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TIME FOR AIDEN'S PARTY--BE THERE OR BE SQUARE SATURDAY FEB 8TH!!

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  • #181
    If the current forecast holds, I'll be there! Might be a tad late if it's icy in the morning.

    Don't have a digital camera
    "One person's cowboy is another person's blooming idiot" -- katarine

    Spay and neuter. Please.

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    • #182
      Looking forward to seeing everyone tomorrow!! My phone number is 770-414-9559 if anyone has problems finding their way.
      If you believe everything you read, better not read. -- Japanese Proverb

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      • #183
        Here is a list of other "happenings" in downtown Atlanta this weekend:
        Sat nite @ GA Dome: PBA Bull Riding Championship
        Sun nite @ GA Dome: NBA All-Star Game
        All weekend: GA Flower show @ World Congress Center
        ...and my personal favorite: The Player's Ball...which is a party Sat night for pimps and prostitutes...a pimp of the year will be named! This is FOR REAL - not a joke!
        So many choices....perhaps after a few cold ones @ highland we could traipse over to Decatur and watch the "red carpet" scene of pimps arrival!

        My horse bucked off your honor student!

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        • #184
          I'll be there!!!
          I've been crazy at work the last few days...and have been out of touch!

          I'm bringing my camera!! It's not digital, but it works good.

          2003...the year to bloom!!
          Come alive in 2005!

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          • #185
            PARTY PICS!!!!

            Well, it seems I am the first to check in from the Aiden COTH party! Everyone else is either on the road or still partying, I expect. What a wonderful time we had! Sorry you couldn't be there. Many thanks to Debbie for offering her home, Lisa, Joey and Aiden for being about the most wonderfulest family anyone could hope to meet, and to all my wonderful new COTH friends!! Thank you especially to blessed baby Aiden for the beautiful handmade thank-you card, which I will treasure for the rest of my life!

            I'll let RolexH tell you about it in detail (be sure to ask her to tell the "liver cake" story - she does it wayyyyy better than I ever would!). Now it's on to the Great Aiden Lead Line Tour!!

            But meanwhile, here are some pics.

            First and foremost, here is our Little Lionheart!!! He is a ham for the camera!

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            "It's a thin line between a smart TB and a smart-@$$ TB."
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            • #186
              Next up - the obligatory group shot!

              Left to right:

              Gambit, Monstrpony, Joey, Lisa, Aiden, CactusLil, Lizviola, Elghund2, Debbie.

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              "It's a thin line between a smart TB and a smart-@$$ TB."
              "The standard you walk by is the standard you accept."--Lt. Gen. David Morrison, Austalian Army Chief

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              • #187
                Aiden looks wonderful!!! Thank you so much for the pictures! I have been missing everyone all day hoping that you were having a great time.

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                • #188
                  Lisa really DID get a cake made in the shape of a liver. You GOTTA hear the story from her, though, so my lips are sealed. Here it is.

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                  "The standard you walk by is the standard you accept."--Lt. Gen. David Morrison, Austalian Army Chief

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                  • #189
                    Lisa has been keeping a "liver scrapbook" which was duly admired. Here Aiden is showing it to Monstrpony and Gambit. I think he's smiling because it will NO DOUBT be put away soon!

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                    "The standard you walk by is the standard you accept."--Lt. Gen. David Morrison, Austalian Army Chief

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                    • #190
                      That's it for now!! Party on dudes!!!

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                      "The standard you walk by is the standard you accept."--Lt. Gen. David Morrison, Austalian Army Chief

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                      • #191
                        Lizviola, thanks for posting the pics. He's such a cutie.
                        People assume that time is a strict progression of cause to effect, but actually from a non-linear, non-subjective viewpoint - it's more like a big ball of wibbly wobbly... timey wimey... stuff.

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                        • #192
                          Thanks for sharing! Can't wait to see more pics!!!!!!

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                          • #193
                            Thanks for sharing the pics

                            Did he laugh a lot--isn't his laugh adorable, it sounded so fun on the phone!!

                            And life is what we make it, always has been always will be" -Grandma Moses (in honor of Dublin)
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                            • #194
                              Great Pics (excpet of the mysterious Monsterpony's face )

                              I think that Aiden is practicing to become the next Captain of the Starship Enterprise --- I have never seen a baby seat with so many gadgets! I am sure that he knows how to tweak them all in turn, being a VERY smart child.
                              "He lives in a cocoon of solipsism"

                              Charles Krauthammer speaking about Trump

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                              • #195
                                We had a blast!!! I loved meeting everyone. Aiden had so much fun being the center of attention. never cried once. I have all my shots at the eckerd getting developed. So we can see them and post them.

                                The liver cake: well I went to the baker and told them I needed to get a very "special" cake ordered. They said they would show me the book and i could choose from what they did. I explained to them that they have never done a cake like this before. I asked her to make cake in the shape of a liver. The girl looked at me like I was nuts, she said, :"A beef liver" I explained, "No, A human liver!"

                                She turned white as a ghost. I told her it wasn't a canabalism party, it was for Aiden (who was in my arms at the moment) who had just had a liver transplant. So I drew her a picture of what a liver looks like. I asked her to tinge the choclate frosting red, and then in green letters write: "Aiden's Liver Party" I then went a little overboard and asked he to put a horse on it too. (should have seen her face then, she was so confused! LOL) SO we got a choclate cake with red strips on the side (I guess she thought they were like veins???GROSS!) and a big horse on top. Not exactly what I asked for, but the look on the bakers face was priceless, and well worth the whole experience!! HAHAHA LOL

                                More pics to come!!

                                ~~Lisa~~
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                                • #196
                                  Wow! What a blast, how very cool, I wish I could have been there to meet everyone in person! Great group shot, wonderful being able to put even more faces to names!

                                  Post more pics!

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                                  • #197
                                    Love the liver cake story! That poor baker! Wish I could have been there for the party, sounds like ya'll had a great time...
                                    Love the pics~ little Aiden looks so pink & happy! What a darling little angel
                                    Perhaps there will be another party sometime in the future that I'll be able to make? SUZ

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                                    • #198
                                      I'm fighting the flu and was sneezing all over the place....I missed the party!
                                      What a blow....it looks like you all had a good time....
                                      However...What do I do with all this SEVEN LAYER DIP AND GUAC??

                                      2003...the year to bloom!!
                                      Come alive in 2005!

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                                      • #199
                                        LOL at the cake story...

                                        ...because I have one that actually compares! When I was in 6th grade, we had to make a model of a human cell. My mother helped me make a cake, then punch out holes and insert Jello for certain cell structures (I forget now what they're called), and use different colors of icing for other structures. There's a picture somewhere. Anyway, it was totally GROSS looking, but after I got my (very high ) grade on it, the class got to eat it...which they thought was really cool.

                                        So after making a cake to resemble a cell, I don't think a liver cake with red "veins" is all that unusual.

                                        Wish I could have been at the party!

                                        ~Sara
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                                        • #200
                                          The party was wonderful, and it was such great fun to put faces with the BB names! Apparently, I had the joke on everyone, because, with a SN with "pony" in it, everyone expected a 13 year old, not a over-sized, grey-haired, middle-aged woman! I got some really funny looks...(I could just seem them thinking "well, the Monstr part fits..." )

                                          But Aiden looks wonderful!! And such a charmer, and so well behaved. I think he's suffering from adult over-exposure, and doesn't realize he's allowed to act like a small baby. Or perhaps, when you've endured a liver transplant, a breathing tube with no meds (*shudder*), narcotic withdrawal, and *weeks* in the hospital, then having a wet diaper just isn't a big deal any more. Whatever, he is the most aimiable, friendly, good natured small person I've ever had the pleasure of spending time with!!! Lisa's albums of Aiden's birth and of his surgery document the experience so well and thoroughly, including pictures of the hospital staff and the surgeons we've heard so much about. And we each got a handmade card from Aiden--did you ever realize how a baby's footprint can be the basis for a drawing of a horse's head? Lisa is so creative!

                                          I was mesmerized listening to Lisa's tales of the whole ordeal. She has a wonderful talent for giving the gruesome a touch of humor, but, as thorough as the BB postings all were, there were alot of details, and some humorous stories, that we hadn't heard before. All I can say is, Lisa and Joey are really special people.

                                          Several of us had brought some pics of ourselves and our ponies (there I go again, it's an old habit, they're all "ponies" to me). I had grabbed an album of my old eventing mare because she "defines" me at my best as an equestrian (i.e., my ancient history ) but, alas, I had forgotten to grab the few I have of Monstr and DP. But it was fun to see Debbie's old eventing mare, Lisa & EqChick from their IHSA days (including a stint in full western garb--there's a story that goes with that), and to see Avery in his full harness--what a handsome boy!

                                          The food was wonderful and plentiful. Debbie had provided trays of fresh veggies & dip and chicken drumlets; Lisa brought the famous Liver Cake (it was marble inside, but we all thought red velvet would have been an interesting option...). CactusLil & Elghund brought a wonderful death-by-chocolate concoction, Gambit brought some cheeses & crackers and Lizviola provided an abundant supply of chips. I'd borrowed ETBW's miniquiche and cheese crispy recipes, and brought a pasta salad and some fudge. A couple of people brought various things to drink. (sorry if I missed anyone's contributions) We basicly munched all afternoon.

                                          I couldn't stay for the evening festivities, so others will have to fill in those tales. We missed meeting Knowonderwoman, who was giving of herself again (!) to be with another friend in need. But it was wonderful to get to meet some fellow BBers, and especially to take the time to celebrate Aiden's life and the miracles we all witnesses over the holidays. Wish you all could have been there!

                                          He's not really a pony, and I'm really not "pony aged" either.
                                          "One person's cowboy is another person's blooming idiot" -- katarine

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