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Total Immersion Parenting

It didn't take long after we returned from our family vacation in New York City for us to be completely thrown back into our normal life. The kids have taken turns getting colds and staying home from school, we celebrated Beau's birthday over the weekend,...

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Rain Dance

There are a handful of memories that I have from my childhood that I hold on to. Some of them, my favorite memories, are random and otherwise insignificant; A day at the movies with my mom and sister, an evening catching fire flies with my...

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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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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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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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Earning Our Feathers

Life has been pretty wild for our family lately. After Hurricane Sandy hit and and we were displaced from our apartment for ten days, I remember thinking "This will only make us stronger. We will remember this as a difficult time in our lives, but mostly...

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