November 2011
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Greatest Earthly Blessing.
I’ve been anticipating this for months- Our first family photos as a foursome. Brent, myself, our children (plural - TWO OF THEM!) It’s been well over a year since our last family photo shoot when I was secretly pregnant with Arlo but hadn’t uttered a word about it to anyone. And now, here we are with that chubby baby from last year’s photos replaced with a vivacious...
Work Clothes/ Play Clothes
Collecting 5 outfits for this feature is proving harder than I thought- most week days I’m running out the door to get to the office on time and daylight savings has made it so that it’s too dark to take photos when I come home. Most weekends, I’ve got the camera pointed on my family and I forget to snap a shot of myself, so it took me almost a month to collect these 5 shots....
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Letters to Arlo, on the Eve of your Sixth Month.
Dear Arlo,
You are six months old tomorrow and I am listening to the playlist I made for the night you were born. I remember carefully listening to each song, balancing the laptop over my big belly and trying to pick just the right mix of music to welcome you into the world. As I write this, in between lilty lyrics and pretty choruses , flashes of our first meeting play out in my head. I...
Wanted Boots Winner
Ummm ladies. I would like for you all to know that there are 700+ of you out there who read this blog with a size 8 1/2 shoe. I seriously thought there would be a few dozen entries. As one commenter put it - “No wonder there aren’t any good shoes in my size on the clearance rack!”
I threw you all into random.org and my lucky winner today is Funky Juice Box (your name made...
The Coolest Cat Eyes in Town.
I’ve been on the hunt for the perfect pair of cat eye frames for my every day glasses for months and months now. I bought these vintage frames off ebay 6 months ago in the hopes that they’d work, but unfortunately they were too small for my face. I was bummed for a minute but figured that since I scored them for next to nothing, they’d be a great addition to a dress...
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Toddler Conversations
(Our conversation after Everly's Nana handed her a piece of cheese)
Me: Everly, What do you say when someone gives you a piece of cheese?
Everly: MORE CHEESE!
Me: I was thinking "Thank you" but I guess that's a possible answer too.
WatchThat video I promised.
Magic boy makes his mom burst with joy (again).
Love,
M
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We’ve all been feeling a little cooped up lately. I’ve said it a thousand different ways, but the single most effective way to get us out of a funk is to find a big patch of open land and just let loose. Everly sees no boundaries and it seems that in our daily routine we are often trying to reel her in, pull her back, and keep her between the lines (usually for the sake...
(Best natural teether ever: baby toes)
My blog neglect is in full force this week. There is so much going on with house buying , Arlo doctor appointments, and a full list of upcoming events and projects. Also, can I just say that going through the loan process for buying a home must feel something like trying to get hired by the FBI. So much paper work. and “proof of”...
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Expectation vs. Reality: The Halloween Edition.
I know better, really. I’ll dream up some sort of scenario in my head about an event like this - Everly’s first real halloween- the kind that she is old enough to actually participate in. And in my head, we light our carved jack-o-lanterns, leave the grandparents with a big bowl of candy for the trick or treaters, and we take our adorabley costumed children through the neighborhood for...