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Prepping for a First Birthday Party
Planning for a birthday party can be a bit overwhelming, you want to make it somewhat special, but your kid isn’t going to remember it. I think the first birthday party is more for the parents. You have successfully kept a tiny human alive for one year, time to celebrate! I thought it would be helpful and fun to share with you how we came up with the theme for Meghan’s party. For those who…
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Happy Birthday Meghan
One Month. It was strange to have a newborn again. When they handed her to me when I was on the operating table all I could do was cry with happiness at being able to hold her. Two Months. She was such a great little newborn. She always let us know when she was hungry and slept like a champ! She developed a pretty good night time wake up schedule. She got herself on a…
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Myke’s Favorite Chocolate Chip Cookies (Thanks Joanna Gaines)
I’ve always had a dream of baking for my family, like on a weekly basis. Cookies are my specialty right now and ever since I found out I was pregnant with Olivia, I’ve been on the hunt for a classic chocolate chip cookie recipe. One to make for my girls after a long day at school. One where they would have no problem grabbing and pouring some milk to enjoy with Daddy on a Friday…
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Remember Remember the Fifth of November
November 5th is a special day in our family. We have written about this before, but this is the day that Olivia came home from the hospital, 39 days after she was admitted into the NICU. We always celebrate today because there are a few things that happened. Obviously, Olivia coming home and being free of all illnesses. God had his hand over her all 39 days and I truly do believe that she went…
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Olivia Goes Trick or Treating for the First Time and Our First Family Costume
We knew we wanted to do a family costume this year because this year we could actually go out together. We wanted to do something cool, but to be honest, we didn’t want to spend a whole lot of money. I’m not the biggest Halloween fan and I would rather spend the money on Christmas pajamas or a new sweater for Thanksgiving. We came up with the idea to do the Avengers, but we wanted…
