Category: Baby
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So much for Viv’s special birthday dress…she left for daycare all dolled up and returned as the true ragamuffin she is. She’s two! I do most of my parenting, feel most like a “mom” in the early morning hours before she is awake. Packing her lunch, making her bottles, laying out her outfits with matching…
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Paulie: “You know that there are at least a dozen full grown women in Wisconsin wearing that exact same outfit today. In the same size!”
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Today’s thoughtful text from loving husband: “Got the smell out”
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Viv rearranged the furniture in the pediatrician’s waiting room last week. I wonder where she picked that up! She is mimicking mama and papa and playing pretend more elaborately every day. This morning, I heard her grunting and struggling in the corner of the bedroom. “What are you doing honey?” I asked. “Putting my tights…
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She’s “reading” a book on toddler discipline that she took from Papa’s not-to-be-touched table, while wearing his reading glasses that she loudly proclaims are “mine! mine! mine!”. She also has a “pooooooop in my di-ya-per”. But never mind all that, look at her!
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So much for taking it easy this weekend…I woke up wanting to get this corner of the “Wedding Cake” room done. This will be Viv’s bedroom, so some cuteness is in order. The wall decal is the same one I installed in her nursery at Wildwood the week she was born. I was so sad…
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Zio Mike and Zia Kelly are in town for Lisa and Phil’s wedding this weekend. The three day Festa Italiania started last night with pasta and pillow forts! Posted with Blogsy
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(Left) BEFORE : mauve baseboard trim, pink walls (Right) AFTER: cream and clean It is subtle in a photo, but makes a huge impact in person. Painting the stringer (the previously mauve stairway baseboard) and the walls my favorite putty-cream color (Benajmin Moore Natural Cream) makes the stairwell and hallway feel clean and bright. Like…
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Viv, to an overly-eager guy at the grocery store (I think he was trolling for single moms) : “Are you pooping?” Posted with Blogsy
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We will be getting the Tin Can Cottage ready for use soon. The benches and cushions are ready, the station wagon is full of supplies.The winter was long and cruel, but somehow I'm still not ready for spring yet…my trailer "to do" lists are too long. I'm looking forward to it, but I have reservations…
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