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stroller accessory mania – a bottle leash

I’ve been seeing these little bottle/sippy leashes on strollers everywhere, but when I looked at BabysRUs for one it was something like $7, and since that will buy me a churro at Disneyland I decided to skip it.  But I couldn’t get the idea of how nice one would be out of my head, so […]

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I’m doing dishes.  This evening has been a whopper thanks to the screaching demanding baby, and Nic and I are feeling drained.  Will comes in and stands up on tiptoes to whisper in my ear “Mom—can I tell you a secret?” “Yes” I say, bending down to him.  “I” he whispers, stabbing me in my […]

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he looks out for her

“Mom—Ellie’s baba is COLD.” Will, handing Ellie her bottle of ‘big girl milk’ noting the temperature and doubting my parenting skills.  Everyone knows baby’s bottles are supposed to be WARM.

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Giggles from Ellie’s room after a two hour nap.  I go in and Will is in her crib and they are playing.  “Willie!  Did you wake her up?”  I say.  “I had to check that Ellie wasn’t dead,” he says.  She is, after all, his first baby.  You do things like that with your firstborn.  […]

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yard sale wrap skirt from heather ross’s weekend sewing

Look what I made! It ties. It twirls. It has a rolled hem and serged seams! That’s right–I broke out my brand new (old) serger for this one!  After months of Craigslist stalking (seriously–I logged on every night for months to do national searches) I found a Baby Lock Imagine on Craigslist for $300 (they […]

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the babies are being especially good this morning

When Willie woke up he came into bed with me (Nic was getting ready for work) and just laid next to me while I slept for half an hour.  Then Ellie woke up and he went into her room and played with her while I slept—and didn’t come get me until she pooped and got […]

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