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Totally Worth It.
This past weekend we ended a week-long celebration of Bean’s birthday at Disney’s Animal Kingdom. Now, the animal kingdom isn’t really my cup of tea. I’m more along the lines of the thrill…
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To my Big Guy on his Birthday.
Dear BeanMan, I can’t believe its been a year already. Last year when we woke up today, we were grinning from ear to ear and poking you in your mom’s belly. Your mom…
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I’m Not Ready For This
This is my son, Bean Man. It used to be that he could be contained. We could sit him on the floor or throw him in his crib and he stayed there. In…
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Homecoming
Last Thursday, Chris left to visit Florida on business. It was the first time he’d been away since Bean was born. He called me about every hour, just to see what we were…
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Tiny Tortured Soul
For years Chris has tormented me. A poke in the side here. A tickle there. A pop with a kitchen towel here. A finger in my ear there. Slowly, little by little, he…
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We Parent Differently. God Save Our Child.
On our drive home on Saturday, Beanie was sleeping in the back seat and Chris and I were talking about all the fun things we’d done this past weekend. We were talking…
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You better get me something good.
Why do women have such a hard time with presents for their significant other. Kate has been nagging me for weeks about not ever being able to buy gifts for me, she…
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Being a Big Kid
I try to keep this blog upbeat. If I had to classify it, I’d hope that it could be considered a humor blog. One of my main goals in writing is…
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The Dark Side of the Nursery
The Bean is a morning person, and by morning i mean he rolls out of bed around 8 or 9. We usually try and let mom sleep because she is staying up with…
