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Home Sweet Home
Since Gracie’s birth, I have been staying home with the kiddies while I’m on maternity leave. When I stayed home on maternity leave with Bean, time seemed to fly by. I was home…
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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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Things Parents Say
Chris and I have been together a long time. At the end of April, it will be 12 years total together and in June it will be our sixth wedding anniversary. In that…
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Back to Our New Reality
After such a fun day on Saturday with family, Sunday morning was a lazy day for me, Chris, and Gracie Girl. Everyone was still at our house and would be coming back up…
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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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Look What We Made!
The past few days have been a whirlwind of surprises and excitement as we welcomed the early, unexpected arrival of Baby Gracie. Thank you all for your emails, comments, FB messages, and Tweets…
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Anger is As Anger Does
I have a confession. I get angry. It’s my default emotion. Whenever something is off, whenever I feel anything other than normal, I default to anger. Yell now, ask questions later. Maybe I’m…
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Marriage: A True Story
This past weekend we spent some time with my parents. I needed some down time with my back and there’s nothing like having your mom around when you’re not feeling good. While Mom,…