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About FireMom & FireDad

FireMom

29. Wife. Mom to BigBrother (November 05) and LittleBrother (November 07). First Mom to the Munchkin. Working from home as a freelance writer and editor. Moonlighting as a newspaper photographer.

If you’re interested, you can also find FireMom on Twitter and Facebook. FireMom also writes about her personal adoption journey at The Chronicles of Munchkin Land. The Munchkin will also be mentioned as seen fit on this blog but adoption will not be the focus of this blog. She is also a Contributing Editor for Mom Central Technology, AdoptionBlogs.com and the Ohio Moms Blog.

For more professional information, visit JennaHatfield.com.

FireDad

27. Husband. Dad to the previously mentioned brothers. Professional fire fighter and thus the reason for all the fire analogies and terminology. Big bad hunter. Also a paramedic and an ex-soldier. In short, he can either save you or kill you.

FireDad shuns (SHUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUNS) MySpace and Facebook. He recently was forced to adopt a Twitter account but due to the sensitive nature of his job, all of his updates are private. Hit us up via the contact form if you’re in desperate need of FireDad’s twitter account approval.

Together

FireMom & FireDad were married in 2004. Together they enjoy really boring things like Jeopardy or playing Scrabble or Chess. They’re also somewhat dorkily addicted to Wii. They like snow, which is why they went skiing on their honeymoon, but they also like the beach. In fact, the outdoors are pretty darn awesome. They laugh at immature jokes, send each other stupid videos and occasionally instant message each other when in talking range.

…And then they had some kids.

BigBrother

BigBrother was born in November of 2005. For those that can’t do math, no, FireMom & FireDad were not expecting at their wedding but did start trying to conceive shortly after they said their vows due to a medical condition on FireMom’s part. The pregnancy with BigBrother was rather hectic and complicated due to said medical condition but resulted in a healthy, eight pound, eight ounce little boy born at thirty-eight weeks gestation.

He is a very inquisitive four year old who loves playing on the computer. His favorite sites include Nick Jr, PBS Kids, Thomas and Friends and JumpStart. He recently got his first CD-ROM game and is enjoying hunting for Waldo. He plays well with his younger brother unless that child dares to touch Buzz Lightyear. Then all heck breaks loose. Really. In fact, we now have two Buzzes on premises. That doesn’t mean that teeth aren’t bared when someone dares to look at the other’s Buzz Lightyear. Seriously.

LittleBrother

For the neb-noses among us, yes, FireMom & FireDad did choose to have their children THAT close together. Some of that was based upon the fact that BigBrother hadn’t yet started having tantrums when they made the decision. Some of it was based on the same medical condition. And some of it was based on the large age difference between FireMom & FireDad’s siblings. All that aside, LittleBrother came into the world two years and one week (still in the month of November) after BigBrother arrived. He weighed in at seven pounds, seven ounces. He also made it to thirty-eight weeks gestation just one day shy of the thirty-nine week mark.

Shockingly, he’s still pretty laid back. He sleeps for about thirteen hours at night and takes a two hour nap. He no longer walks. He runs, chasing BigBrother everywhere. He potty-trained during the Winter That Refused To End 2010. He is a food lover.

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Last Updated on April 13, 2010.