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He's working on that beach house in Maui

Posted 10th June 2008 by BrendaG

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My son's first word (and currently his only word) was ball. He's been babbling dada and mama and nana and gaga for months on end, but when he finally wanted to actually say something, he said the one thing that really moves him: ball.Incidentally, he also walked at 11 months, which was amazing. I was…

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Me time

Posted 4th June 2008 by BrendaG, tagged me time, yoga

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I remember thinking how crazy my SIL must be when she told me how she used to relish going to the grocery store by herself. I blamed it on her triplets and thought I would never get to that point with only one (maybe another down the road, but let's not get ahead of ourselves here). Then one Saturday…

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When life hands you lemons...

Posted 2nd June 2008 by BrendaG, tagged stress, inlaws

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We visited my inlaws this weekend. Every time we do this I walk away thinking "If I approach things like X next time, the stress will not get to me" and whether I do that thing or not, the stress nearly always gets to me. My MIL is a little hard to swallow for anyone, but for a relatively new mom she…

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TGIF (and other things I'm thankful for)

Every once in a while I think how nice working from home could be. Then I have to do it. When I was single, I would pack up my laptop and head out of the office when I needed to really get some things done. Whether I went home or to a park, I was productive and focused. And maybe those days are what…

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A promotion? He's only a year old!!

Posted 29th May 2008 by BrendaG, tagged transition, daycare, morning routine

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We worked hard this morning at my house. Very hard. It was one of those mornings when by the time I got to work I felt like I had already put in a full day of work. At home. Between the long weekend, my MIL being in town and Jack running a fever earlier this week, we had fallen out of our morning ritual…

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