From the monthly archives: September 2012

Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes

On September 30, 2012 · 16 Comments · In Uncategorized

So Blogger finally pushed me over the edge.

I’ve made no secret of the fact that I’ve been wanting to jump ship to WordPress for a while now. I think I’ve posted about it and/or mentioned it several times over the last year or two. In my mind, there are so many advantages to [...]

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Welcome Home

On September 27, 2012 · 14 Comments · In Uncategorized

In the late morning on Friday, we received confirmation that my brother, Trevor–who has been deployed for eight months–would be coming HOME that night. We were all so excited and anxious to see him again. All day, any time I thought about what the moment would be like, I’d get all misty!

We had [...]

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Meet Me at My Crib

On September 22, 2012 · 11 Comments · In nora

We’ve had a challenging week around these parts. It seems that with a 2-year-old, we have good weeks and bad. There are weeks that she is an easy-going, fun-loving, delightful little girl. And then there are weeks when she is a meltdown-having, screaming, uncooperative banshee.

This week, we had the latter. Nearly everything was [...]

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Toddler Curls

On September 20, 2012 · 7 Comments · In nora

After I posted our family photos the other day, I got an e-mail from a woman named Jamie (Hi Jamie!) asking me how we care for Nora’s curls. I thought it was a good question, because well, I still wonder on almost a daily basis whether I am actually doing it right.

I never really [...]

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2012 Family Photos

On September 17, 2012 · 13 Comments · In Uncategorized

A couple of weeks ago, we had family photos taken. Nora was a little difficult to work with, I must say–but most 2-year-olds are. We bribed her with fruit snacks (something we have actually never given her before) and that was at least partially successful. Otherwise, it was a lot of distracting and tickling and [...]

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