September 2010
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Fisher Price & Mattel Recall →
Eeessh! How can we protect our children when so many products designed for them are being recalled? Please check the link above as dozens of products are being recalled including ride-on toys, infant inflatables and high chairs.
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How we celebrate. part 2
We had plans all along to go visit our friends Nick & Kate on their farm in Snow Camp, NC. When we talked last week I gave Kate one task “Find the best tree on the whole farm to have a picnic under”. Sadly, the rain kept our outdoor picnic at bay - so we sat around the table at their little farm house eating soft cheeses, roasted red peppers, grapes, and pesto pasta with...
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How we celebrate. (part 1)
I’ve yet to read a greeting card that sounds better that what my husband can scrawl in his messy handwriting on a piece of paper. Not a single one I’ve come across speaks to us and what we know to be true and how it feels to be married to one another.
For that reason, we have a rule when it comes to celebrations of love in our home. All cards for the occasion will be handmade - even...
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The luckiest.
Three years ago today one of the most beautiful events of my life took place. I stood barefoot in the late afternoon September sun, held the hands of my very best friend, and promised from the deepest parts of my being to stand by him and love him for the rest of my years.
Huge welling tears fill my eyes when I think about how blessed my life has been with Brent in it. He is the sort of man every...
Sunday morning in photos
In our house, the very best hours all week are those first few on Sunday mornings.
Love,
M
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The first day of Autumn.
I hadn’t gotten both feet in the door from work last night before I was announcing to Brent and Everly “Let’s go outside!!”. After spending 8+ hours trapped under the artificial lighting of corporate America, I was aching something fierce for fresh air and barefeet.
We only made it as far as our front yard, but that’s all I really needed anyway. A little family time...
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Click here to see if your formula has been... →
More Updates: Similac support staff is reporting to people calling in that if the 3 digits on the bottom of your can end with RB and a number, it is most likely part of the recall.
Update: Apparently the Similac website is not working and the recall link is down (grrr) Read a news story on the recall here.
Attention all Formula feeding mamas - Please check out this Similac recall above- Our...
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“I have essentially become a human napkin.”
– A realization I had last night while undressing from a busy day. On my shirt was Evie’s dinner, a spot where she wiped her runny nose (thanks teething), and 3 different spit up stains
A wedding.
This weekend we attended the wedding of one of my oldest friends, Hannah. Our parents have been friends our whole lives and we’ve spent so many years playing dress up, having tea parties and going on family vacations together. Hannah and her new husband Chas, held their wedding in the backyard of the 100 year old farmhouse where they live. They said their vows in front of...
The Weekend.
Despite the fact that it looks like we had a lazy, relaxing weekend - it really was quite busy! Brent was out of town for most of it on a boy’s weekend to the beach. Lucky for us, Mama drove down from Asheville to hang out with Dovie and I. But mixed in with the hustle were moments of quite stillness. Those truly are the times I most enjoy. When afternoon light waterfalls through the...
Our path to dreamland...
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The ugly side of blogging.
A lot of things happen when you make a conscious decision to open your life, thoughts, and family up to the exposure that comes with a public blog. For me, blogging filled the hole left when I graduated college and no longer had access to sappy poetry and angsty creative writing classes. It’s become a neccessity in keeping my inner peace. An online diary of thoughts, joys, and sometimes hard...
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It's a Boy!
I know how painfully one sided my blog is when it comes to cute baby stuff. It’s girl, girl, girl all the time because, well, that’s what I’m mainly looking for when browsing. But with a slew of new baby boys being born into my friend circle and a nephew on the way, I felt it was high time I feature some ridiculously cute baby boy finds on Dear Baby.
Wheels Motif Crib Bedding,...
Remember when I promised a part 2?
Of the whole “travel with baby” thing. It’s coming. I promise.
yours in procrastination,
M
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A peek at Everly's fall wardrobe
While I love naked babies and ruffley little sunsuits - I can’t help but feel completely ready for fall. After two years of temperatures that averaged in low 70’s in San Francisco - our first summer back in the NC heat was a little rough!
Last night I smelled someone burning leaves and wood and instantly I was hit with nostalgia for cool, autumn days - scarves and jewel tones and...
