admin on July 29th, 2009

Today I was doing laundry so I could start packing for our upcoming trip.  I put Claire on her play mat and sat down with the laundry basket to start folding.  When I had folded several pairs of pajamas, I looked down at the basket to grab another item to fold.  This is what I [...]

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admin on July 27th, 2009

Claire has been working on her crawling skills for a couple of weeks now.  She rocks back and forth, she raises up on her hands and feet, and she goes from hands and knees to sitting and vice versa.  Yesterday she crawled 3 paces in a row!  Any more than 3 right now and she [...]

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admin on July 20th, 2009

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How much fun does this look like to you?  After seeing Claire enjoy other people’s swings, we finally caved and bought her one of her own for the back porch.  As you can see, it was a big hit.

First of all, it means quality time with Mommy and Daddy.  Feeling the wind rush between [...]

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admin on July 12th, 2009

This recipe is so quick and easy - the burrito pretty much makes itself!
Ingredients: 1 warm blanket, 1 energetic and curious baby.
Step 1: Lay a warm blanket down on the floor to use as bait for an unsuspecting baby.

Step 2: Once the baby has taken the bait, play peekaboo with the baby in the blanket [...]

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admin on July 10th, 2009

Milk and cereal has long been one of my favorite meals, snacks, etc., but after this experience last night I don’t know if I can look at it in the same way ever again.

At first she wasn’t nuts about it (and quite frankly I don’t blame her - I mixed it with formula this time [...]

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