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Asking Friends and Family for Post-Partum Help
When I was first thinking through the challenges of being a new parent, I had the idea that I would create a calendar of very specific tasks and ask my friends to sign up for them. I even found a free internet calendar designed to coordinate exactly that kind of support.… Read MoreNow that we’re getting closer and closer to the birth, I’m realizing that I just don’t know what we’re going to need and when we’re going to need it. So instead of creating a rigid schedule in advance, I decided to send out a general call for help. As you can see from the message below (which I
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Beach Birthday Brunch Bash
Image courtesy bayoumoonI’m so excited about my impending birthday party! We’re going to have a “Beach Birthday Brunch Bash” (I’m a sucker for alliteration.)… Read MoreI’m keeping it pretty simple: We’re going to borrow a beachfront condo from one of Matt’s colleagues and head over to Galveston after sleeping in on a Saturday morning. We’ll spend the afternoon together just hanging out and relaxing (and probably watching TV, since we don’t have one at home, and it’s quite alluring!). On Sunday morning, we’ll sleep in again and then wake up and start cooking breakfast. We’ll ask one or two of our friends to arrive early to help make a frittata,
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Matt’s New Hobby
Matt used some of his Christmas money to pursue his newest passion: The Banjo. How exciting!… Read MoreHe ordered this one from Amazon and now spends his spare time watching instructional videos on YouTube. I love that he’ll be modeling a musical instrument and constant learning for our little boy. He hasn’t decided on his first real song yet. He wanted to go with Modest Mouse, but I begged him to pick something a) a little easier and b) that could be our baby’s song. I read this excerpt from Living Passages for the Whole Family: Celebrating Rites of Passage from Birth to Adulthood and have been thinking about our “baby’s
