Family

Our Blueprint: Eight Years

For the past six months, Justin (and basically everyone in our immediate family) have been asking me for prints of the photos I take of the kids. There's a million and one excuses, but I just haven't done it. I haven't, until recently, found a...

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Love, Life and Corn Dogs

The days surrounding the birth of a new baby have, in the past, been somewhat foggy. Newborn haze is one thing; The atmosphere feels like it's literally dripping with newness, pink with love and awe. I remember bits and pieces of the days following the...

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Theme BBQ Night: Half Birthday Celebration

// This post is sponsored by Target. More Turtles, More Bold and Daring Fun: Blur the lines of fantasy and reality with your favorite Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles at Target. My children were all born in either fall or winter. Jack and Beau are my winter...

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August is Waiting

I realize that the month of July has been over for four days already, but at the pace we're moving, the rate our weeks are filling, and the faster this last trimester seems to be flying has me feeling nostalgic. Not like the normal nostalgia,...

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5 Reasons To Take A Babymoon Vacation

My husband and I are currently in Turks & Caicos celebrating our babymoon, which is actually our very first vacation as a married couple, just the two of us. For various reasons involving circumstance and finances, we just haven't been able to get away. I...

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One Splendid Summer

This summer has been everything a summer should be. The kids have spent so much time playing with friends old and new in our neighborhood, VBS, baseball, soccer and ballet camps and we just took the best vacation ever over the Fourth of July weekend...

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Fostering Family Connections

The following post was sponsored by Creatacard by American Greetings. As a family, we've been slow adopters of personal electronics for the kid's use. During the day and especially the school year, they are fairly strictly limited to a couple of shows or 20 minutes...

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Thirty Weeks

My figure lately defines me in more ways than one. I'm watching where I walk and what I eat, things I read and which social situations I choose to show up to or not. Strangers have so much to say-pregnancy is such a magnified state...

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Mellow Summer Atmosphere

It's day four of summer vacation, and I finally feel like we've downshifted the soundtrack from the Ramones to a slow and breezy Beck tune. That could also very well be the calling card of my seventh month of pregnancy, because I feel as though I'm...

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The Road to Disneyland: Spending Smartly

Our road trip to Anaheim--the Magical Kingdom on this side of the Mississippi--was filled with tons of excitement. The kids are the perfect ages for Disneyland and knew enough about what to expect to be filled with anticipation for weeks leading up to our extra...

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Project 4.0

We are finally able to share our exciting news and we all couldn't possibly be happier. Coming September, 2014. Our blessings are so, so many and I couldn't be more honored to share it with you. This post wasn't sponsored by anything but love. Thank you for that...

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The Twenty Freshpet Team Cuddle Finalists

One of my favorite things to come from the attention we've received over my photos of Theo and Beau has been the community. I've read and loved every (well, almost every) comment and sentiment that you've left, and I've loved the photos you've shared with...

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