My Etsy

Just Be.

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I have problems with relaxing.

I thought maybe it was a new thing. Because, you know, I am busy. In addition to working 20 hours a week at the high school, I have a steady stream of design business and an Etsy shop. OH, and a 15-month-old toddler that likes attention and requires supervision.

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Merry Gap-mas.

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“Oh, hey! I want to write about Gap jeggings, so I’ll take a picture of myself in them to show how awesome they are!”

And then Gabe started yelling and my mirror was dusty and I am stuck with this photo.

It’s a true story, though. …

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Photo Friday.

Like father, like son.

Next, We Force Him to Watch Elf.

I feel the need to apologize for talking about a Christmas tree when Thanksgiving isn’t even here, because some people have Very Strong Feelings about that sort of thing. So, if you’re angry, please take this moment to excuse yourself.

For the first two years of our marriage, Mike and I didn’t really have a …

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True Life: My Baby Slept in My Bed.

I got an email from a reader a few months ago who saw photos from this post with our mini-co-sleeper next to our bed. She wondered how we like the co-sleeper and asked me if we slept with Gabe.

I’ve never written about one of the most important, most favorite parts of Gabe’s early months: …

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Bittersweet.

Tomorrow morning, I’m leaving Gabe.

As in, I’m getting on an airplane and flying to Washington D.C. for a work trip for two nights and three days.

Logically, I know that he is nearly 14-and-a-half-entire-months old. He is over one and I will be fine not seeing his sweet little face each morning. That I …

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