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The Library Shirt

A few months ago when my brother and sister-in-law where in town visiting we spent part of one evening looking through pictures from our childhood. One of the pictures that stood out was a picture of my brother and sister and I standing outside the library. I saw this picture and immediately blurted out; “my [...]

A Weekend of Reading

The last four days I have had various blog post ideas running through my mind. While walking Lucy around, trying to coax her into sleep, I think about all that I want to blog about. I seem to be in a real writing mood lately, but hardly can find the time to sit down and [...]

Lucy 14 Weeks

Not much to report other than I love her more this week than I did, and I didn’t think that was possible.

Living in the Moment

Last night was one of those nights. I had dinner (mostly) ready when Russ got home from work and we were fully prepared to get Lucy to bed at 7PM and enjoy dinner together. The past few days she has been in bed between 6:30 and 7 o’clock, so this sounded simple enough. I guess [...]

Breastfeeding

This week is World Breastfeeding Week so I thought now would be the perfect time to share my experiences thus far with breastfeeding. I always knew, even before I became pregnant, that when I did have a baby I would breastfeed. It was the only option for me. I want my baby having the best [...]

Lucy 13 Weeks

Thirteen weeks. Tomorrow she will be 3 months old. This week she stopped being swaddled at night. A few weeks ago I stopped swaddling her for naps, but she still wanted to be swaddled through the night. A few days ago I decided to give it another try in the nightgown, and she loved it! [...]

Nap Strike

I have been trying to get a post together for the past three days, but due to a little lady who doesn’t like sleeping, my “free” time has been pretty much non existent. Last night she was up three hours past her bedtime. No fussing, she just wanted to play and be with mom and [...]