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The Road To Napping
Declan has begun the dance. The snake-in-a-woven-basket dance where he appears boneless as he wiggles his sleepy limbs around. I try my best snake charming moves but somehow he defeats me. So I decide...
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Clean Eating Peanut Butter Blondies
Oh Friday, we meet again! I’m going to make it short and sweet today because tonight we are cooking steak and scallops, having a drink or two, and celebrating my husband being a BAMF. Seriously, this...
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Allen
My cousin recently posted this video of her younger brother, Allen. I hadn’t seen it since his funeral back in November of 2010 and it really resonated with me. Allen had more life and spunk in two...
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Month Ten
I don’t typically post on the weekends but since Declan is 10 months old today I decided to make an exception! As I type this he has gone back to sleep (after waking us up at 5 am) and is cuddled up in...
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I Spoke Too Soon
It turns out I was a little too quick to brag yesterday about surviving the diarrhea diaries on Wednesday. Declan literally seemed fine all day so I assumed whatever hit him had passed. Derek and I...
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Month Eleven
First and foremost I would like to say Happy Memorial Day to everyone. I just talked to my little brother yesterday who is in the final stage of Army bootcamp and it just reminded me how fortunate we...
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Catching Up
I’ve got two blog posts sitting in my draft folder. They are quirky and fun and almost done. (That was an accidental rhyme I promise). But I'm leaving them there because today I just want to catch up....
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Father’s Day
When I fell in love with Derek it was that last night in Vegas, I’m all in kind of love. We were high on the excitement of each other and drunk on our passionate love. Only unlike Vegas, we didn’t come...
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Parents Confess
I’ve got to tell you, yesterday I was not a good mother. I didn’t turn my back as Declan walked towards an open flame or lock him in a play pin while I double fisted cocktails, but I was grumpy and...
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Declan’s Mom
I had a distant memory of a girl. She was whimsical and spontaneous and free. She would write songs by the beach and start driving before she had a destination in mind. Her style was eclectic, her eyes...
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Spending Time With Your Children: Guest Blog
Today I would like to introduce everyone to a friend of mine! Meet Ricky. Daddy to Aven, boyfriend to Lindsey, and entrepreneur. Derek and Ricky have known each other since they were kids so it was...
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8 Things You Should Know About Being A New Mom
Being a new mom is awesome…ly hard. With all of the classes, books, and tips they give you before the baby comes you would think hospitals would have a newborn crash course where they spend another 9...
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Scraping Our Knees And Jumping On Trampolines
We recently enrolled Declan in MY GYM which is essentially a real life Barney and Friends play place, minus the depressed person dressed in a giant dinosaur suit making the rest of the room...
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Start A Tradition Of Love
I’ve seen the book above a hundred times. It’s one of my favorites and Derek’s nanny gave it to us as a baby shower present. But yesterday when Declan eagerly pushed it in my face to read to him my...
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Fall Who?
Fall is my favorite time of the year. My birthday is the day before Halloween so I’ve pretty much had pumpkin spice laced blood since day one. The leaves, the crisp air, I love it all. I gladly trade...
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Hey Girl, Happy Birthday
Two years ago I received a phone call that would forever change me. I was elated to see that my friend Amanda had given birth to her gorgeous daughter Arya but was confused as to why I had a missed...
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The True Story
I could say a million things about this post but instead I will let my husband’s words do the talking. As promised yesterday, here is Derek’s version of our love story! The True Story Andrea did a...
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The Souplantation Exclamation
I had an interesting encounter today at Souplantation. I met some friends for lunch and towards the end of the meal Declan decided he was done and began to fling his body around and yell. You know,...
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It Takes a Village
Yesterday I found my self on the “Mom Walk Of Shame”. Clad in pjs, dirty hair, and no bra I desperately strolled Declan through our neighborhood for a generous 45 minutes before finally giving up. At...
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Sit And Stare
There’s something about the way a child drapes over your shoulder while sleeping, as if they are an attachment to the bone. A part of it. A part of you. They become weightless, melting into your arms...
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