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I love a long weekend. Seems like that one extra day makes a world of difference. This Labor Day weekend was a good one. After breakfast on Saturday Meredith and I hopped in the car and headed out to do some errands while we let David sleep in and do his own thing for awhile. First stop was to pick up a new batch of diapers. I was really hoping once Meredith started walking her legs would thin out and she wouldn’t need to go up in size, but it hasn’t happened yet. The mediums are too tight and leaking too much, so we had to bite the bullet and go for the larges. They look comically big on her,…
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At the end of each day I write down at least one GOOD thing that happened, then I share them all here monthly. *** 1 – Easy day of work 2 – Meredith going to sleep at 7:30 allowing David &me to watch the Olympics together adding our own commentary 3 – Watching Olympic soccer with my parents 4 – Getting chores done early & being able to just relax 5 – Church potluck, making chocolate chip cookie dough, lots of good play time with M, and an unplanned sit down dinner with David 6 – Catching up on all the unread blogs in my reader 7 – Leisurely work day doing injections with one of my favorite coworkers 8 – Playing…
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I thought I was done with the monthly updates! I’m certainly done with the monthly photoshoots; those things were getting stressful. Meredith isn’t developing as fast physically anymore, but everything else is changing so rapidly that I can hardly keep up. I think she learned at least three new skills over the weekend alone. So here’s the highlights of what’s up with her now. Not only is she walking, but she practically runs. And most of the time it’s with her hands straight up in the air like a victory V. Perhaps she was inspired by the Olympic gymnasts. She can finally stack the blocks on her own instead of just throwing them. Of course her favorite thing is still to…
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// Jewel’s Lullaby album. We listen to it every night and sometimes in the car. It’s so pretty and soothing and perfect. // Dark chocolate m&m’s. I have a serious problem with these. I buy them by the pound and go through at least a bag a week. Hey, I’m just being honest here. // HGTV magazine. I’m overrun with unread magazines right now, but this one is released quarterly and it’s always the first to get read. I’ve gotten so many ideas from it. // Tarte Lights, Camera, Lashes mascara. You have no idea how happy I am to have found a natural mascara that really works. // Kindle Touch. I’m not new to the e-reader party, but my…
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I’ve been in reading/book cataloguing/organizing mode. This is my to-read shelf, and here’s what’s on it. Time // 1:45 p.m. Place // on break at work Eating // for lunch we were brought a delicious chicken in a creamy sauce over rice Drinking // afternoon coffee (my caffeine addiction has taken itself up a notch) Watching // nothing since the Olympics ended Reading // Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn (for book club, on the Kindle) and Dinner: A Love Story by Jenny Rosenthal (from the library) Wanting // to finish cataloging our book collection and make the library into a happy place Thinking // about painting our front door Creating // a cross stitch I’ve been working on for ages, and fiddling around with hand illustrating a new blog header myself Hoping //…
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