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My sister-in-law, Tina, gave birth to a baby boy on June 30th. She and my brother, Jonathan, named him Wyatt Allen. Wyatt weighed 7lbs. and 10 oz, and was 21 inches long. Isn’t he absolutely adorable?! It was such a bless­ing to be at the hos­pi­tal with Jonathan and Tina and share in the mir­a­cle of baby […]

So it’s true what they say about babies and lit­tle kid­dos… they’re so much more inter­ested in the “non-toy” (the bag, the card­board box, the shoe sit­ting right next to their pile of toys) than the real thing. A few weeks ago, Cora was play­ing with a Rex (from Toy Story) stuffed ani­mal that her Uncle Jonathan […]

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 […]

We fed Cora rice cereal for the first time today! Matt and I have been itch­ing to do so for weeks and weeks now. We had already set up her high chair, bought the rice cereal and a super cute bib, picked out spoons, bowls, and even a travel meal dish set (can you tell we are excited?!) […]

Isn’t it funny how the same event can be absolute mis­ery to one per­son and be cause for cel­e­bra­tion to another? I thought about this today as I was jump­ing up and down, grin­ning ear to ear, while Cora whined and looked at me with sad eyes and a sour, con­fused expres­sion. Cause for these polar oppo­site reactions… […]