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Shivan says to Quinn, “Give me a break”

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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.

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Quinn woke up and said “I love you”

First thing, Quinn told me “Chris, I love you” as he and Shiva were waking up.

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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 … Continue reading

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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

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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 … Continue reading

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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!

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Jaya’s birthday today – she’s three cubed

Happy Birthday Jaya Om Namah Shivaya

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Jaya’s seizure timelines

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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 Om Namah Shivaya “Transcending the cycle of death and rebirth, is the real purpose of this life in human form.” -Amma

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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.

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awesome 2 kids

I’m lying in bed between my two sleeping kids and immensely grateful. Love, Chris

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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 … Continue reading

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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 … Continue reading

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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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Jaya’s birthday today – 20 Feb

Happy Birthday!

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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 … Continue reading

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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 … Continue reading

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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 … Continue reading

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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 … Continue reading

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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: http://cbrunning.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=412

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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 … Continue reading

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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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Granny is here!

Granny Madea is visiting the big Q!

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Teeth have appeared

Almost overnight, Quinn grew two enormous buck teeth.

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Image Gallery — mostly Quinn pictures!

http://cbrunning.net/gallery2/

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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 … Continue reading

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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 … Continue reading

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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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Anahata

We’re going to have a baby!

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Love Note To Shannon,

Jaya, I love you. Always, Chris

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Full Moon tonight and a lunar eclipse

Wikipedia re: Lunar eclipse and October 2004 lunar eclipse

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