weeks, we leave next week! We've never been to NC, so this will be a great adventure to see new sites and to fly across the county alone with Baby Boy. It will be an ...
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