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Today was an amaz­ing day! After church, Matt, Cora and I met up with my brother, Jonathan, and his fam­ily, and brother, Jamin, and his girl­friend. We ate lunch at Pan­era Bread (so yummy!) and then wan­dered into a toy store that was just across the walk­way from the restau­rant… Geppetto’s. Geppetto’s is a small toy store, but is […]

Yes­ter­day was a good day, filled with a few fun “firsts” for Cora. After a lazy morn­ing of soc­cer, cof­fee and clean­ing, Matt, Cora and I went to the mall to buy Cora her first pair of (wear­able) shoes. She has a few pairs that she received as gifts, and though they say six to nine months, they are still […]

Cora is six months old today! I can hardly believe how quickly the time has passed. I still think about the day Matt and I brought her home from the hos­pi­tal (I’m sure I always will—I don’t think you for­get moments like those). She was so tiny, so del­i­cate, so beau­ti­ful. Cora has grown seven and three-quarter inches and […]

It is my husband’s first Father’s Day! Because I was preg­nant last year, Matt and I semi-celebrated Mother and Father’s Day with soon-to-be mom and dad cards. But this year, offi­cially being par­ents and being able to snug­gle up and squeeze lit­tle Cora, has been noth­ing less than amaz­ing. It’s been a lazy Sun­day, just as Matt wanted […]

Here’s evi­dence to my enjoy­ment of nice weather (in addi­tion to crummy weather) and appre­ci­a­tion for our beau­ti­ful San Diego cli­mate. It was GORGEOUS today! Absolutely gor­geous. Per­fect tem­per­a­ture… not so hot that your clothes stick to you and every minute spent in the sun is also spent search­ing for the next patch of shade, […]

Don’t let any­one look down on you because you are young, but set an exam­ple for the believ­ers in speech, in life, in love, in faith and in purity. This morn­ing my church held a spe­cial “Pro­mo­tion Sun­day” ser­vice to honor the high school seniors as they “grad­u­ate” from the youth pro­gram, and to wel­come incoming […]

I took Cora to one of my favorite places today… Bor­ders book­store. Each time I walk through the dou­ble doors and into that store, I breathe it in. There is some­thing so calm­ing to me about the smell of fresh ink and fresh paper. I walked in the store with an assort­ment of my very favorite things—adorable daughter, […]