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Over Fourth of July weekend, Matt surprised me with a trip to Quebec City as a slightly belated 30th birthday present. And by “surprise” I mean he told me two days in advance. That’s about as surprising as you can get when traveling with a 13-month-old. Quebec City is the type of place we love to [...] After a busy June, July, and August, it’s time to dust off the old blog and tell our summer tales. I’ve had a number of blog entries knocking around my brain, but no time to write them between Gymboree, toddler-chasing, and a sudden influx of business. But thanks to a recent huge storm (more on that [...] They say 30 is the new twenty. Two weeks into the new decade, I can attest that 30 is way better than twenty. Could I have owned this much dorkiness a decade ago? Somehow, on my birthday Eva got two presents. The beauty of motherhood is that I enjoyed her gifts more than mine.
A gift [...] It is amazing what happens in 12 months: We celebrated Eva’s first birthday a little over a week ago. It was an event – family flew in from the West Coast and we threw a party. You should know that the last time Matt and I threw a party, we were getting married. It took a [...] What a difference a year makes. Happy Mother’s Day everyone! May 10, 2009 May 9, 2010 Last weekend we went to the Outer Banks. We stay a few miles from the Virginia border in an area that is only accessible by driving on the beach. We almost always see wild horses during our say, but last weekend we had the best wildlife-sighting trip on family record. It was mostly due to [...] Eva’s hair, courtesy of the wind in the Outer Banks. When Eva was a newborn, I worried I didn’t read to her enough. Sometimes I worry excessively. The best way to get 20 minutes of quiet time is to put Eva on the floor with a pile of books. She can easily spend an hour throughout the day reading by herself in addition to 20-30 minutes [...] In the last month, we’ve seen our congenial baby start to form some opinions. Sitting in the recliner? Eva knows there’s a pile of books within Mama’s reach, and we should be reading them right now. A purple toothbrush in sight? A certain baby knows that is her toothbrush, thank you. Time to eat? She’d [...] A week and a half ago, Eva and I bid farewell to the five foot pile of snow in our front yard and headed West for a balmy vacation in Seattle. Matt flew out and met us a few days later. The Pacific Northwest is having the warmest winter on record, which sounded more appealing than [...] |
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