Milestones
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For Sentimental Reasons
As my due date gets closer and closer (April 4, by the way…), I find myself getting a little sentimental about my Bean Man. I think it’s the idea that soon it won’t…
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Phase One: Bean Meet Potty
Last week when our daycare teachers confirmed our own suspicions that Bean might be interested in potty training, Chris and I decided it was time to begin. But it’s overwhelming to think of…
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The P Word
On Monday morning when I dropped Bean at daycare, his teachers decided to drop a bomb on me. “We think it might be time to start potty training Michael,” they said. Together. In…
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Sleeping in the Big Boy Bed
For Christmas, Santa brought Bean his big boy race car bed. Christmas night was the first night he slept in it and he was so exhausted from the excitement of the day that…
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18 Months and On the Go
Over our Christmas vacation in Pensacola, Florida, with Chris’s family, Chris’ mom, Jackie, took us all to the Naval Air Museum at the Air Force base in town. Chris and I had been…
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Santa Stole My Bed!
This year was Bean’s second Christmas and oh, what a difference a year makes! It was absolutely magical to see Christmas through his eyes. I know that sounds corny, but there’s just no…
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The Binkiless Bean
For a week we have been preparing for this past weekend when we would finally take away Bean’s binky. We prepared by cutting back the binky usage to just bedtime and naptime and…
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The Farewell Binky Tour
Last week Chris and I were at the end of our rope with the whining from Bean. It was constant. It was uncontrollable. It was annoying. And the worst part was that we…
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The First Spark of Creativity
Lately, we have been spending most of our free time right here. In our backyard. While Bean loves the swimming pool, what he would much rather play with are his school bus and…
