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First Trimester
By now, many of you have received holiday cards, seen instagram, or been told face to face that we are expecting baby number two at the end of June! The three of us are so excited to add another...
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21 Months
Ok, so Henrie is still five days short of the 21 month mark, but we’re close, and I haven’t posted an update all about Henrie in a while. Words: Mama (slowly becoming Mommy), Dada (slowly becoming...
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20 Weeks
Tomorrow marks the half way point of this second pregnancy, and my anticipation is building. While I’m sure that life with an infant and a newborn will present plenty of foreseen and unforeseen...
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March
You guys, March isn’t my favorite. Somehow, I escaped January and February relatively unscathed by the short daylight hours and break-less teaching grind. Usually, I refer to January and February as...
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All at Once
Henriette It’s been a while since I wrote about Henrie’s milestones, and since this blog really the only baby book I have for her, I’d better catch up: Words: Since Christmas, Henrie’s language has...
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A Labor Story
On Sunday, Henrie, Joshua, and I drove down to Chatfield Reservoir and went swimming. Or rather, we sat in the sand and the sun and stuck our toes in the water. Henrie seemed to enjoy herself, but...
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3 month, 2.5 years, 28 1/2 years update…
This afternoon, I sat down and wrote an insightful and lengthy post. I hit publish, and then I lost it all. But I actually didn’t get too upset, because I’m fairly sure it wasn’t insightful; I was...
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Another Month
I’m a fairly patient momma, but the past couple of days, I’ve raised my voice. Even as I’m doing it, I think, “this isn’t helping,” but at the moment, I’m not sure what would. Reasoning with a two...
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7 mos/34 mos
It’s 11:30 PM on Sunday night and the house is sleeping, quietly. I’ve just finished some homework, and I’ll crawl in bed soon too, but for now, a short post: It’s the first day of February, and it...
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Ate my ‘tato
Some of my favorite Lily-isms from this past week: “Dearest wife? May I have some pancakes?” “It stinks like someone pooped.” “Lu is ridiculous.” “I need some assistance.” “It’s a beautiful day. I...
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A Letter to Lily at 34 Mos.
Dear Lily, Today, you split your lip. It was chilly outside, and you and daddy walked to the 7-11 around the corner for milk. You had your hands in your pockets, and when your toe caught a crack in...
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Snow Day
We woke up to snow and cold temps, so we made french toast, coffee, and an addition for Lily’s dollhouse. Materials: One Diaper Box Duct Tape One Country Living magazine Mod Podge Three Hours I think...
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Dear Lu
This morning, Lily and I crawled out of bed and left you sleeping. Your hands were curled shut and flanking your cheeks like little bookends. Somewhere between coffee and eggs, I hear you sigh. It’s...
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life lately
cheeky warm february night that sky PURGING poured a whole bottle of red paint in her tub serious planter happy planter we’re ready for you, spring
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8 mos/35 mos
Hello World! The sun is shining, Stacy and Ellison* are in town, and this coming weekend we’re off to Salida! Life is so good, especially now that February or as I like to call it, the longest...
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Salida
I’ll start by saying there is a way for me to put all of these photos in order, but ain’t nobody got time for that, so here’s our little weekend getaway in reverse-order: Playing dress up Lily and Lu...
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Pancakes for Breakfast (and other misadventures)
Sometimes, being almost three is hard; sometimes, being the mom of an almost three year old is hard. This morning, Lily had a little tantrum over…. Well. It seemed like everything. She freaked out...
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Rat Dance Party
I’ve told Lily to get dressed half a dozen times this morning with mounting frustration, and then I realized: she’s playing independently. It’s a bit of a complaint/worry of mine. This playing...
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You make life sweet
Dear Lily, Yesterday, we woke up slowly. Lu alternately stirred and slumbered beside me while you kicked the covers off and stretched your arms up and over your head. Often, you wake with tears or...
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Just the two of us
Dear Lu, Here you are. What a love. A cuddlebug. You and I, we spent the day together. Just the two of us. We hadn’t planned it that way. This morning when you were playing with your daddy and...
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