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Saturday’s Top 5 Laughs

April 13, 2012 3 Comments

This was a great week, despite my entire house getting sick (besides me), and I’m happy to join Mel from The Mommyhood Chronicle’s blog hop. Here’s my top 5: 1. I was getting dressed earlier this week when I heard Jackson climb onto the bed and say “Sidney hungry, wanna eat?” while he lifted up [...]

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Every Woman Needs a {faux} Book Club

March 12, 2012 7 Comments

About two years ago I realized my friends & I needed a night out every month. Our husbands had golf leagues and poker nights, so it was time for us to have a “Mom’s Night Out.” Book club was the first thing that came to my mind, however, *most* new Moms don’t have spare time [...]

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Reflections of Motherhood

December 23, 2011 2 Comments

Someone recently shared this YouTube video and it really touched me, so I wanted to share it with you all in case you haven’t seen it yet. It’s a compilation of real Moms and what they would tell themselves before they became a Mom for the first time. My favorites are “You’ll miss your Mom” [...]

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When Life Gets in the Way

December 12, 2011 4 Comments

Sorry I haven’t written much lately. This has been a tough month and we’re only 12 days in. Our best friend’s (and Godfather to Sidney) brain tumor hemorrhaged, my Mom’s cousin found out she had breast cancer (her Mom & sister died of the same cancer), Jackson & Sidney have been sick and to the [...]

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A Special Request for You

December 4, 2011 13 Comments

I’m not a super-religious person, but I’m asking for your prayers. Our good friend and Godfather to Sidney was diagnosed with a brain tumor back in April of this year. Peter is the 33 year old loving husband to my best friend and an amazing father to two year old Tysen (Jackson’s best buddy) and [...]

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34 Week Bump Update: Bigger than Ever!

September 12, 2011 10 Comments

34 weeks *How far along?: 34 weeks and 4 days *Total weight gain: After a weekend in Boston with girlfriends and visiting the Langham Hotel’s Chocolate Bar, probably 40 pounds! I am the biggest I have ever been, in my entire life and two pregnancies. *How big is baby?: The size of a honeydew, anywhere [...]

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BUSTED: Dancing with Dogs

September 2, 2011 3 Comments

A long, long time ago (7 years) I was single and living by myself in Florida while attending graduate school. During that time, my friends and I attended bars regularly after school and work. After a cool November night out, my best friend Ginger and I came home from the bar and were listening to [...]

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The Highs & Lows of a Summer Saturday

July 23, 2011 5 Comments

Today has been a great day. We went to a friend’s daughter’s fifth birthday party and the kids had a blast playing outside in the pools which formed an even better mud puddle after tons of splashing by the little partygoers. Jackson already knew a few kids which made it even easier for him to [...]

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No gestational diabetes :) but no #BlogHer11 for me :(

July 20, 2011 12 Comments

Today was the big glucose tolerance test to screen for gestational diabetes. I scheduled it for first thing in the morning so I could resist eating a breakfast like donuts or a coffee roll. Since I’m 27 weeks tomorrow, we rolled this appointment into my monthly appointment with my favorite doctor, Dr. L (who delivered [...]

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BlogHer Baby Meet Up

May 22, 2011 8 Comments

As you can see, Veronica’s P & my Jackson thought they were the lives of the party Today, Jackson and I drove up to Massachusetts to meet up with Beth from Me As A Mommy and Veronica from Crunchy VT Mommy to go to Lyss from She’s Mommafied’s daughter’s birthday party. Turns out the [...]

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