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3. years. old.

March 30th, 2012 1 Comment

This sweetie little boy is now a three year old. Holy smokes. It was a simple and sweet little party in the backyard with a couble decker cookie cake and a tableful of presents. I am one lucky lucky mom, and I realize it everyday. My sister and her clever husband are in town so [...]

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dear Jack Jack,

March 20th, 2012 4 Comments

Happy Birthday my sweet three year old! It has been one super quick year. You are a delight and an adventure. There seems to be no limit to the things that you know how to say and do. You’ll repeat any word or phrase that we ask you too (this morning it was, “rolling with [...]

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the calm.

March 19th, 2012 No Comments

I’ve done my darndest to take a photo of each one of the kids each day of their life. Nothing specific or crazy, just a visual documentation of them on that day. Sometimes I forget about it until after they’re sleeping and so I have to sneak into their room and use my little pop-up [...]

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this is why I take photos

September 10th, 2011 2 Comments

because I’d forgotten how sweet it was holding hands with this sode-toting/guzzling, motorcycle-hoodied sweetheart while walking the waterfront in Seattle. In fact, I’d completely forgotten about the clemantine soda that he insisted he carry and swig himself. The other night I was editing photos from our extended vacation in Spokane and I came accross this [...]

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the time has come

April 23rd, 2011 6 Comments

oh those luscious locks that I love so much. They were often wild. They fooled strangers into thinking that Jack is a girl. They whipped him in the face when the windows were down in the car. They curled so sweetly at his little neck. They got ratty and knappy if Jack had a particularly [...]

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two.

April 11th, 2011 3 Comments

I know that I’ve already gushed about my sweet boy turning 2- but I wanted to share the photos from his birthday. We have no family or friends here so it was a really small party- but an awesome party nonetheless, just like last year. Jack’s birthday fell on a Sunday this year so we [...]

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dressing up: a guide for the little man

February 24th, 2011 31 Comments

hello ya’ll coming over from MADE- I am so so happy to be participating in celebrate the boy with Dana and so many other wonderful mommies and bloggers. Boys rule! I am the lucky mama of one particularly handsome almost-2 year old wonder boy, Jack. He is particulaly stylish and has deen wearing at least [...]

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Jack, the traveler

February 9th, 2011 9 Comments

I’m pretty sure this kid could have gotten from Pensacola to Honolulu all by himself. He is savvy.

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dearest Jackie boy,

January 3rd, 2011 2 Comments

You are 21 months old and I have totally slacked on these updates. You are a toddler now and your vocabulary is growing everyday (as is your hair, but I just can’t bring myself to cut it yet!) You are a sweet big brother! You have a little doll that you take care of from [...]

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dear Danger boy,

September 20th, 2010 2 Comments

You are 18 months old today! So much has happened since my last little letter to you- you are growing up so fast and have become a big brother! Your eating habits have improved ever so slightly. We have added rice, chicken nuggets, cheesecake, chex mix, nilla wafers, and my cereal to the list of [...]

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