Parenting
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Discipline and the Big Brother
Bean has definitely embraced being a big brother. He loves his “Gaycee.” He brings her toys and shares his food with her (according to Bean, she should be eating more popcorn and cheese).…
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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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The Mini-Nursery
Just like we did with Bean, we are keeping Gracie in our room at night in a bassinet until she’s a little bigger. I’m sure she’d be fine, really, to sleep in her…
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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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Learning to Be a Big Brother
If I could have chosen the smoothest transition possible for Bean and Gracie, it would have been exactly what’s been happening in our house right now. Bean seems to have been born to…
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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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The Firstborn
I could go on to have 100 more children, but this one will always be my baby because it was his eyelashes and bright blue eyes that first made me somebody’s momma.
