Failing The Test

April 23, 2012

Toddlers are known for being difficult, but man, sometimes they can really be little psychopaths. A couple of days ago, Annie came up to me and said, “Oh mama, pretty princess hair, Annie braid it!” and started running her hands through my hair. I was smiling at her sweetness when she suddenly grabbed a handful [...]

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Sick Sarcasm

April 19, 2012

I was supposed to fly up to San Francisco this weekend, but I had to cancel because I am surrounded by sick people. I’ve yet to be infected, but I can’t run the risk of getting Jackie! sick. I’m supposed to go up again in two weeks, but still. Suck. Annie came down with sniffles [...]

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Confidence In She

April 16, 2012

Annie is slowly, slooooowly breaking out of her shyness around strangers. It’s strange for me and Mike because we aren’t shy at all. We’re not sure if we should be forcing her to interact, or let her go at her own pace. So far we’ve mostly gone at her pace, with a few instances of [...]

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Cut The Nap

April 12, 2012

A milestone I’ve been dreading for a long time seems to be upon us: Annie is starting to give up her afternoon nap. If you’re like me you’re thinking, “But she’s barely two, how is this madness happening?” and the answer is I DON’T KNOW. It’s awful. She hasn’t completely stopped napping, but the days [...]

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Where A Kid Can Be A Kid

April 11, 2012

We didn’t frighten Annie enough last weekend with the Easter Bunny or the vicious swimming gopher, so we decided to really give her a tiny toddler heart attack by taking her to Chuck E. Cheese’s. Well, it’s not like we came up with the idea spontaneously or anything – we went for a birthday party. [...]

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Watching Maddie

April 3, 2012

My mom wrote this and sent it to me yesterday: In the weeks and months after Maddie passed away, I found myself constantly looking at pictures of her on Heather’s photo site. Heather had them all set up by her age, family gatherings etc, so it was easy to look at any picture I wanted. [...]

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