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35 Weeks & Life Lately

On April 18, 2016 · 6 Comments · In baby #3, nora, pregnancy, vivienne, work, working mom

Longest blog drought ever. Life? It has been crazy.

I’ve been telling friends that you know it’s bad when having a newborn sounds like a vacation.

Where should I even begin? I guess with the one who will be giving me a “vacation.”

PREGNANCY

My poor, neglected third baby. Least documented pregnancy ever. I’ve been […]

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Happy Halloween 2015

On October 31, 2015 · 2 Comments · In holidays, nora, vivienne

Our Strawberry Shortcake took the neighborhood by storm. Since Halloween fell on a Saturday this year AND we had good weather (not too chilly, and no rain!), we hit up more houses for trick-or-treating than we ever have before.

We had to wrestle and totally bribe our owl to even get her into her […]

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Officially a Kindergartener

On September 2, 2015 · 3 Comments · In grade school, kindergarten, nora

Today was Nora’s first day of kindergarten. She handled it like a champ.

She woke up a little earlier than she has been recently—around 6:30. She came into our room saying that the “Ready Confetti” her teacher had given her worked. “It really helped me!” she said. We snuggled for a few minutes and […]

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On the Eve of the 1st Day of Kindergarten

On September 1, 2015 · 2 Comments · In grade school, kindergarten, nora

Dear Nora,

Remember when I wrote you on the day before you started daycare? That seems so long ago now, yet just like yesterday. Time is a trickster, because…

Tomorrow, you start kindergarten.

It is so hard for me to believe that you are already entering your school years. No longer a baby […]

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F@*# Cancer. And the Stomach Bug.

On April 30, 2015 · 5 Comments · In friends, nora, vivienne

A couple of weeks ago, we made a special road trip to visit old friends and someone very special to me. The trip took us back to our college town—again! After just being there this past fall for the first time in YEARS.

You see, my favorite, most influential and awesome professor, mentor and […]

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