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Christmas #1: The Recap
This past weekend we went to Atlanta to have Christmas with my side of the family at my sister’s house. My sister and John Michael have the cutest little condo in downtown Atlanta.…
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Christmas #1
In the wee small hours of Saturday morning, we are loading up and heading out to Atlanta. My family is doing their Christmas together at my sister’s house this weekend. I am super…
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Gift Ideas: Stacking, Sorting, and Collecting
This year, I am having a hard time coming up with Christmas gift ideas for Bean. He’s in that in-between age where he’s too old for toddler toys, but he’s not quite old…
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Haul Out the Holly!
We spent the last two weekends getting our house holiday-ready. I love when the house is decorated for Christmas. Coming home after a long day of work to Christmas lights and stockings and…
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Someone Else’s Holiday
I think one of the hardest parts of being a newlywed is learning how to navigate the holidays as a married couple. It took Chris and I a few years to get the…
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Santy Claus is Coming!
Christmas in my family is legendary. My mom famously starts shopping in, like, February and finishes by Memorial Day. We don’t do a whole lot of random presents throughout the year (well, we…
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Bean’s Christmas Presents, Part Three
My sister rocked Christmas this year. One of the most surprising hits was this adorable hand-crafted coin bank she gave Bean. She found it in a boutique in Hilton Head and I just…
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Christmas Week, Part Three
After a week of preparing and waiting, Christmas morning finally came. Bean’s little eyeballs lit up when he saw what Santa had left him and thanks to his visit earlier in the week…
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Santa Came to Town
Last year I did a series of posts on what Bean got for Christmas and I also did one on what he got for his birthday. They were a big hit, so I…