I just spent the evening playing with Maddie. She’s still army-crawling up a storm (one of these days she’ll figure out that her legs are helpful), discovering her toys, and interacting with Mike and me. It’s so much fun to watch her world expand by leaps and bounds every second of the day. We are [...]

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Maddie was in the NICU over Christmas, but that didn’t stop anyone from giving her presents. My brother Kyle gave Maddie a great shirt. It was HUGE on her at the time (size 3-6 months when she was swimming in preemie clothes) but we made it work. The nurses and the other parents in the [...]

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When Mike and I were in San Francisco, Madeline and Rigby stayed with my parents. I wasn’t ever worried about either of them, which was nice, but I missed my girls terribly! I didn’t want my parents to think I wasn’t confident in their baby care abilities, so I tried my best not to call [...]

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