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Etsy Find
I fell in love with this image of basket containers via Martha Stewart and then later that day I saw this basket on the front page off Etsy for $12.50. I snatched it up with my allowance money. But later, when I showed the photo to Matt, he said he really liked it and he was fine if we used our joint funds to buy it. Woo-hoo!
There are a few parts of our house that need work. Every time I pass by them, they bother me, and yet I haven’t yet done anything about them. Argh! As I said a while ago, it often only takes 15 minutes… Read More -
How to Get a Baby Passport
Yes, we are getting Henry a baby passport. No, we don’t actually have an out-of-country trip on the horizon.… Read MoreThen why the passport? Well, they can take so long to get. By the time we actually plan a trip, we might not have enough time to get one.
Here’s how to do it:
- Find a place that will take baby passport photos: Definitely call ahead! I called ahead and still had problems. When I called the Walgreens photo department, they confirmed that they do take babies’ passport photos. When I actually showed up to hold them to their promise, it was another story. The teenage photo clerk took one look
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To Every Mother Who Didn’t Overwhelmingly Love Her Baby Right Away
What a title, huh?… Read MoreI have to confess that I didn’t feel overwhelming love for my baby right away. When my bonus father (i.e., my father-in-law) asked Matt, “Could you ever imagine yourself loving someone so much?” right after Henry was born, I was just thankful that he hadn’t asked me. I didn’t want to lie, but I also didn’t want to seem like a bad, indifferent mother.
I didn’t beat myself up (literally or figuratively) about the fact that I didn’t feel overwhelming love for my son when he first entered the world. I know that I can’t control my emotional reactions to things; I can only control my
