Emelia at four months

She’s four months. FOUR. She’s been feverish after her vaccines yesterday, so I didn’t want to rock the boat and put her in something cuter than these sleeper pjs. Besides, she’s been sucking all over today, so may as well keep the standards going. Due to daycare conflicts, Olivia came…

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Life with two (or, Technically, I’m still alive)

I knew my life with two kids was going to be a big adjustment. In fact, during my pregnancy I would sit in my therapist’s office, holding my decaf coffee from McDonald’s and tell her how freaked out I was to be adding another baby to our family even though…

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If using chopsticks is my greatest accomplishment…

…then I’m not doing so well at life. I really wanted a cheeseburger and waffle fries because Granite City has this sour cream dip and it’s one of my favorite things to eat. But Chris wanted to try a new restaurant, Ichiddo Ramen, for our date night for January and…

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January 2020 in review

January brought a few really cold days and a few above average days. There’s always that weird lull that happens in the first month of the year after the craziness of the holiday season. There wasn’t a lot that happened with this family of mine this month, but that doesn’t…

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Forgotten drafts: Let it go…LET IT GOOOOO!! (No, seriously, let it go.)

This has been in my drafts folder since December 2016. All that was in here was a photo of my Doc Martens. I totally remember this post. One night I was purging a bunch of stuff in our office. I hit my nursing school stuff hard, tossing out old stapled…

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