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Shivan sings
Shivan has a really cute voice and counts past 15, sings Amma bhajans and sings the alphabet spontaneously. He’s been saying “I wuv you” a lot too.
Quinn woke up and said “I love you”
| First thing, Quinn told me “Chris, I love you” as he and Shiva were waking up. |
My Mom’s birthday – October 12
| Oct. 12 — It’s my momma’s birthday today, and I’m really loving and missing her! Here is an old photo of her with Quinn when he was just a little tiny guy.
My Mom is a deeply spiritual and intelligent being, and one of my few and best friends. She brought me into the world and I’m privileged to still be able to continue on the path that she helped set me out on. I’ve come back to regard spirituality as life and I attribute a lot of that to her patient guidance that she has provided for me. I hope that someday I can go get darshan from Amma with my momma. |
Sri Sri Mata Amritanandamayi Devi Birthday Celebration September 27
Divine Mother!
Again it is beloved Amma’s birthday!
“Transcending the cycle of death and rebirth, is the real purpose of this life in human form.” ~Amma
Quinn’s Birthday April 4
| It’s his birthday — he’s officially four years. He was born 4/4/2005 at 13:04 in “mountain time” |
Happy Birthday Quinn |
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Shivan’s first steps
I posted that caption on a photo today saying that Shivan was about to start walking and he just did take some first steps this evening. Cool
Well, it was kindof like one step to Jaya and then falling over — twice… so I don’t know if it counts. But he’s close. He’s such a skilled crawler I can envision him sticking to that for a while longer too.
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Happy First Birthday Shivan
I never posted this yesterday on Shivan’s birthday (March 6)… I was waiting to get a photo of him to add to the post. We never took one. But he’s happy!
Jaya’s birthday today – she’s three cubed
Happy Birthday Jaya
Om Namah Shivaya
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Halloween was fun with the kids
| Halloween was fun with the kids last week. It’s kindof sad to see that Quinn now knows what “M&M’s” are though. |
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Chris’ birthday today – Oct. 29
It’s my birthday; they tell me I’m 31. Thank yous all around.
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My Mom’s birthday today! October 12
We Love You MOM!
Jaya’s mom’s birthday was two days ago, October 10… Two grandma birthdays within two days!
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Amma’s birthday today, September 27
Again it is beloved Amma’s September 27 birthday!
Mata Amritanandamayi Devi
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Om Namah Shivaya |
“Transcending the cycle of death and rebirth, is the real purpose of this life in human form.” -Amma
And he’s hungry for food
Shivan makes it clear that he’s not just wanting to try a little taste of this or that anymore. He wants to eat!
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Shivan talks and crawls
| He’s talking to us regularly now. “Da Da Da Da Da…” And he crawls backwards. |
awesome 2 kids
I’m lying in bed between my two sleeping kids and immensely grateful.
Love,
Chris
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Baby!!!!
| He’s here! Shivan Ajna Brunning O’Malley born at 11:18 on 3/6. He is a beautiful, fat, healthy baby born at home with the support of his loved ones. Grandma caught him while Quinn and Aunt Kelly watched in amazement. Chris held me in a squat just like he did when Quinn entered the world. He is nursing well. |
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labor underway, then stalled
Jaya has been feeling rushes (“contractions”) since Monday night. They never really got stronger and appear to fade away even further after sleep. We’ve been getting good rest and Jaya’s mom and sister have been helping us take care of Quinn’s needs since yesterday morning. We set them up to stay overnight in my “office”. At this point Jaya says that the rushes are no longer regular or even perceptible.
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next couple days… leap year birthday?
Jaya is experiencing lots of crampy kindof feelings like the ones she felt the day before she went into labor with Quinn!
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really close to babytime again
Jaya had guessed that we might be having baby on the 25th, but who knows? Today we got lots of food and did some things around the house to get more prepared. I’m trying to hang out more than ever with Quinn and have fun with him. We’re really excited and it’s kindof fun to be getting “ready”
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Friends or Family: let us know your contact details
Friends or Family: let us know your contact details at http://cbrunning.net/contact/
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Illness
Quinn woke up last night nauseous (very rare).
Jaya had a seizure a couple weeks ago.
Illness is a powerful phenomenon.
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Quinn is a bigtime pretender
| It’s not big news that Quinn is pretending to be this or that object or animal, but now he does it a lot. It’s useful to be a good listener with Quinn as he responds much more favorably when you address him as “doggy” or whatever may happen to be at the moment. . |
Quinn the penguin
| By the time his first night out trick-or-treating was coming to an end, Quinn was getting really focused on candy-getting efficiency |
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getting kinda old
This guy I met today guessed in passing that I’m “what, forty-five years old…?”
I told him that I’m supposedly about to turn thirty this month.
He said, “You’re under a lot of stress”
I thought about how my grey hair is quickly spreading.
Maybe it’s the beard and scruff though. I still look like a weathered kid when I shave.
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And it’s my Mom’s Birthday today!
Happy Birthday Mom. We Love you very much.
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Amma’s birthday today, Sept. 27
It’s beloved Amma’s September 27 birthday!
Jaya had a seizure around 10:40 this morning here at home. She is OK.
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little baby is moving around
Baby Ajna is becoming active! I felt him move with my hand on Jaya’s belly.
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Big updates!
We have another baby on the way!
and… we decided to move back to Boulder! We’re all doing well.
Love,
Chris
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It’s all too beautiful
Hi, we’re still out here. We’re still considering a move, especially for Quinn. Where should we go?
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A couple of partial seizures
Over the past eleven days Jaya has had two partial seizures.
Lately we have been investigating some different ways of consciously manipulating brain wave activity, and we are hopeful that the severity of the seizures can be reduced with certain techniques. There is evidence out there that this type of thing works for some people.
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I was feeling more motivated…
Similar to what Jaya has mentioned about her pre-move decisionmaking, I was also motivated to move out here by the prospect of her seizures coming to a halt. ‘Maybe it will stop at a lower altitude…’
We still maintain a focus on finding the cause(s), but the heavy toll these things have been taking on so many aspects of our lives breeds the temptation to try and mask the symptoms — and I’m not even necessarily talking about the seizures themselves …although they’re obviously a major symptom of something.
Both of us have (separately) decided and committed to something in the past… that we aren’t only here on Earth to fufill our desire for comfort…
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Happy Birthday Quinn!
Quinn has made it for two years with us. He’s such a big boy now…
We love you!
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Compiling some seizure information
I’ve made some charts that show the dates of Jaya’s seizures. They’re available through the discussion forum at the following link:
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We made it to PA
Quinn is visiting with his Granny Madea. We beat the storm… and, apparently all the people I would have normally seen on the roads must have been really scared — very few people were out on completely drivable roads the entire way.
I promise I will do better and try and balance out these negative thoughts — I think I’m letting all this driving make my head spin.
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Lots of snow
Our bike trailer is buried underneath the mound in the front. This photograph was taken from our kitchen window in Colorado — soon before we moved.
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Re-connecting
Dear Family and Friends,
I’ve missed you and am sending Love…
Always,
Chris
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koan
The Inner light is beyond praise and blame. Like space, it knows no boundaries
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Quinn is walking
Almost a couple weeks ago, Quinn started having some success at taking a few unassisted steps here and there. We guessed that he would be walking within two weeks… we were right!
He loves it. It’s cute.
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Quinn’s Birthday!
Quinn, Shannon and I made it through one year!
Love,
Chris
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Quinn talks now
He says stuff like “uh-oh” and “bye-bye” with a hand-wave
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Teeth have appeared
Almost overnight, Quinn grew two enormous buck teeth.
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Ghandi’s advice for the despairing
“When I despair, I remember that all through history, the way of truth and love has always won. There have been tyrants and murderers, and for a time they seem invincible, but in the end, they always fall. Think of it, always.”
-Mohandas Karamachand Gandhi
Happy Mother’s Day!
It’s Mother’s Day, and I want to take the opportunity to say that every day of my life, I feel a renewed and growing respect for Mother.
I wish to express endless love and gratitude to my mother Ann and my partner Shannon for the patient and unconditional love they show for Quinn and I. I honor the mother lines that bring forth my family, my friends, and ultimately everything into my life. My wish is that my life will serve to honor all aspects of Mother — the giver, the beauty, the hope, and the love of life, the endless moment.
Many thanks to all the Mothers out there…
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Woah
I am a daddy now. The love I have for this little one is very powerful. Unique and beautiful, he chose us…
Quinn Anahata Brunning O’Malley
~Chris
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Amma quote
“Children, you may be scientist or doctor or engineer, let the rational aspect of yourself shine forth when you are in the laboratory and when you are among other professionals. But when you go home you should be able to drop the role. At home you are coming back to real life, and you should be able to move from your head into your heart. You should have the strength to stop thinking about your science and experiments. How boring and dry life would be if you went directly to your room without even glancing or smiling at your wife and children. Think of the stress and strain this would create in the family. If the head of the family doesn?t interact with his wife and children, everyone will find home life boring and sad. Love creates smiling laughing faces and compassionate hearts, and is expressed in sweet and pleasant words. You can choose both head and the heart. There is no problem in this, but there should be a balance, for if you choose logic and rational thinking alone, you are in all troubles. Love will not create any trouble, fear, anger or tension.”
-Amma
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Full Moon tonight and a lunar eclipse
Wikipedia re: Lunar eclipse and
October 2004 lunar eclipse
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