January 2012
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Christmas Recap Finale (Part III)
Buffalo Edition
Our niece and nephew were SO excited to see “Baby Colton” again. It was really cute, the dynamic between the three of them, they were part shy, part excited, and didn’t really know how to handle it. They would go from wanting to touch him and kiss him to just staring. Either way, they were captivated by him. Colt on the other hand was more interested in the...
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Christmas Recap, Part II
So I’m looking through my photos, trying to decide which parts to highlight and I look at the bottom of my folder and see how many pictures I took… Are you ready for this? 1,429.
FOURTEEN HUNDRED twenty nine. Ya, I’m not going to be able to adequately recap this in a reasonable time or manner. So I’ve decided to just skip ahead and post a few from Christmas day.
That...
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DRUM ROLL PLEASE!.... Who gets the award for THE...
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It’s here! Christmas Vacation, Part I
(I know, I’m ridiculous)
Colton was REALLY excited to be back in California again. He recognized the house and ran around like a little puppy dog who recognizes an old scent he loves. It was precious to see. Dad (aka Gramps) showed him around outside so he could see the lights on the house. That become one of C’s favorite...
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“You know you’re a mother when you ask for appliances for your birthday.”
– I can’t believe it really does come to this. I always thought you had to be a particular kind of woman. But as it turns out, it’s just a particular age at a particular stage in life. In any case, I’m really hoping for this this year. (jury’s still out. my husband got me a new...
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Our First ER Trip
I always knew that I’d have to see this day at some point, I just never thought it’d be so soon. He’s not even one yet.
Colton’s friend got this awesome baby trampoline for Christmas and when we went over to visit last week he just LOVED it. Climbing up and down, bouncing, crawling through the handle. It occupied him for a whole hour at her house. An HOUR. In baby-time...
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New Year, New Hair
I decided I needed to take a stand against my “hair up” routine. You know the whole, nowihaveababyidonthavetimeformyself thing.
A slightly exaggerated BEFORE.
AFTER! With a little hot pink flare.
December 2011
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Santa Baby
This may shock you all, but Christmas is a few days away and we haven’t really bought many items for our son yet. Sounds like a big yikes, but the thing is, since we’re celebrating in California AND in Buffalo, hauling back presents from everyone back to New York is going to be a feat-and-a-half as it is, and I have a feeling babyboy is going to be showered with gifts, so we...
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Cookie [and beer] Exchange
The weekend before I left we had our 3rd annual cookie & beer exchange party. We invite all our marrieds over and the ladies bake and the men bring unique brews, and then we all swap. It’s a lot of fun. This year we had 20 people, and a couple babies. We went all out, too. Decorations, festive drinks, amazing appetizers. The beer selection was outstanding, and the cookies were by far...
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Every year we get our tree the weekend of Thanksgiving. Since we don’t stay in the city but more than a few weeks of December because of holiday travel and being with extended family, we like to ensure we get as much Christmas tree time at home as possible. So this past weekend we got our tree.
I was so excited to take Colt. We put on Christmas music and got lattes and decorated. As weird...
November 2011
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Comfort Foods
Here’s another thing that’s back, recipes!
My little sister recently moved out and has been wanting to start cooking for her and her boyfriend, so she requested I help supply her with some recipes again. We sadly hadn’t been doing Dinner Swap lately because of schedules and traveling (not just ours either), so I kinda dropped off the dinner posts, but that doesn’t mean I...
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Halloween this year got a little out of hand, in the best possible way.
When I first started brainstorming ideas for Halloween this year, I knew I wanted something super cute for my baby, taking full advantage of his age. Since he’s only going to continue to get bigger and older, turning into a boy, into a teenager, into a man, that means I only have a few years in control of super cuteness...
October 2011
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“Avoid drippy ice cream and put a marshmallow at the bottom of the cone first.”
– Parents Magazine
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September 2011
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“Save cardboard tubes from paper towels to transport your child’s artwork...”
– Parents Magazine
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Double Duty
Yesterday I babysat a friend’s baby for an hour and a half so she could have some “me time”… she came up with this idea of swapping time each week so we could get away, have alone time or get things done. Not a bad idea right? Except it requires more coordination than I anticipated, and takes up a lot more of the day than I anticipated. I was also a little worried because...
“I think I overdid it on my first workout.”
– It’s been 1.5 years since my last gym visit. Sad. But happy I’m back on the horse!! Go me!
Now hand me an icepack.
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Labor Day Flashback
Other things we did that weekend…
Went hiking.
Took naps.
Looked at fish.
Touched fish.
Played in the dirt.
Ate dirt.
Took a boat ride.
Hated the lifejacket.
Played in the water.
Played in the tent.
Cooked delicious food.
Made delicious s’mores.
And overall just basked in the nature around us and enjoyed God’s beauty.
Oh, and...
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Labor Day Flashback
I think the most important part of making sure baby was happy the whole weekend was coming prepared. It was a bit of a fight to get HB to agree to let me bring so many things, since he’s always of the mindset “he’ll be fine.” Babe, I forgot his hat, do you think I should run back up to get it? He’ll be fine. Babe, he’s playing with a plastic...