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Four Months: Happiest Birthday, Tate!
Taters!
We cannot get enough of you. Seriously, you are the softest, sweetest little thing.
What a month! You started by rolling over, back to front. We were having a play date one day, and you suddenly just rolled over. No struggle, no practice–you just rolled over. Now when I try to put you under one of your hanging toys, it captures your attention for about two minutes before you are already flipping over! I had to start putting out the bell and ball cylinder because you are eager to scoot toward things, grab them, and put them in your mouth.
Toward the end of the month, you mastered rolling … Read More
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November.
And with that, the year is almost to a close. I haven’t done my monthly goal posts since Tate’s arrival. I think my overarching goal has been to put my head down and get through it! It’s been a year of big things: Baby Tate! The House! The School! I wish I had time to just sit back and let it sink in. But there’s been so much to do since July. I was back at work meetings just two weeks after Tate’s arrival (my mom was in town and able to watch Tate and Matt was still on paternity leave).
And even though I’ve been full-speed ahead with getting… Read More -
‘Tis the Season!
Ah, ’tis the season of holidays! With a new baby around, I forgot that I like to start thinking about Halloween in the summer, so I have plenty of time to think about Thanksgiving and Christmas before they sneak up on me.Halloween seems pretty under control. I talked to the two other families I have met in the neighborhood, and they were excited about the idea of a block party Halloween bash. They are going to invite some folks, and I found two other families off the neighborhood list-serv to invite. We’ll just set up a folding table in the cul-de-sac for pizza. I purchased these glow stick bracelets… Read More
