Do you remember going to Disney as a child? The sheer butterflies and wonderment that you felt in your stomach as you got to the parking lot? And how everything felt special—after every ride you would shout about the drops and twists in excitement. And what it felt like really was...magic? Every year, Matt and…
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Doing
I like to choose a word for each new year, and I've decided that my word for 2019 is doing. I want to focus not on missed opportunities, but remembering that I can choose to do something now. I want to see the word doing and remind myself to take steps and make progress, because every…
the whaley christmas roast (not the kind that you eat)
Every year, my MIL writes a Christmas poem to the tune of, "Twas the Night Before Christmas." Affectionately known to us as "the poem," she takes notes on the family all year, and uses these notes to roast us during our Christmas Eve party on a blunder or two we've had. My part was so…
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It would happen to me
The theme of my blog is apparently that VERY SURPRISING and unlikely things do happen. ESPECIALLY. TO. ME. During my pregnancy with Hudson people often scrutinized our decision not to find out the gender of our baby until delivery. "ARE YOU CRAZY?!" was the usual response when we said we didn't want to know. For…
Our Infant Book Picks
One of the things I was most excited for when we were expecting a baby was being able to read to the baby. There's something about a good book that takes you somewhere else entirely. "I live in two worlds; one is a world of books." - Rory Gilmore I must confess to feeling this…
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