WHY?????????

WHY DO BOTH OF MY KIDS FEEL THE NEED NOT TO SLEEP AT THE SAME TIME?????? DON'T THEY KNOW HOWI CHERISH NAP TIME SO I CAN WATCH ONE TREE HILL!!!!!!!

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GRIFFINS FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL

WELL, IT FINALLY HAPPENED. IT WAS TIME FOR ME TO GIVE MY LITTLE MAN HIS SPACE. YESTERDAY, WAS HIS FIRST DAY OF "SCHOOL". OKAY SO MAYBE HE IS ONLY GOING TO SCHOOL 2 MORNINGS A WEEK FOR ABOUT 4 HOURS MONDAY AND THURSDAY BUT IT IS GOOD FOR HIM TO BE AWAY FROM HIS MOMMY. THIS WAY HE CAN LEARN TO PLAY WITH OTHER KIDS HIS AGE AND LEARN TO BE AWAY FROM ME AND HAVE FUN WHEN I AM NOT AROUND. HIS TEACHERS SAID HE DID GOOD FOR HIS FIRST DAY. HE PLAYED WITH A STUFFED ANIMAL DOG- MY KID LOVES STUFFED ANIMALS AND HE KEPT GOING BOW WOW WOW EVERY TIME HE SAW A PICTURE OF A DOG THAT IS HANGING ON THE CUPBOARD. THEN AT LUNCH TIME, MY LONG AND LEAN BOY DIDN'T REALLY EAT ANYTHING, BUT HE DID TRY AND FEED HIS FOOD TO THE STUFFED ANIMAL DOG AGAIN- YEP THAT'S MY BOY. HE LOVES TO PRETEND PLAY WITH HIS ANIMALS. THEY SAID HE WAS REALLY SHY AND DIDN'T REALLY PLAY TOO MUCH WITH THE OTHER KIDS BUT THAT IS TO BE EXPECTED SINCE IT WAS HIS FIRST DAY. HE CRIED 2 TIMES BUT STOPPED CRYING EACH TIME THEY GAVE HIM A CRACKER :) MAYBE ON THURSDAY HE WILL INTERACT A LITTLE MORE WITH THE OTHER BRATS.

TODAY WE HAVE TUMBLE GYM SO THAT SHOULD BE FUN FOR ME TRYING TO CHASE HIM AROUND FOR 45 MINUTES WHILE I HAVE PRINCESS PIPSQUEAK WITH ME.

ON A DIFFERENT NOTE, MY MOM LEFT YESTERDAY AND IT TOTALLY SUX W/O HER HERE, I MISS HER SOOOOO MUCH!!!! BUT SHE DID LEAVE ME WITH SOME GOOD ADVICE. PRINCESS PIPSQUEAK HAD BEEN WAKING UP EVERY NITE EVERY 1 1/2 HOURS- YIKES!!!! MY MOM SAID TO TRY THE SWADDLE BLANKETS AGAIN. WE TRIED WHEN WE FIRST BROUGHT HER HOME FROM THE HOSPITAL BUT SHE HATED IT. BUT I TRIED AGAIN LAST NIGHT AND SHE SLEPT FROM 10PM UNTIL 5 AM!!! THEN WENT BACK TO SLEEP UNTIL 6 AM. THENI FED HER AND SHE IS STILL SLEEPING AS WE SPEAK!!! WHAT WOULD I DO W/O MOM!

ALSO, I WANTED TO SAY HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO PRINCESS ELLA. I ALSO WANTED TO SAY HAPY BIRTHDAY TO GAVIN AND KENDALL-THE CUTEST TWINS EVER!!!! GRIFFIN WISHES HE COULD BE THERE TO SEE EVERYONE ON THEIR BIRTHDAYS!

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POST FAMILY UPDATE

SO IT HAS JUST ABOUT BEEN 2 WEEKS NOW AND I CAN'T BELIEVE I AM GOING TO SAY THIS BUT SO FAR SO GOOD! GRIFFIN HAS ADJUSTED REALLY WELL TO HIS BABY SISTER AND HE ALWAYS WANTS TO HELP WITH HER. BENTLEY SEEMS TO HAVE ADJUSTED WELL TO PEYTEN TOO, HE IS ALWAYS BY HER SIDE.

BABY PEYTEN, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS PRINCESS PIPSQUEAK- HER NEW NICKNAME, COMPLIMENTS OF MY MOM SEEMS TO BE ADJUSTING TO LIFE OUTSIDE THE WOMB. SHE LOVES TO EAT. SHE EATS LIKE EVERY 2 HOURS EXCEPT WHEN SHE IS POWERNAPPING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE AFTERNOON FOR 4-5 HOURS. I WISH SHE WOULD DO THAT AT NIGHT. DURING THE NIGHT SHE IS UP EVERY 1 1/2 HOURS. ALTHOUGH, LAST NIGHT SHE SLEPT STRAIGHT FROM 10:30 PM - 3 AM, AND BOY WAS IT NICE! I AM SO GLAD I AM YOUNG WITH 2 YOUNG KIDS B/C I DON'T THINK I COULD DO THIS WHEN I WAS 40. I WOULDN'T HAVE THE ENERGY TO KEEP UP.

TOMORROW PRINCESS PIPSQUEAK HAS HER 2 WEEK DR. APPOINTMENT SO I WILL FILL EVERYONE IN ON HOW THAT WENT. GRIFFIN GOES BACK TO PLAYGROUP TOMORROW AND ON MONDAY HE STARTS DAYCARE 2 MORNINGS A WEEK :)

MY MOM LEAVES MONDAY MORNING AND SHE IS GOING TO BE GREATLY MISSED... I MEAN WHO AM I GOING TO WATCH ONE TREE HILL WITH NOW WHEN THE BRATS ARE SLEEPING.

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1 WEEK OLD

WELL, WE HAVE MADE IT THROUGH WEEK ONE. THERE WERE MANY MOMENTS THAT I DIDN'T THINK WE WOULD LIVE TO MAKE IT A WEEK BUT HERE I AM :) GRIFFIN AND BENTLEY HAVE ADJUSTED PRETTY WELL TO HER. GRIFFIN LIKES TO HELP WHEN WE FEED HER AND WHEN SHE GETS A DIAPER CHANGE, AND THE DOG IS ALWAYS RIGHT BY HER SIDE.

SHE LOVES TO EAT. I DON'T KNOW WHERE 6 POUNDS PUTS ALL THE FORMULA BUT SHE MANAGES TO FIND A PLACE. SHE EATS EVERY 1 1/2 HOURS AT NIGHT AND DURING THE DAY SHE EATS GOOD TOO. SHE SLEEPS WELL TOO- DURING THE DAY. SHE WILL GO FOR 3-4 HOUR STRECHES DURING THE AFTERNOON, BUT NIGHT TIME IS A DIFFERENT STORY. BUT I THINK MY BODY IS ADJUSTING TO BEING NOCTURNAL NOW :)

TODAY WAS THE FIRST DAY SINCE WE BROUGHT HER HOME ON SUNDAY THAT WE TOOK HER OUT. IT HAS BEEN FREEZING ASS HERE IN BOSTON AND IN THE LOW 30'S AND I DON'T WANT TO GET HER SICK. TODAY IT WAS AROUND 40 SO WE TOOK HER AND GRIFFIN TO BABIES R US AND TO EAT AT MCDONALDS.

I NEVER KNEW HOW MUCH SHIT I NEEDED TO PACK TO GO OUT WITH 2 KIDS. 2 SETS OF DIAPERS, 2 SETS OF CLOTHES, 2 SETS OF MILK AND FORMULA, IT IS CRAZY AND THE LIST JUST GOES ON AND ON.

WELL, JUST WANTED TO FILL EVERYONE IN ON HOW WE WERE DOING AND LET YOU KNOW THAT I HAVE SURVIVED WEEK ONE :)

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BABY PEYTEN'S ARRIVAL!!!!!!!!!!

*PROCEED WITH CAUTION! THIS POSTING CONTAINS VIVID DETAIL OF MY CHILDBIRTH EXPERIENCE. MAY NOT BE SUITABLE READING MATERIAL FOR THOSE OF YOU W/O KIDS J*


SO AS YOU ALL KNOW BABY PEYTEN WAS BORN FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 2008 AT 8:26 PM. SHE WEIGHED IN AT 6 POUNDS 9 OUNCES. SHE HAS LIGHT SKIN WITH LIGHT BROWN HAIR. SHE IS A PEANUT COMPARED TO GRIFFIN WHO WEIGHED IN AT 8.9!! EVERYONE IS ADJUSTING PRETTY GOOD TO THE NEW ADDITION TO THE FAMILY. GRIFFIN LOVES HER AND ALWAYS WANTS TO KISS HER AND BE AROUND HER AND SAME WITH THE DOG. GRIFFIN HAS BEEN SUCH A GOOD BIG BROTHER TO HER, HE HAS REALLY AMAZED ME. BELOW IS THE TRUE STORY, THE ARIELE TRUE STORY OF HER BIRTH! ENJOY…………….

SO ON THURSDAY I WENT TO MY DOCTOR FOR MY APPOINTMENT AS I WAS ALREADY 4 DAYS LATE. THE WEEK BEFORE THEY SAID THAT IF I HADN’T GIVEN BIRTH YET THEY WOULD INDUCE ME ON FRIDAY AM. WELL, ON THURSDAY THEY TOLD ME THEY WERE GOING TO TRY AND GET ME IN TO THE HOSPITAL THAT NIGHT RATHER THAN FRIDAY B/C THERE WAS NO ROOM FOR ME FRIDAY MORNING………..

WELL, THURSDAY NIGHT CAME AND SURE ENOUGH THEY HAD NO ROOM TO INDUCE ME SO THEY SAID CALL US TOMORROW MORNING AND WE WILL TRY AND GET YOU IN THEN. OKAY, WHATEVER. SO I CALLED FRIDAY MORNING AND SURE ENOUGH THEY TELL ME THEY HAVE NO ROOM FOR AN INDUCTION ON FRIDAY AND THAT I AM GOING TO HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL SATURDAY MORNING TO COME IN TO BE INDUCED……….

GREAT, SO NOW THEY ARE TELLING ME THAT I HAVE TO KEEP ON WAITING. I LOVE IT HOW A DOCTOR CAN TELL YOU ONE THING ONE WEEK AND THEN WHEN IT COMES TIME TO DELIVER THEY GO BACK ON THEIR WORD- NICE!!!!!

SO HERE IT IS FRIDAY MORNING AND WE ARE ALL PISSED! IT IS COLD AND SNOWING AND STILL NO BABY PEYTEN. AROUND 9 AMISH I START TO FEEL SOME CRAMPING AND REALIZE I AM HAVING CONTRACTIONS. MY CONTRACTIONS WERE ABOUT 15-18 MINUTES APART AND WEREN’T VERY PAINFUL. I MEAN I WAS ABLE TO WATCH ONE TREE HILL WHILE HAVING CONTRACTIONS AND I SEEMED FINE. I CALLED THE DOCTOR TO TELL THEM I WAS HAVING CONTRACTIONS BUT THESE “MEDICAL EXPERTS” TOLD ME THAT MOST LIKELY SHE STILL WOULDN’T ARRIVE UNTIL SATURDAY MORNING SINCE THEY WERE 15-18 MINUTES APART. HER ADVICE TO ME WAS TO HAVE SOME SEX. YEAH OKAY, I AM ONE WEEK OVERDUE AND MY DOCTOR IS TELLING ME TO GO GET IN ON IN THE BEDROOM WHILE I AM HAVING CONTRACTIONS, I DON’T THINK SO!!!!! SHE SAID THAT MAY HELP SPEED UP THE PROCESS. SERIOUSLY, THOSE OF YOU THAT HAVE HAD KIDS UNDERSTAND THAT SEX IS THE LAST THING ON YOUR MIND WHEN YOU ARE CONTRACTING AND YOU JUST WANT TO GET THAT KID OUT. OH YEAH, DID I MENTION THAT DOCTOR OZZIE BIANCARDI WAS HERE AS WELL AND HE WAS TELLING ME THAT MY CONTRACTIONS WERE GOING TO LAST FOR A WEEK J MEN!!!!!!!

SO ALL DAY LONG I AM HAVING THESE 15 MINUTE CONTRACTIONS. SO AROUND 4:30 MY DOCTOR CALLS ME TO LET ME KNOW THERE IS NO WAY POSSIBLE THEY CAN FIT ME IN UNTIL SATURDAY. SO I HAVE TO WAIT IT OUT. GREAT. AT THIS POINT MY CONTRACTIONS WERE STILL AT 15 SO MY MOM AND JASON DECIDE TO GO TO THE MARKET TO GO GET SOME EGGS TO MAKE FOR DINNER. I MEAN WHAT SOUNDS BETTER THAN EGGS AND POTATOES WHILE YOU ARE HAVING CONTRACTIONS, RIGHT. I’M A BIANCARDI, FOODIS ALWAYS ON MY MIND! SO THEY LEAVE ME, GRIFFIN AND DR. OZZIE BIANCARDI AT HOME WHILE THEY ESCAPE TO THE MARKET.

WHILE THEY ARE GONE MY CONTRACTIONS GO FROM 15 TO 12 TO 11 TO 9 MINUTES APART, ALL WHILE THEY ARE GONE TO THE MARKET TO BUY EGGS.

OH AND DID I MENTION THAT THE MARKET IS LIKE 5 MINUTES FROM MY HOUSE BUT IT TOOK THEM LIKE OVER 30 MINUTES TO GO TO THE MARKET. I THINK THEY JUST WANTED TO ESCAPE THIS JAIL CELL FROM ME AND MY DAD.

SO ANYWAY, MY CONTRACTIONS SKIPPED TO 9 WHILE THEY WERE AWAY AT THE MARKET AND NOW DR. BIANCARDI LETS ME KNOW THAT HE THINKS THE BABY IS NOW GOING TO ARRIVE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT VS. SOME TIME NEXT WEEK. SO THEY GET BACK AND WE CALL THE DR. AND THEY SAY I NEED TO WAIT UNTIL MY CONTRACTIONS ARE 5 MINUTES APART BEFORE I COME TO THE HOSPITAL. SO HERE I AM 9 MINUTES APART AND IN EXTREME PAIN AND THEY TELL ME NOT TO COME TO THE HOSPITAL. SO I AM SITTING IN A WARM BATH WITH CONTRACTIONS THINKING SOON ENOUGH I WILL GET MY EPIDURAL AND EVERYTHING WILL BE FINE. LITTLE DID I KNOW THAT THIS LABOR AND DELIVERY WOULD BE QUITE DIFFERENT THAN GRIFFIN’S. SO ANYWAY MY CONTRACTIONS SKIP TO 7 AND JASON CALLS AGAIN TO LET THEM KNOW AND THEY SAY THE SAME THING, DON’T LEAVE UNTIL THEY ARE AT 5. AND I MAKE HIM CALL THEM BACK TO TELL THEM I WANT AN EPIDURAL AND TO MAKE SURE THERE WILL BE ENOUGH TIME TO GET ME MY DRUGS AND THEY ASSURE US THAT WE WILL HAVE PLENTY OF TIME FOR ALL THAT.

SO FINALLY MY CONTRACTIONS REACH 5 MINUTES APART AND ME, JASON AND MY MOM HEAD ON OUT TO THE HOSPITAL. MY DAD STAYED HERE TO BABYSIT GRIFFIN. COULD YOU IMAGINE MY DAD IN THE DELIVERY ROOM!!! THAT WOULD MAKE FOR SOME GREAT REALITY TV! SO WE ARE ON OUR WAY THERE AND I KEEP THINKING TO MYSELF SOON ENOUGH NO MORE PAIN ONCE I GET MY DRUGS!

SO WE ARRIVE AT THE HOSPITAL AND I AM HAVING CONTRACTIONS LIKE EVERY 3 MINUTES SO THEY CALMLY TAKE ME TO MY ROOM AND TELL ME TO GET UNDRESSED AND BREATHE THROUGH MY CURRENT CONTRACTIONS THAT ARE COMING ON STRONG LIKE A BITCH. AND I SAY I AM READY FOR MY EPIDURAL. SO THE DOCTOR COMES IN WHILE I AM IN EXTREME PAIN 3 MINUTES APART AND SHE LOOKS AT ME AND SAYS WOW, YOU ARE DIALATED TO 9, THERE IS NO TIME FOR AN EPIDURAL, YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE THIS BABY ASAP!!!! WHAT ARE YOU FREAKING KIDDING ME! I SPECIFICALLY HAD JASON CALL THE HOSPITAL TO LET THEM KNOW I HAD TO HAVE AN EPIDURAL, NATURAL CHILDBIRTH WAS NOT AN OPTION AND THEY SAID NO WORRIES. YEAH RIGHT!!! NOW I AM HERE AND THEY TELL ME IT IS TOO LATE TO GET DRUGS, I DON’T THINK SO.

SO ANYWAY, THE CONTRACTIONS KEEP ON COMING AND COMING AND FINALLY THEY SAY THAT I CAN GET AN EPIDURAL. SO THEY TRY TO PUT THE IV IN ONE OF MY HANDS AND THEY CAN’T FIND MY VEIN B/C OF ALL THE SHAKING AND PAIN I AM IN SO FINALLY THEY FIND IT IN MY OTHER HAND. SO HERE I AM SITTING IN MY HOSPITAL BED ON MY SIDE WITH MY ASS HANGING OUT FOR THE WHOLE WORLD TO SEE WHILE I LAY SCREAMING IN PAIN STILL WAITING FOR MY DRUGS! THEY TELL ME THE ANESTHEGIOLOGIST IS IN SURGERY WITH SOMEONE ELSE SO I NEED TO KEEP WAITING. IT WAS AT THIS POINT THAT I BEGAN TO REALIZE THESE PEOPLE WERE CRAZY AND HAD NO INTENTION OF GIVING ME MY DRUGS!

THERE IS A REASON WHY PEOPLE GET ADDICTED TO DRUGS- BECAUSE THEY ARE SOOO GOOD! THAT’S RIGHT, YOU READ CORRECTLY. DRUGS ARE GOOD. I COULDN’T WAIT TO GET DRUGS FOR THIS DELIVERY, WITH GRIFFIN I HAD NO PAIN, I WAS A PLEASURE TO BE AROUND AND EVERYTHING WAS FINE. THIS TIME- NOT SO MUCH. I CAN’T IMAGINE WHY ANY WOMAN IN HER RIGHT MIND WOULD WANT TO GIVE NATURAL CHILD BIRTH! IT WAS THE MOST GOD AWFUL PAIN I HAVE EVER EXPERIENCED IN MY LIFE! THAT’S RIGHT, IT WAS THE WORST IMAGINABLE PAIN EVER. SO FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT HAVE YET TO HAVE KIDS- YOU BETTER GET DRUGS. DON’T SAY I DIDN’T WARN YOU!!!!

OKAY, SO HERE I AM, ASS OUT FOR EVERYONE TO VIEW, SWEAT DRIPPING OFF MY FACE, ME SCREAMING NON-STOP B/C OF THE PAIN, AND BEGGING FOR DRUGS WHEN THE DR. COMES BACK IN AND HAS A LOOK DOWN THERE AND SAYS DO YOU FEEL LIKE YOU NEED TO PUSH?!!! OF COURSE I FEEL LIKE I NEED TO PUSH- THERE IS A BABY IN MY UTERUS THAT HAS BEEN THERE TOO LONG, AND THIS DR. IS ASKING MY IF I NEED TO PUSH?! SO SHE SAYS OKAY, THIS BABY IS READY START TO PUSH! I AM TRYING TO PUSH AND NOW I AM REALLY IN THE MOST EXTREME PAIN I HAVE EVER BEEN IN. LIKE I SAID BEFORE WITH GRIFFIN I THOUGHT THE CANCELLATION OF 90210 WAS BAD THIS IS WAY WAY WAY WORSE! HERE I AM TRYING TO PUSH OUT THIS KID AND I FEEL LIKE EVERYTHING INSIDE MY BODY IS GOING TO FALL OUT MY VAGINA. THAT’S RIGHT IT HURT THAT BAD! THE DOCTOR THEN TELLS ME TO GET CONTROL OF MYSELF AND TELLS ME THAT I NEED TO PULL IT TOGETHR SO I CAN PUSH THIS BABY OUT. MAYBE IF THE DR. WOULD HAVE HAD ME COME TO THE HOSPITAL IN TIME FOR MY EPIDURAL WE WOULDN’T BE IN THIS PREDICAMENT SO IT IS HER FAULT THAT THEY HAVE TO LISTEN TO ME BITCH AND COMPLAIN- THEY DESERVED IT. SO ANYWAY, I TRY AND GAIN MY COMPOSURE IF THAT IS EVEN POSSIBLE WHILE TRYING TO GIVE NATURAL CHILD BIRTH AND SHE SAYS TO ME, PUSH LIKE YOU ARE TRYING TO PUSH OUT THE BIGGEST BOWEL MOVEMENT YOU HAVE EVER MADE. OKAY SO HERE I AM, ASS IN THE AIR, VAGINA EXPOSED TO EVERYONE, AND I AM TRYING TO PUSH OUT THE BIGGEST SHIT I HAVE EVER MADE- NICE!!!!! FINALLY THE HEAD COMES. AND THIS PAIN IS SO BAD AS THE HEAD IS TRYING TO COME OUT. I CAN STILL VIVIDLY REMEMBER HOW BAD IT FEELS. SO I KEEP PUSHING AND FINALLY AFTER HAVING TO HAVE AN EPESIOTOMY WITH NO DRUGS THE BABY COMES OUT! FINALLY PEYTEN HAS MADE HER DEBUT!!!! AFTER ALL THAT PAIN AND AGONY, THIS LITTLE PEANUT HAS ARRIVED.

NOW, I AM NO LONGER IN PAIN, AND I AM HOLDING PEYTEN AND EVERYTHING IS GREAT…..THEN THEY TAKE PEYTEN TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE ROOM AND CHECK HER OUT. THIS IS WHEN THEY BEGIN THE REPAIR WORK ON ME. THAT’S RIGHT REPAIR WORK. SINCE THE DOC HAD TO CUT MY VAG OPEN I NOW GOT TO BE STICHED UP, OH YEAH AND DID I MENTION THAT THE PLACENTA WOULDN’T COME OUT SO SHE HAD TO STICK 3 STICKS UP MY ASS, YEP 3 STICKS OF WHO KNOWS WHAT UP MY ASS TO GET THE PLACENTA TO FALL OUT! CHILDBIRTH GOTTA LOVE IT!

THEN ABOUT ONE HOUR AFTER PEYTEN WAS BORN, I AM LAYING DOWN IN MY ROOM, WITH PEYTEN, JASON AND MY MOM. I GAVE BIRTH AT 8:26PM AND IT WAS NOW PROBABLY AROUND 9:30 AND JASON, ASKED ME IF I WANT HIM TO ORDER US ALL SOME HOT WINGS. HOT WINGS, ARE YOU FREAKING KIDDING ME! I JUST GAVE BIRTH WITH NO DRUGS, HAD MY VAG SEWN UP, STICKS SHOVED UP MY ASS, AND HE ASKS ME IF I WANT HOT WINGS! MEN!!!!!!!!!! THEY HAVE NO IDEA WHATSO EVER!!!!!!

SO, NOW WE ARE BACK HOME AND ADJUSTING TO LIFE AND EVERYTHING IS GOING PRETTY WELL, EXCEPT WE ARE ALL SLEEP DEPRIVED BUT HEY, I GUESS IT COULD BE WORSE. I KNOW I HAVE PROBABLY LEFT OUT LOTS OF STUFF BUT THIS BLOG IS REALLY LONG AND I WANT MY READERS TO KEEP COMING BACK FOR MORE SO I AM GOING TO BRING THIS STORY TO AN END! THE MORAL OF THIS STORY……..DRUGS ARE GOOD, NATURAL CHILDBIRTH PAINFUL PAINFUL PAINFUL!!!!

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STILL NO BABY PEYTEN

WELL.............

STILL NO BABY PEYTEN... SHE IS 3 DAYS LATE!

STILL NO BABY PEYTEN!!!!!!!!!

WELL IT IS FEBRUARY 4TH AND STILL NO BABY PEYTEN!!! I GUESS WE WILL KEEP WAITING.............

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