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Post-Partum Update: Week Three
We are officially three weeks and three days into our new life with Tate (by the time this post runs, we’ll be four weeks into it). I’m happy to report that–so far–it’s much easier this time!I don’t want to jinx myself because we’re still early into this journey and a number of difficulties could still pop up, but compared to where we were as a family 2.5 years ago with Henry, life is going well.Several things are different this time. First, we aren’t going through such a monumental identity shift. We were already parents. We already felt the gravity of what it means to take… Read More -
Birth Announcements
As I’ve mentioned a lot recently, I’m trying to be very conscious of the things I want to repeat for Tate (like a scrapbook of his first year) and the things that weren’t really worth the effort, like birth announcements.With Henry, we printed this collage as regular photos, slapped an extra-large label on the back that had the announcement, and sent it like a postcard. Although it was nice to have something for Henry’s scrapbook, the tangible announcements felt like a waste of time and energy because of the prevalence of social media.So for Tate, we decided to create a collage of some Instagram photos… Read More -
The Great Purge of 2013
We are getting closer and closer to moving into our new house. I can scarcely believe it! Right now, all the work is scheduled to be complete at the end of the first week in August, but we’re scheduling the closing on our permanent loan for a couple weeks later to leave some contingency time in case something goes wrong. A mid-August move-in date would mean seven months from start to finish (the original estimate from the builder was six to eight months).
We are getting close to locking in a 4.5% interest rate on a 30-year fixed mortgage. We’ve turned in all the paperwork; we’re just waiting to… Read More
