Tradition plays a pretty large role in our family. From ceremoniously cutting down our Christmas tree, stringing popcorn and cranberries for garlands on it's branches, taking turns with surprises on the daily advent calendar to attending our local hometown Christmas Parade, the holiday season is...
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It's been one year since we brought Theo home. Zoe and I drove to the shelter to collect him, just the two of us. She had been asking incessantly for a puppy for as long as she could verbalize it. The entire 20 minute ride...
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When I was a little girl, I loved my teddy named Bobby and he came everywhere with me. As a pre-teen I cherished my Caboodle and coveted the makeup and nail polish that would fill it. As a teenager I was obsessed my guitar and...
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Jack and Zoe are 19 months apart. Lately I've been thinking a lot about the time we spent together during those first few completely wild, totally amazing years. How I loved having two babies. We did everything together, so many firsts spent learning about life, the...
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Evangeline has been, dare I say, following something of a schedule since the day she was born. It sounds a little crazy to say, and I'm even crazier to put it out there because we all know that Murphy's Law sits and waits for these...
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I've been wanting to share with you the day that we brought Evvie home, but it's been a little raw for me up until recently. That day was so hectic, hardly the kind of serene and sweet "coming home" celebration we had hoped for, but...
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Our quest for a puppy began last Christmas, while we were still living in New York City. We had trekked the three excited kids twelve blocks to Macy's in Herald Square on a blustery day, made our way through Santa Land and eventually to greet...
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Beau is an active baby. I can call him a baby until he's officially out of diapers, right? On that note, exactly how damaging is it to keep kids in diapers for the sake of keeping them little? I'm kidding, of course. Beau will be...
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I was pretty confident going into this last pregnancy with Beau. It had been over two years since I had been pregnant the previous time, and my biological clock was working overtime. Jack and Zoe were born 19 months apart, and having them back to...
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Head turner. Space ship. Extraordinary. I get comments on the Orbit G2 everywhere I go. I've been all around NYC with it, and I'm stopped at least once every time I leave the house about the Sidekick Stroller Boards. Here's the thing: I like fancy. I like...
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This morning I woke up to the soft tweeting of birds and the crisp, fresh air that engulfs my mother's home that sits at the base of the Santa Cruz mountains. As I type this, the kids are in the back yard playing, Beau is...
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The birth of our third child raised a common question with us: Whether or not we would cloth diaper or stick with our trusty disposables. Both my husband and I are very eco-friendly minded and try to make many-if not all-of our consumer decisions based...
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