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Dogs, Babies, and Patience
I’ve been asked a few times about how our dogs are adjusting to having another baby around and about how we introduced both Bean and Gracie to the dogs when we brought them…
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In My Dreams
Sunday night, I had a very vivid dream that Chris and I were breaking up. We weren’t married and we didn’t have kids, but it was still awful. Chris was the one initiating…
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Two Different Children
I am constantly amazed at how unique babies are. Even though Gracie is only three weeks old, she is still a very different baby than Bean was. For one thing, she wears dresses.…
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Sunday Funday
This weekend we got out and about. Thank goodness. I was getting cabin fever just sitting around the house, so it was nice to be going and doing things. Saturday we ran boring…
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The Parenting Game Plan
Last week I shared about the behavior changes we were seeing in Bean since Gracie’s arrival. You all gave great suggestions and ideas for how to deal with it and so did our…
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Vignettes of My Husband
One time when he was in grad school, Chris was working on this show that was designed by Maurice Sendak (author of Where the Wild Things Are). This show had a woman dressed…
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Hooray for Easter!
Easter is my favorite holiday. I love it because of what it celebrates – the resurrection of Christ. And I love it for what it symbolizes – new beginnings. I love this time…
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The Second First Bath
This past weekend we gave Gracie her first real bath. We’ve been giving her sponge baths, but she still had her little belly button nub that hadn’t fallen out yet so we couldn’t…
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A Funny Little Story
This weekend Chris and I took Bean to the Orlando Science Center for a day of Big Boy fun. In the exhibit about weather and the earth, I took a minute to sit…
