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Blasts from the Past
One time when I was sixteen years old, I was driving to school with my sister. She and I were talking and laughing and I wasn’t paying attention when the car in front…
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Marriage and a New Baby
Chris and I have been fighting. We’re not big fighters usually. We disagree and we argue like anyone else, but we don’t get into fights very often. Especially in the past couple years.…
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When the Kids Go to Bed
I wish I could say that when Chris gets home from work, the house is quietly anticipating his happy arrival. I wish I could say that we are all clean and pretty and…
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Un-Blobbing
For the most part, newborns are little blobs of cuteness. They don’t do much besides eat, poop, and sleep. Or, if you’re Gracie, sleep, sleep, eat, sleep, poop, sleep, sleep some more, and…
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The Postpartum Me
Last year, I went through a few really rough months as we transitioned from our life in Connecticut to our new life in Florida. During that time, it was actually Chris who first…
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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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What’d You Do This Weekend?
What’d you do this weekend? Me? I didn’t do much. On Saturday, I sat on my couch taking rapid-fire pictures of Gracie with my camera. And when I got bored with that, I’d…
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Grace and Bean
By the time my c-section was finished and we made it up to our room, it was close to midnight. My parents were still at the hospital with Bean, waiting so that he…
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Pregnant Lists
THINGS I LIKE TO EAT: – Swiss Cake Rolls – Salads – Cheese – Chocolate milk (currently my favorite) – Dr. Pepper – Bananas THINGS I DON’T LIKE TO EAT: – Most meat…
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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…
