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The Bunny

On April 1, 2012 · 6 Comments · In holidays, nora

We were planning on getting Nora all dressed up in her Easter best, and making a special trip to the mall–just to see the Easter Bunny.

And then we realized, WHAT THE HELL ARE WE THINKING?

We knew there was about a 0.001% chance that Nora would actually sit with the bunny long enough to […]

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Up and Down

On March 22, 2012 · 13 Comments · In child development, nora, spring season

I’m convinced that toddlers are bipolar.

I don’t mean to make light of the actual mental condition–I know it’s very real, and very serious–but SO ARE TODDLER MOOD SWINGS. Dear lord.

Nora was such an easy baby. Seriously, she almost never cried. But then she turned one, and went all crazy. The tantrums were moderate […]

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Outside

On March 16, 2012 · 12 Comments · In nora, spring season

I’m afraid we’ve created a monster. We’ve had pretty great weather this week. Every night after work, we’ve taken Nora outside to play. The only problem (if you can call it that) is that she LOVES it–a little too much, maybe. The minute we get home, she’s whining/reaching for the door/begging to go outside. We […]

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Clean Sweep

On March 1, 2012 · 5 Comments · In kitchen makeover, nora

Tonight… we cleaned.

(And no, we did not stage this. She picked up the broom on her own tonight.)

See that nasty drywall dust on the floor above? That has been coating our kitchen for the past 10 days. It is the reason we had plastic taped up over every doorway, why we couldn’t cook […]

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Spitting Image

On February 22, 2012 · 15 Comments · In nora

Genetics are hilarious. The night after Nora was born, I sat in my hospital bed with my sleeping newborn passed out across the front of me. She had been born at 3:29 a.m. that morning, and after a day full of family and visitors, this was one of the first quiet moments that she […]

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