tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-126514132024-02-03T12:37:07.826-05:00Not as glamorous as I thought it would be...Journal of a working mom of a preemie princess born at 28 weeks, who happens to be a preemie, born at 30 weeks, herself! Join in as she tries to navigate two very different worlds; the very methodical computer world, as a .NET programmer and the very tumultuous world of parenting.Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13866020541016760651noreply@blogger.comBlogger347125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12651413.post-44824429050456400802010-01-24T11:36:00.002-05:002010-01-24T11:44:55.122-05:00Arianna's new glassesJenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13866020541016760651noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12651413.post-3671912585941958142009-12-08T10:14:00.002-05:002009-12-08T10:17:41.201-05:00Arianna at 3.5 years oldAnd what post would be complete without some Arianna pictures!To say I'm proud of her would be an understatement, she's amazing to me :)Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13866020541016760651noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12651413.post-80032063771398724742009-09-04T21:24:00.002-04:002009-09-04T21:38:01.316-04:00I'm published!She had a hard time growing When Jennifer DeCesari learned that she was about to deliver her baby at 28 weeks, her first reaction was to say, “I’m a preemie, too. Everything will be OK.” But now, DeCesari sees in her daughter’s struggles reminders of her own painful childhood. And she has found that everything is not OK.DeCesari was born in Boston in 1978 at 30 weeks’ gestation, Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13866020541016760651noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12651413.post-40405769898971667512009-08-26T22:13:00.002-04:002009-08-26T22:17:11.393-04:00FacebookSo... what's new with me?AHH!!! I'm running around like a chicken with my head cut off!My photography business is growing and thriving and I'm INSANELY busy! I do alot of my marketing on facebook so you can find me there most days and here almost never as I don't have much time.My photography business site is a blog and you'll see me there nearly every day too. So if you want to check up on me Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13866020541016760651noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12651413.post-5980693771085121412009-08-26T22:08:00.003-04:002009-08-26T22:13:27.167-04:00One yearI can't believe she is one year...Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13866020541016760651noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12651413.post-11282237401349059352009-06-12T14:55:00.006-04:002009-06-12T15:07:07.909-04:00Someday......I'll look back on this shot and want to get this time period back. I'm so glad I have a picture!Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13866020541016760651noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12651413.post-34943224142041092082009-06-09T21:22:00.002-04:002009-06-09T21:32:16.003-04:00I can appreciateThere are days when I am more appreciative of how hard some things are for Arianna. Of course she doesn't know its hard, it's all she's known, but one day she'll realize it.Arianna got a bad stomach bug Sunday. At 3 PM she was running a fever of 103. I was running out the door to photo session so I gave the tylenol to Dad and told him to watch her. I got home and things were ok, fever broke.Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13866020541016760651noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12651413.post-20872776572147636132009-06-02T23:31:00.003-04:002009-06-02T23:40:35.135-04:00Goodbye dear friendTiSan 1995 - May 27, 2009Last week we had to say goodbye to our dear furry friend TiSan. We've had TiSan for 8 years and, at 14, he was old. He took a stroke Wednesday morning but it was really the last thing to go in a long list of 'problems'. He had high blood pressure, horrible food allergies and was losing weight at an alarming rate. He was so frail when we held him for the last time.He Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13866020541016760651noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12651413.post-90015990975997418542009-06-02T23:12:00.002-04:002009-06-02T23:28:23.491-04:00Back from 'the dead'I know, I know... where have I been?I've been busy with life. I had to reorganize my priorities the last few weeks because EVERYTHING was out of control - I'm not kidding. I dropped the majority of those stupid MOMS groups and joined Flylady.net again. The house is clean, the kids are happy and, more importantly, I'm happy.My photography business is booming right now - 8 sessions this month! Wow!Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13866020541016760651noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12651413.post-31165746409290765252009-04-22T23:33:00.002-04:002009-04-22T23:40:05.821-04:00I'm a little biasedBut I swear she's the cutest 'baby in a pink hat sitting in a swing'. I'm hopelessly addicted to this cute kid!Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13866020541016760651noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12651413.post-84945990223353851052009-03-30T13:43:00.006-04:002009-03-30T14:02:50.808-04:00My girlsToday was another preemie dig at my heart & soul.Arianna had her 3 year pediatrician appointment.She's 36" tall, finally. But lost weight, again. She's 26 lbs. 1 oz. She has a cold, no surprise, but I think we've come to the conclusion she has asthma and will need to be on medicine now. Although this is totally no surprise to me I'm bummed. Being a preemie has hit her hard for being a Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13866020541016760651noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12651413.post-46135160617821348632009-03-16T13:46:00.007-04:002009-03-30T14:04:59.566-04:00They like me, they really really like meI was interviewed for an article on pregnancy after having a preemie. The article is here.Unlike Glad, Jennifer D of Cumberland, R.I., knew when she was pregnant with her first child that she was at increased risk of giving birth prematurely. Due to a bout with cervical cancer at age 18, she had already been diagnosed with an incompetent cervix. In addition, she'd been a preemie herself – born Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13866020541016760651noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12651413.post-83739704176904656292009-03-14T23:45:00.003-04:002009-03-14T23:54:40.041-04:00Photographers are funnyI did a workshop today that was lots of fun. Our model was the flaming red head you see below, yes, the female one...Photographers are funny people :PJenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13866020541016760651noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12651413.post-20526609059094468292009-03-13T00:01:00.003-04:002009-03-13T08:19:02.157-04:00Year ThreeToday my preemie pumpkin turns 3. She amazes me every day - earlier this week she demonstrated to me that she can read the words 'cat', 'hat' and 'bus'. She also deomonstrated what a sassy attitude year 3 carries with it. I'll miss 2 but I'm excited to see what 3 has to offer.I love you my red headed baby big girl :)At the end of year 1 and now:Make an on-line slideshow at Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13866020541016760651noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12651413.post-60240416066994383812009-03-05T21:33:00.002-05:002009-03-05T21:35:41.490-05:00I think I may have a little model on my hands...Daria was a baby model for a photography workshop I did today. She's so yummy :)Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13866020541016760651noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12651413.post-23692462620791299892009-02-25T22:55:00.003-05:002009-02-25T23:01:33.927-05:00Hyper SpeedMy life is moving at hyper speed right now - I've had 9 photography clients this month and 2 workshops - I'm BEYOND swamped so I haven't had any updates. Life (and blogging) will return to its regularly scheduled programming soon.Daria turned 6 months... where did the time go? Seriously, I miss my little baby... now she's my big baby. Last night at dinner I think she ate more than her sister Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13866020541016760651noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12651413.post-13605460308762114032009-02-12T23:01:00.002-05:002009-02-12T23:02:53.292-05:00Feeling nostalgic today...I miss the sky...Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13866020541016760651noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12651413.post-1701180723329728732009-02-01T16:46:00.000-05:002009-02-01T16:45:40.839-05:00American values...I was at the mall a few days ago when this picture caught my eye on an advertisement display. It's back?! Seriously?! It's back for another season?What's happened to America? I get so sick to my soul when I see this type of stuff advertised as heavily as it is! What happened to the values of yester-year when teenage pregnancy is glamorized like this?!Is this really what the American teenagerJenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13866020541016760651noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12651413.post-72564190908367189182009-01-28T21:22:00.002-05:002009-01-28T21:25:39.907-05:00Get it, don't or quitThis was my husbands boss' statement to her staff concerning the 45% increase in benefits cost for the coming year. It's all employee paid with no contribution from the company.It was followed up with... "solve your problem, simply spend less".Ya... this coming from someone married to a doctor and 'childfree'.If this economy wasn't so sucky he'd be working somewhere else me thinks...Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13866020541016760651noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12651413.post-82851619271342283752009-01-25T22:07:00.000-05:002009-01-25T22:08:09.093-05:00Can you tell?That I'm a 'Mom-With-A-Camera' yet?Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13866020541016760651noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12651413.post-44853042463883594802009-01-25T01:04:00.000-05:002009-01-25T01:05:18.752-05:00A rare capture...Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13866020541016760651noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12651413.post-48540177200477891912009-01-24T23:30:00.003-05:002009-01-24T23:46:46.951-05:00You know what they say...... moms spend so much time taking care of their kids they rarely take care of themselves.I've been extremely neglectful of myself since early last summer really. I've been dieting since I knew what the word meant - always having more than a few pounds to lose. I was heaviest on my wedding day - tipping the scales at 222 lbs. Thank goodness I haven't seen 200+ in more than 6 years now. But I Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13866020541016760651noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12651413.post-7075022116287199782009-01-24T00:28:00.002-05:002009-01-24T00:30:41.516-05:005 monthsHer beautiful chubby cheeks always make me smile - she's so amazing. At some point during her 4th month her demeanor started to change and I started to like her (*grin*) She was not as whiney anymore and definitely more interactive. I love this phase!She weighed in at 16 lbs. even at her 4 month appointment... for reference Arianna weighed 17 lbs. at one YEAR.Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13866020541016760651noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12651413.post-64635767817578688462009-01-23T17:09:00.003-05:002009-01-23T17:12:02.457-05:00Sweet Baby JamesEarly Thursday morning my cousin Kim's sweet baby boy James passed away - he was 2 weeks old.Please keep them in your prayers - everyone is devastated.For anyone that has gone through this please let me know if there is some 'gift' I can get them to acknowledge that he lived and was loved by his family. I'm really at a loss.Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13866020541016760651noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12651413.post-48576575750214076452009-01-11T10:41:00.003-05:002009-01-11T10:46:16.863-05:00Picture Post"Mom, I said stop taking my picture!"Enjoying an 'adult' conversation after dinner - when did she get so big?Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13866020541016760651noreply@blogger.com1