holden’s obscene baby blanket

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nomiddlename

April 28, 2013

My Nanny (grandmother) died two years ago today. She was a strong, stubborn, funny woman and I believe I got my trucker’s mouth from her. One of her favorite sayings was “damn good”: “Nanny, how was your dinner?” “Damn good.” “Nanny, how are you feeling?” “I’m doing damn good.”
To honor her and to give Holden an idea of how special her Nanny 1 was, I had her pajamas and some *select* tshirts made into a custom baby blanket from 3stitchcreations on etsy. I’m pretty sure I have the only baby blanket on the planet that includes the word “damn” and an f-bomb. Nanny would be so proud. (Yes, I’ll be packing the blanket away once Holden learns to read.)

Nanny actually predicted my pregnancy on her deathbed. I hope she would think I’m a damn good mom.

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oh, bother.: pinterest quasi-fail: baby’s monthly photos

June 21, 2013

[…] I thought I would try a similar approach, but I wanted to use Holden’s baby blanket that I had made from my Nanny’s old t-shirts and pajamas. Knowing myself, I figured I would be reasonable and just do the photos monthly, rather than […]

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