Category Archives: Family

Tom. Is. Three.

The other day I had a baby boy and he looked like this: He was tiny. He was really, really, really cute. He was really helpless and needed me to quickly figure out how to be a Mama. He cried … Continue reading

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Bits: Cousins Visit Weekend.

My sister called me Saturday afternoon and asked what we were doing. “Nothing,” I said. “Can we come over and spend the night?” “Of course,” I said. So they arrived Saturday afternoon and stayed with us. Tom was so excited. … Continue reading

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Bits: What Did We Do Again? Weekend.

I am in the stage of life where I can’t remember anything that’s happened, I’m way behind on everything I’m supposed to be doing, but I’m all about planning for future parties/events. It’s really awesome. So the kids’ birthdays and … Continue reading

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2012, You Were Awesome.

Happy New Year! (Two weeks late.) Yeah…I’m catching up. We’re still trying to get our schedule (i.e. KIDS, GO TO BED!) figured out and until we do, carving out time to blog has been difficult. So I apologize that these … Continue reading

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Bits: Belated Christmas Edition.

I am officially done with the Christmas posts — but then I found a couple more photos that I just had to document on here. (Sorry!) I know everyone is over Christmas. And I know that here it was 73 … Continue reading

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Actual Christmas.

Hi! I’m back. I don’t know if you know this, but having a toddler and a baby is very time consuming. For instance, now they are napping, but I had to decide if I should… 1. Write this blog. 2. … Continue reading

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Before Christmas.

Hey! Let’s pretend I wrote this blog just a few days after Christmas, okay? Thanks! Because see… What happened was… Christmas. Christmas happened. And since then I’ve been in a pattern of traveling, celebrating, eating, playing, CLEANING, complaining about cleaning, … Continue reading

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Bits: Cookie Decorating Weekend.

Every year my mom made Christmas cookies and icing so Rachel and I could decorate them. We loved doing it. LOVED cookie-decorating-day! So when Rachel and I became parents, it was a no-brainer that this was a tradition we’d continue. … Continue reading

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Tom’s Christmas Program.

Tom had his first Christmas program at school on Thursday. I cannot express to you how insanely excited I was. I love Christmastime, and some of my best memories are of our school programs. I loved being able to perform … Continue reading

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Bits: Thanksgiving Edition.

We headed down to my parent’s house for Thanksgiving and we had a wonderful time! Here’s how it looked… Woke up to this. Isn’t it great? Tom really loved going out on the paddle boat this time, which was awesome … Continue reading

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