Shopping for children’s books is one of my favorite things to shop for. I started collecting them in college, & I basically look for any opportunity to buy one now– birthday present, Christmas present, travel souvenir, & any other random special occasion– it’s safe to say I’ll show up with a book! I like buying…
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If I’m being completely real with you guys, the activity I’m about to write about came from a fear of not doing enough. When I think about the mom I want to be, there are SO many things I want to do with my kids on a consistent basis. Some of these things may sound…
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Whether you make your kids’ lunches the morning of, the night before, or all at the beginning of the week, trying to figure out how to fill that lunchbox can make you feel like your brain is going to explode. I don’t do anything fancy– you won’t find sandwiches cut into unicorns here. The five…
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Last fall, Blake & I attended a fundraiser, & there was a silent auction. We perused the tables at the beginning of the evening & put an early bid down for a week long stay at a cabin in Breckenridge, Colorado. Long story short, we won! We decided to go in the summer for some…
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As with most things, my packing game has dramatically changed since having children. What used to be a strategy of planning outfits a week in advance has become a joke of loading all the things into suitcases two hours before we hit the road. And I mean all the things. The priority isn’t even clothes…
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Dear Emma, We chose open adoption for two reasons: 1. You. 2. Your birth mother. I wish we were selfless, but we didn’t choose open adoption for us. It would have been so much easier for your dad & me to close that road off. It would have been so much easier. To tell you…
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I’ve always been a snacker. I mean, who doesn’t feel happier with a snack in hand? But add three tiny humans to the mix who also live for the snacks, & it’s like Why do I even make all the meals? Our world revolves around snacks. I remember after Jude was born, the thought of…
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When Blake & I began our domestic adoption process in January 2015, we knew two things & two things only: 1. We wanted an open adoption and 2. We were nervous about an open adoption. But the whole thing was so abstract & surreal, we just plowed through the paperwork & hoped the right emotions…
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Growing up, the word sensitive & I became synonymous. I had sensitive feelings and sensitive skin. What a combo! Anyone else have to wear prescription sunscreen growing up that never absorbed into your body but made you look like Casper for the next eight hours? Other words were given to me, too, but sensitive stood…
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We’ve all been there, you guys. You gave him the wrong granola bar. You wouldn’t let her wear her swimsuit to school. He took her Chapstick. You said no to coloring with Mommy’s permanent markers. Obviously, these are all valid reasons for prostrating oneself on the floor & crying all the tears while simultaneously producing…
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