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Jenna von Oy Blogs: Separation Anxiety Is Setting In

Jenna von Oy Blogs: Separation Anxiety Is Setting In

Originally posted 03/24/2013 02:30PM

"As much as it tugs at my heartstrings, I feel it's essential for Gray to get used to being around other people," the actress writes

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Jenna von Oy Blogs: All's Fair In Love (and Raising Kids) | Jenna von Oy

Jenna von Oy Blogs: All's Fair In Love (and Raising Kids)

Originally posted 02/14/2013 10:00PM

"There are gifts that can't be wrapped and sentiments that a Hallmark card can't write for us," the actress notes

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Jenna von Oy Blogs: The Magic of the Holidays

Jenna von Oy Blogs: The Magic of the Holidays

Originally posted 01/20/2013 05:00PM

"Now I get to celebrate with my own little family," the actress writes of her first Christmas season with daughter Gray

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Jenna von Oy Blogs: The Teething Twilight Zone | Jenna von Oy

Jenna von Oy Blogs: The Teething Twilight Zone

Originally posted 12/31/2012 07:00PM

"There are definitely moments when no remedy seems to satisfy the teething demons," the actress writes

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Jenna von Oy Keeps Newtown Hometown In Her Prayers

Jenna von Oy Keeps Newtown Hometown In Her Prayers

Originally posted 12/15/2012 03:00PM

Every school shooting I've ever heard about has been exceedingly heartbreaking and has stirred feelings of both rage and sorrow in me. Each one is tragic and awful, and there have been far too many of them in recent years.

But Friday's massacre in Newtown has affected me in a profoundly personal way, as I have a unique perspective on the town ... I am blessed to have grown up there.

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Jenna von Oy Blogs: The Importance of Mommy Me-Time

Jenna von Oy Blogs: The Importance of Mommy Me-Time

Originally posted 11/19/2012 04:00PM

"There are mornings I long for a shower so badly that I could wail my way through an entire box of tissue," the actress writes

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Jenna von Oy Blogs: United We Stand in Politics and Parenthood

Jenna von Oy Blogs: United We Stand in Politics and Parenthood

Originally posted 11/06/2012 01:45PM

"As I plan to teach my daughter, let's show that each voice can make a difference," the actress writes

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Jenna von Oy Blogs: A Walk on the 'Child' Side

Jenna von Oy Blogs: A Walk on the 'Child' Side

Originally posted 09/22/2012 12:00PM

After a visit from her mom, the actress revisits her own childhood memories

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Jenna von Oy Blogs: Words to Love By | Jenna von Oy

Jenna von Oy Blogs: Words to Love By

Originally posted 08/24/2012 05:15PM

"I am already making mental lists of the things I hope to teach Gray," the actress writes of her 3-month-old daughter

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How Jenna von Oy's Pug Reacted to Her Baby News | Jenna von Oy

UpdatePosted 01/25/2012 04:15PM

How Jenna von Oy's Pug Reacted to Her Baby News

Originally posted 01/23/2012 02:50PM

On their first wedding anniversary, actress Jenna von Oy told her husband, Dell computer data consultant Brad Bratcher, that they were expecting their first child – but it was the couple's pug Bruiser who was the first to know the big news.

"I found out I was pregnant and I was bursting at the seams," says von Oy, who is due to give birth to her daughter in June. "It wasn't fair to tell anybody before I told my husband, so I was like, 'Hey, Bruiser, guess what?'"

Von Oy, who has three pugs, a basset hound and a corgi/Shar-Pei/golden retriever mix, says that the dogs have been very responsive to her pregnancy.

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