When I was growing up, my family took yearly trips to were to the beach with my extended family. I looked forward to sharing a giant beach house with a dozen aunts, uncles, siblings, parents, and grandparents. I looked forward to spending hours learning how to make friendship bracelets from my aunts. I looked forwardRead the whole post >>
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He: – is full-on, belly up-off-the-ground crawling after months of scooting and then worming (like crawling, except doing The Worm) quickly around our apartment. He especially likes to hold something while crawling (including, but not limited to straws, the giant umbrella and patio sofa which you can check out this blog post to see whereRead the whole post >>
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Our trip to Asheville could be summed up in three(ish) words: Food, Friends, and Lost Wallet. Food: So much goodness. Sweet potato pancakes with whipped peach butter butter. A vegetarian Havana Cuban with swiss cheese, tempeh, black bean spread, and pickles. Rooibos iced tea with local honey. Salted dark chocolate caramels. Red wine-infused darkRead the whole post >>
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My new, less-is-more closet. I’m going to let you in on a little secret: when I took the photos for this post, our apartment was unusually clean. We’d had people over, and had spent several hours cleaning up. I took advantage of having a tidy apartment by taking photos. We would need several hours toRead the whole post >>
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“It the diversity of choices and people, the raw urban beauty, the endless hum of possibility everywhere.” – love the one you’re with Ahh, New York City. Mike, Gabriel, and I made the trek to NYC this weekend to visit a friend from Mike’s days in Denver, and we had an absolutely wonderful time. We’dRead the whole post >>
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I can’t believe I was a vegetarian for five years before discovering scrambled tofu. It sounds weird, I always thought. Probably doesn’t have much flavor. I WAS SO WRONG. It’s now a staple in our kitchen. If you don’t like tofu, you need to try this. If you like delicious food, you need to tryRead the whole post >>
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The following is a post documenting my experiences with breastfeeding. It includes words like ‘boobs’ and ‘nipples.’ It’s certainly not meant to make those who weren’t able to, or chose not to, breastfeed feel guilty – I just wanted to finally share the first eight months of this journey in its entirety. When I sharedRead the whole post >>
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We used to be spontaneous trip-taking people. Pre-parenthood, I mean. We’d wake up one Saturday morning and decide to drive three hours to the nearest Ikea. Or decide to road trip to LA just two weeks before doing it, making plans as we went. We love to go places. We love to seeRead the whole post >>
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“You’re a vegetarian?! But what do you eat?” This is what the kids at school ask incredulously, without fail, upon finding out that I don’t eat meat. It seems like a silly question to me, since I don’t feel as though avoiding meat is particularly difficult and I just…don’t eat meat. *shrugs shoulders* I dunno.Read the whole post >>
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He: – has changed and grown and developed so much this month. – is around 20 pounds and 28 inches long. He’s officially tripled his birth weight! – can pull a five pound weight toward himself. That’s nearly a fourth of his weight. He’s like a little ant baby. (See also: pulling every cord outRead the whole post >>
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