This past Friday brought yet another trip to the Children’s Mercy ER for a bout with croup. This one was relatively brief compared to the last couple. Just one breathing treatment and a steroid injection and we were ready to come home. We were in the ER shortly after midnight and home [...]

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On July 24th at 12:37pm, Corey and Monique became the proud parents of Charisse Comfort Madrid-Rittmaster. Her arrival was a bit of a surprise, however we’re excited to welcome her into the family with open arms.
She came into our world at 26” tall, 34” long, and 45” wide. She doesn’t weigh as much as [...]

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Hey all. Just a quick post so that everyone knows that we got home OK. The picture is of Mikaela, while we were waiting to board our flight home at LaGuardia airport. The flight itself was pretty uneventful – Mikaela was cranky for the first 20 minutes or so, but then the Benedryl kicked in [...]

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That picture is probably a perfect summary of our day. Our final plan for the Central Park Zoo and the Carousel were dashed by a day of rain. But we did still have a fun day. We spent the morning on an excursion to Aunt Bunny’s home base of Hoboken, New Jersey. Bunny hired a [...]

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Day Three of our trip got off to a bit of an inauspicious start. We had planned to spend the morning at Central Park, but Mikaela (and her tummy) had other plans. After what we think was a nasty combination of eating her grapes for breakfast too fast with a side of Desitin [...]

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Well, our plans were altered slightly. Instead of Central Park, today we hit Battery Park and Washington Square Park.
Mikaela had a rough time getting to sleep last night – she finally went to sleep at almost 11 p.m. But she did sleep until 8 a.m., so she still got a decent night’s sleep. We [...]

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We left the house this morning at about 5:15 a.m. to begin our vacation in New York City. The flight on Midwest Airlines was pleasant – Mikaela slept through most of it. We took a cab to our hotel, and the room was ready so we were able to check in early. The room is [...]

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Okay – I’m trying to do a better job of keeping up. There’s now a July 2004 Photo Album available in the right-hand column. It includes pictures from Samantha Davie Rittmaster’s baby naming that was a Lloyd & Judy Hellman’s house on July 11.

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Wow. I didn’t realize how overdue I’d gotten in getting new pictures posted. The June 2004 album is now available in the righthand column. I should have some July pictures up soon as well. Also coming soon (but probably still a couple of weeks away), Baby Sam will get her own [...]

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