Before James was born Heather and I promised Annie that we’d still have special Annie/parents days. We wanted to make sure that, amongst the hullaballoo that comes with a new baby, Annie knew she was still special, important, and just as loved as her brother. It was pretty easy to figure out what our first…
Annie Goes To Monster’s University!
June 25th, 2013Comments: 14
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A Celebratory Tea
June 24th, 2013Comments: 36
At the beginning of this year, my Aunt Lynn started treatment to beat a recurrence of the breast cancer she first beat twenty-five years ago. Throughout the surgeries, procedures, and chemotherapy treatments, she kept up an amazingly positive attitude, always finding the bright side of every negative side effect. When her chemo treatments were plotted…
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Introducing James
June 21st, 2013Comments: 32
One of our favorite videos of Annabel is the first one we made of her, when she was just a few weeks old and relaxing on her changing table. We thought it would be great to have a similar video of James. It’s hard to believe that he will one day be as big as…
The Little Things
June 20th, 2013Comments: 48
The other day my dad said that even though he knew the last few weeks had been exhausting, he hoped that Mike and I were taking a few moments here and there to enjoy our final baby. At the time I was like, “I am just trying to survive,” but what he said stuck with…
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Modern Day Dads
June 20th, 2013Comments: 7
This post is sponsored by P&G’s Thank you, Mom campaign. Are today’s Dads different from those of our parents’ generations? According to an interesting new parenting survey by P&G Thank You, Mom, 65% of modern day dads say they have a different parenting style than their fathers. While I agree my generation of dads has some differences…
