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About FireMom & FireDad

FireMom

28. Wife. Mom to BigBrother (November 05) and LittleBrother (November 07). First Mom to the Munchkin. Working from home as a freelance writer and editor. Doing a little photography on the side.

Likes: Avocados. Snow. 90’s music. Books, books, books. Water, iced tea and the occasional calorie splurge of a Pepsi. Oh, and coffee in the morning. Pierogis and paczki. Diamonds. Photography. Writing, writing, writing. Napping. Long walks, not necessarily on the beach. Yellow roses.

Dislikes: Turnips. Excessive heat (aka, summer). When there’s no coffee in the morning. Loud noises at night. Fire calls on holidays… or birthdays. Lack of sleep. Stickers, also known as hang nails. Mommy wars. The fact that all pants are too long for short legs. Cats that use the rose garden as their bathroom. TROLLZ.

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 also writes for AdoptionBlogs.com on a few various blogs.

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.

Likes: Steelers. Penn State. Football in general. Post Secret. Stupid humor on YouTube. Or, really, stupid humor in general. Family Guy. Simpsons. Louder music than FireMom likes. Being outside. Fixing things FireMom breaks. Making beer, not moonshine. St. Patrick’s Day in Pittsburgh, PA. Sadie the Dog, but not so much Annie. Wrestling with BigBrother and, now, LittleBrother. Oh, yeah, fire trucks.

Dislikes: Gas prices. When FireMom nags. Waking up in the morning. Waking up from naps. Waking up for fire calls. Waking up in general. Sauerkraut, which annoys FireMom. Chick flicks. And anything that interferes with naps or sleep in general. Bums at Pirates games.

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.

Currently in the midst of the “Negotiating Threes”, BigBrother is actually and surprisingly enjoying being a big brother. 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.

Likes: Thomas the Train, the movie Cars, Toy Story, Buzz Lightyear, anything fire truck related, crashing cars together, coloring with crayons, his sandbox, swinging, his slide, climbing up his slide the wrong way, tractors (real or play), milk, Naked juice (berry flavor), macaroni, pierogis, blocks, dancing to 80’s music (no, really), church, girls at church, brushing his teeth, baths with bubbles and his Caterpillar bed. And, as of June 2009, learning to read! Oh, and really, don’t touch Buzz Lightyear.

Dislikes: Naps, when someone touches Buzz Lightyear, when he misbehaves and gets a toy taken away from him, time outs, fruit that is slimy except for bananas, long car rides, putting on jackets, when it’s time to come inside, loud noises and textures, when FireMom has to wash his blankies (he has three), when people put the wrong trains in the wrong sheds, when his train tracks break, when we don’t want to read the same book for the 8564907th time, holding hands, when FireMom & FireDad kiss. And, oh, naps.

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’s a cloth diapered little dude (half Fuzzi Bunz and half Goodmama fitteds with various covers) and is occasionally worn (mostly in a Mei Tai from MeiTaiCarrier.com). The latter, however, is rare and usually in a must-do type situation. He’d really rather walk. Or, er, run. He has not yet met a food he doesn’t like.

Likes: Running, cloth diapers, his green fuzzy blanket (it’s the best blanket EVER of which he now has two), his bagillion grandparents, bananas, water, rice milk, apples, strawberries, Woody, Buzz Lightyear, playing with cars, fire trucks, dancing, guitars, chasing BigBrother, being outside in general, BigBrother, baths, BigBrother, BigBrother, BigBrother.

Dislikes: Regular milk due to what it does to his butt, when Mommy leaves.

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Last Updated on October 21, 2009.