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I rearranged the living room a smidge so we could put the tree up this evening. I do love going through the ornaments we’ve collected throughout the years, and Carrie loves to hang things on the highest branches she can reach while Daddy holds her up. I remember our first tree – senior year of [...]
Our family has a little extra to be thankful for today. My cousin (the one who had the baby shower a couple of weeks ago) had her baby this morning. A little early, but healthy. We’re so happy to welcome Charles (already nick-named “baby Charlie” by Carolyn) to the family!
I finally feel mostly back to myself. I was never officially tested, but the PA at my doctor’s office is pretty sure I had H1N1, followed by a sinus infection. Luckily (knock wood) nobody else in my family seems to have caught it. (Washing my hands several billion times in the past two weeks probably [...]
Dear Carolyn, I’ve been debating for a while now about whether to continue writing monthly letters to you. On the one hand, I’d like to think that when you’re older you’ll love to go back and read them. On the other hand, I think that in between now and then you’re going to be really [...]
We went to our first parent-teacher conference this evening. The teacher had a lot of nice things to say about Carrie. I was kind of surprised to hear that Carrie cries at least once a day at school, but her teacher is confident that it’s just a maturity thing that will come with time, and [...]
If it’s not one thing, it’s another, right? Just when I was starting to feel better, I started feeling worse again. Yeah. Now I have a sinus infection. Sigh.
I feel a bit better today, so we went outside to enjoy the nice fall day. The camera had to come too:
Dear Anna, You are sixteen months old today. I waffle between thinking that sounds so young and thinking that I should probably stop thinking of you as a baby. I’m sorry to say that I’ve totally lost track of your words and your signs. You have so many at this point that it would probably [...]
The other morning, Carrie piped up with, “Mommy, we made cards for the vegetarian in our class!” Me: ….???…. You have a vegetarian in your class? Who is it? Are they sick? Carrie: No, Mommy, the vegetarian. You know? Me: Um, you mean a “vegan”? Carrie: No. Maybe it’s not the right word. There’s a [...]