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Maternity Photos

On September 18, 2013 · 17 Comments · In baby #2, family, nora, photography, pregnancy

I almost didn’t bother with doing ANY maternity photos for Vivienne’s pregnancy. We had done some DIY ones when I was pregnant with Nora, and I had been really happy with them. But this time around, we didn’t have much time for such things—plus, with Nora, I knew it would be even more challenging to […]

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Baby Pool Winner

On August 9, 2013 · Leave a Comment · In baby #2, giveaways, pregnancy, vivienne

A week ago at this moment, I was holding a brand new baby girl, naked on my chest. She had just entered the world. I had just seen her beautiful little face for the very first time.

As with most things involving your children—it seems like it can’t possibly be a week ago already, but […]

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Meeting Vivienne

On August 6, 2013 · 22 Comments · In baby #2, pregnancy, vivienne

If there is anything I learned from my pregnancy with Vivienne in comparison to Nora’s, it is that it’s true what they say: Every pregnancy is different.

As you all know, I was waiting not-so-patiently for the baby’s arrival. I was uncomfortable, I was tired, and I was just DONE. I was starting to feel […]

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We have a baby! And it’s a…

On August 2, 2013 · 33 Comments · In baby #2, pregnancy, vivienne

…GIRL!

We welcomed our second daughter into the world today. All is wonderful.

Vivienne May
August 2, 2013
2:02 p.m.
6 lbs., 11 oz.
19.5 inches long

Full story to come once we get a little rest and have time to go through the tons of photos we took today! But […]

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Celebrating “Mama’s Milk”: World Breastfeeding Week

On August 1, 2013 · 6 Comments · In baby #2, breastfeeding, pregnancy

August 1 marks the first day of World Breastfeeding Week. And, well, unfortunately, I don’t yet have another “outside baby” to breastfeed to celebrate. I wish I had more exciting news to report today! But I’m still a big advocate of breastfeeding so I wanted to post nonetheless.

Note: Although breastfeeding was my choice […]

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