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Continue reading →: to my daughter on her second birthdayHoldy, Well, Big Girl, it’s your second birthday. This has been a wonderful, frustrating, hilarious, educational, heartwarming, awe-inspiring, terrifying, remarkable year watching you grow. Truth be told, you entered your “terrible twos” a bit early: more like the “terrible 18 months.” But I’ll take a terrible day with you over…
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Continue reading →: early birthday surpriseThey say a picture is worth a thousand words, so I’ll just leave these here. ps – I think I found a new way to make your toddler get rid of their Nuk…
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Continue reading →: the no-party birthdayParty pooper @ohbotherblog As I stand holding the third invitation we’ve received to a carnival/circus-themed kid’s birthday party this year—this one complete with big-top tent, popcorn machine and balloon-animal-making clown—I feel both relieved and slightly guilty. Holden’s second birthday is this Saturday. I’ve opted not to throw her a big…
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Continue reading →: happy two month birthday, GBAt 2:31 pm yesterday, Mr. Gatsby (GB) turned two months old. Here’s a snapshot of the little man: Weight: according to my unofficial stand-on-the-scale-without-him-then-stand-on-the-scale-with-him method, he weighs about 11.5-12 lbs. Likes: being held, milk, his sister, sitting outside Dislikes: not being held Eats: Every 3-4 hours Sleeps: This past week…
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Continue reading →: dipping a toe into potty training (not literally)Holden’s been showing signs that she’s ready to start potty training for a bit now, but I’ve been putting it off because, well, with juggling a toddler and a newborn, I’ve not been ready. Friends had sent me links to these “Potty training in three days” and “Potty training in…
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Continue reading →: so long, stay-at-home moma day in the life of a working mom with an 11-month-old baby; blogging on a boppy @ohbotherblog When I first learned I was pregnant with Gatsby, the thinking was that I would stay at my full-time job through the end of my pregnancy, stay home with the kids for…
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Continue reading →: starry night bridal showerA few weekends ago, we held a bridal shower for my cousin, Katlyn. Kat is an art teacher and is going to have an amazingly Pinterest-perfect wedding so we knew we had to bring our A-Game with the shower. We decided to go with a theme of Van Gogh’s “Starry…
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Continue reading →: if you have a chair facing the corner in your dining room…You might be the parent of a toddler.
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Continue reading →: big girl bed, big girl room, big girlAs you may or may not recall, I was a little stressed about making the transition from crib to big girl bed for Holden. The plan had been to keep her in the crib in the nursery until her second birthday (June) and then make the move, while then also…
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Continue reading →: the boudreaux’s butt paste incidentHolden. In the nursery. With the Butt Paste. I’ve been trying to let Holden play a little more independently lately. So today when she went upstairs while I was nursing her brother downstairs, I decided to let the situation play out for a few minutes. Take a guess how that…
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