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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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The Joy of a Family Camera

I went to upload some pictures of a truck adventure the other day (not to worry, those will be posted tomorrow), and found a little surprise. I guess John and Jacob had some fun with the camera when I wasn’t looking.           When did he get to be such a big […]

May 1, 2012

Modern Perspectives, Motherhood, Parenthood, Young Married Mom

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Daddy Radar

For the past two weeks, Jacob’s sleep schedule has been . . . trying. He’s been getting up earlier and taking shorter naps. Less sleep for Jacob means less sleep for Mommy, and that, my friends, is not a pretty thing.   Unable to accept that this “phase” could be a new shift in our […]

April 30, 2012

Modern Perspectives, Motherhood, Parenthood, Young Married Mom

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