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Six Months: Happy Birthday, Tate!
Oh, Tate, we are so lucky to have you in our lives! You are the sweetest, cutest little thing.It’s been such a big month for you. You army crawled all over the entire house, forearm over forearm. You continue to love all the food we’ve introduced you to: bananas, apples, avocados, and even bland rice cereal. You honestly can’t get enough. You grab whatever we have and pull it straight to your mouth.You’ve started playing with Henry a lot. You crawl over when he’s building his tents, and you like to suck on his toys while he’s playing with them. You also laugh when the rest of us… Read More -
New Year’s Resolutions
Happy New Year! I hope this Monday morning finds you well. It feels so great to be publishing posts again. Thanks for existing out there.
I read something in passing that only 8% of New Year’s resolutions are kept so why bother?
For me, it’s empowering and comforting to commit to do something, make a plan for getting it done, and then to put one foot in front of the other to make it happen. I definitely don’t follow through with everything I say I’m going to do (like my Master Plan for Moving which resulted in Matt throwing everything in boxes until 4am the day before we moved while … Read More
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Helping the Homeless
Over the past couple months, Henry really started to notice and talk about all the homeless people we pass on the street. Although we try to keep his world mostly positive during the first plane of development (during which he is developing his love for the world), we also want to be honest with him about what he sees.It was very clear to us that he was feeling sympathy for the homeless people we pass by each day, so we wanted to enable him to do something to help the situation. We decided that what made the most sense for our family (given that we live in Central Texas… Read More
