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Roadtrippin’

On November 4, 2011 · 17 Comments · In nora, travel

Please. Tell me what I need to know about roadtripping with a 14-month-old. And hold me. Because I’m scared.

We’ve done 4-hour(ish) stretches with Nora during our traveling to and from Pennsylvania, but even that was tough. Plus, it was three months ago, and she was younger and less mobile. We’ve had

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Home for Halloween

On November 1, 2011 · 4 Comments · In family, holidays, nora

We are home.

Somewhere between the disorganization and chaos of our lives these last few months, this place became our home. I didn’t fully realize it until tonight.

Tonight, we walked our neighborhood to go trick-or-treat at a handful of houses with Nora, my brothers, their wives, and our nephew. I looked all around me […]

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Halloween Eve

On October 31, 2011 · 2 Comments · In fall season, family, holidays, nora

Another trip to a pumpkin patch (we really got pumpkins this time), plus a family dinner/pumpkin carving party at my mom’s = Halloween Eve. We also put the kids in their costumes so my mom could see them (she’s out of town tomorrow), but those pics will have to wait! :)

It was a beautiful […]

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Flashback Friday

On October 22, 2011 · 7 Comments · In nora

Got home from work tonight, had “hodge podge” (a little of everything–various leftovers) for dinner, put Nora to bed, spray-painted an air register cover, painted window trim in the living room, and now… I’m sitting with a glass of wine and looking through pictures. Some old, some new. And it.is.crazy.

October 21, 2010

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Picky

On October 19, 2011 · 20 Comments · In child development, nora

Nora has always been an awesome eater. She did great with breastfeeding. During the pureed food stage, she ate every single kind of puree that we offered her (including sour/bitter cranberries, when mixed with a bit of applesauce!). We thought it was hilarious, because she just took to everything, opening her mouth like a little […]

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