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Auntie Julie

June 28, 2011

You know that friend? The one who doesn’t think twice about wiping your kid’s butt or telling you that you have food in your teeth? How lucky I am to have that friend. The girls’ Auntie Julie flew down from Ohio to spend last week with us. And she jumped right into the trenches. She [...]

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Today I’m grateful

June 19, 2011

For my husband, who is an amazing father and loves his three girls more than anything in the world. Lucky us. For my mom, who was born on this day. Her love for me and my little family is overwhelming. And for my dad, on Father’s Day. He taught me how to find peace, keep [...]

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Times like these

June 2, 2011

After an evening like this one, where everyone except the husband and the dog cried (some of us more than others — newborn, I’m talking to you), it’s so nice to look back through my camera and be reminded that the good times far outweigh the bad.

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These hands

May 27, 2011

Before Marc and I got married, we had to participate in a program at the church that was mostly corny and uncomfortable. Until the very end. The facilitators made each couple face each other and take each other’s hands. Then we had to recite the most beautiful words (that I can’t remember) about how we [...]

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Mom

April 10, 2011

This weekend I received one of the best gifts you could possibly give a pregnant-woman-who-is-also-mother-to-a-toddler: SLEEP. From my mom. At first I resisted her suggestion because, in all likelihood, a slumber party with Nonna means that Nonna would not slumber much. But Mom insisted. And I caved. (Note to self: try to start accepting such [...]

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Comfort and joy

January 5, 2011

Our Christmas was nothing short of awesome. Small Fry got over her fear of Santa with just one glance under the tree on Christmas morning. She tore into her gifts with a gusto that made this mommy proud. (Unlike last year when she painstakingly carried around wrapped gifts ALL DAY. Mind-boggling.) She had been asking [...]

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Remembering Grandma

January 4, 2011

My grandmother Lillian passed away last week, just a few days after her 89th birthday. She lived up north, so we didn’t get to see each other very often (pictured above is Small Fry with her great-grandmother, upon their meeting in May 2009). But I do remember the way Grandma smelled. And that she signed [...]

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Merry, merry

December 22, 2010

We’ve been busy lately getting ready for Santa’s arrival. You know, running around the house with a train of garland. Baking cookies. Hanging ornaments on the tree. Then taking them off. Over and over again. This Christmas is especially fun because Small Fry really gets it this time around. So much so that she’s a [...]

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A Christmas miracle

December 21, 2010

I’m going to join throngs of other bloggers writing about one of our own, Jenny Lawson. She is the voice behind The Bloggess and is probably the most hilarious person I’ve ever met in my life (at BlogHer, when I nearly tripped into her lap). Her blog is incredibly popular, and she’s something of a [...]

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Fur baby

December 2, 2010

This blog is my love letter to Small Fry. And a celebration of all things happy. But today? I need to use this space for something that’s been weighing on my heart. Sweet Bella. She had radical knee surgery last week, and her recovery has been a rough go. It’s so hard to see my [...]

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Thanksgiving recap, with a side of Kanye

November 29, 2010

I love being in the kitchen with my mom. When we cook together, we just have fun. Everything else floats out the window once we dig into our back-and-forth, pass-me-this-can-you-measure-that routine. And we keep each other’s secrets. Like how I made her handle the turkey all by herself because the sight of that raw flesh [...]

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Thankful

November 25, 2010

for my family, especially these two for the baby growing inside my belly for my friends, near and far for health, safety and happiness for love for a beautiful Thanksgiving Day Wishing you and yours the happiest of Thanksgivings!