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Hello, Anaphylaxis. How Unpleasant to Meet You.

I was just about to post an update on Jacob’s food allergies, after our visit to the allergist two weeks ago. Instead, here’s the short version: At that visit, we did another skin test (the first was almost exactly a year ago), which confirmed that Jacob is not allergic to wheat, but is allergic to […]

August 13, 2012

Modern Perspectives, Motherhood, Young Married Mom

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The Month of John, 2012

June is my favorite month of the year. Not only is it usually vacation month for our family, but we get to celebrate Father’s Day and John’s birthday, often inside of a week. I love reasons to celebrate John–to make enormous ice cream cakes and justify eating things like burgers, steak, and seared tuna (though […]

June 28, 2012

Brooklyn, Modern Perspectives, Parenthood, Young Married Mom

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Good News

I’m delighted to share nothing but good news about our little one. We went to our ultrasound today, and learned that the baby’s heart is beating well (praise God!), s/he is still just the right size, and what was identified as a potential problem at our last exam has developed into absolutely nothing of concern. […]

June 18, 2012

Modern Perspectives, Motherhood, Young Married Mom

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