Monthly Archives: February 2012

A weekend away [via instagram]

Before we started a family, we were up in Tahoe skiing pretty much 3 weekends out of every month. We made the 3.5 hour drive up on Friday night or early Saturday morning and then back again on Sunday afternoon … Continue reading

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CMYK + zen

Don’t adjust your monitor the cmyk colors are calibrated correctly.  The new Zen Stroller from Giggle is as colorful as it is slim (when folded). At $799 (plus another $250 for the newborn nest if you want it) it’s not … Continue reading

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Mom’s Wrist

Public Service Announcement: Those of you who are pregnant, start lifting weights with your hands and strengthening your wrists so you do not end up like this: Around week 1 post-baby, I started noticing pain in my wrists, but it … Continue reading

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Eleanor’s Announcements

I thought I would share the birth announcement we sent out for Eleanor (full disclosure: there are still a few of you out there who are supposed to get an announcement and haven’t gotten one yet.  We’re a little slow … Continue reading

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Pregnancy Dos and Don’ts

(image courtesy of Edyta Szyszlo Photography) When you are pregnant, there is always the question of what can you eat/use/do and what you should avoid.  One thing that began to bother me was when people would say “well, look at … Continue reading

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Baby Monitor

I procrastinated buying a baby monitor.  After all, we live in a one bedroom apartment and the baby sleeps in the bedroom with us for now.  In fact, at night she still sleeps with us which means the only time … Continue reading

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Treehouse Bedrooms

My husband was kind enough to send me this link to these treehouse beds on Inhabitots.  I would have loved something like this when I was younger (although I’m guessing I would have wanted something a little more over-the-top girly). … Continue reading

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Baby #2?

No, no, this isn’t an announcement about me being pregnant.  It’s more of a question for you all.  I’m starting to wonder why people have another baby?  I’m starting to believe that it must be a mistake in most cases. … Continue reading

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Cousin Love

I couldn’t resist posting this.  Yesterday I went to my sister’s house to hang out for a few hours to get some sister/niece/nephew time in.  We first went for a walk downtown and then we went back to her house … Continue reading

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Does he do what you ask?

A few weeks ago Jackson had his 1 year check-up.  I think it must be pretty standard for the doctor to ask questions about whether or not he’s doing certain things, like, picking up small items with is fingers, babbling, … Continue reading

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