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Baby/kid talk, Christmas stuff

I'm in the second trimester of my pregnancy! 14 weeks! Yeah, I got the memo you aren't supposed to have tons of apps and know the exact number of days pregnant you are with the third pregnancy. But I...

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Super late Christmas post and parenting fails

Christmas 2017 felt like I finally got the Christmas I'd been dreaming of since becoming a parent. We decided that once we had kids, we would start doing Christmas Eve/morning in our own home. I...

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3 months to go!

I always want to start with some sort of disclaimer/explanation about how it's been so long since I posted but I assume everyone else is busy like me and hasn't exactly been waiting on tenterhooks for...

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No more pumping in a closet!

The way this blog works now is whenever I have a little time, I write down something about my kids that I want to remember. You're welcome. This is like a month of "work" compiled together. Dalton...

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It's gonna be MAY

Huge stuff going on around here. I'm not even sure where to begin. That one time Royce climbed out of his crib (during playtime, not night, so far!)?He cray. Speaking of Royce, allow me to be the...

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Remington's Birth Story

Remington Scarlett Lindsey was born on May 25, 2018, at 7:47pm, 5 lbs, 11.6 oz, 18 inches long. When I got the scheduled date for my c-section at my first OB appointment back in November, I just knew...

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Welcome home, Remington!

We got to our room in the Mother/Baby unit late Friday night after Remington's birth. Not gonna lie, I had been planning on doing hair and makeup for my planned c-section and looking awesome. That...

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Life with 3 kids (alternate title: life in crazytown)

A lot of people have asked "what's life like with 3 kids?". And I really never know what to say. So I'm going to start just texting back this picture. Can you spot the baby? Before I had the picture,...

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Day in the Life-ish

I got some good questions to answer for blog posts on Instagram! I think maybe I will try to do shorter, more frequent posts? No promises."Day in the life"I'm going to hopefully answer this one fully...

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Baby update: the fourth trimester

Photo cred: my stepfather - he is super talented! The fourth trimester is this idea that human babies come out too early. If they stayed in the womb longer their heads would be way too big, so, even...

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Day in the Life August 2018

I've been on my own on weekdays with a 3 month old, 2 year old, and almost 4 year old for a little over a week now, and here's what our real life day looked like in all the mom guilt survival glory....

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How's life as a SAHM?

It's been forever! I thought I would blog more while on leave of absence but at the moment my laptop is out of commission. I just had a giant DD coffee and it's Saturday and I don't feel like I'm...

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How's the baby sleeping?

Since when I finally got around to posting I hit a popular divisive topic in mommy wars, staying at home vs. working, I figured why not make it a two-fer. Next up: baby sleep! One of the common...

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First half of 2019 running goals

Happy New Year!Apparently the only picture I took of New Year's Eve I was a little weirdly sad at saying goodbye to 2018. The years your kids are born are really special, and, spoiler alert, this was...

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Speech - our story (so far)

I've gone back and forth over posting about this, but really the majority of the people who read this blog are my mom and aunt and a few other friends who are already well aware of the situation. I've...

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Credit where credit is due!

After posting my most recent blog post about my son's speech delay, I was absolutely beyond blown away by the response. My phone was blowing up with messages from people I hadn't spoken to in years,...

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All the words for very basic updates

Life updates!! It's been awhile! The usual thing is happening where I think of all these things I want to write on my blog in my head at various times but never actually do it. Whenever I have down...

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That SAHM life

I'm creeping towards the halfway point of my break from the rat race! I'm on a leave of absence from teaching for two years, and the first school year is nearly 75% complete. This seems like enough...

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Childhood Apraxia of Speech

I’m writing today about information I haven’t even yet fully processed, in an effort to process it. It’s around 2:30 pm, and here’s a bunch of verbal diarrhea, some of it written through tears. At...

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May updates

Well my last post is old news by now and it was a bit heavy and Debbie Downer-ish. So let's do some lighthearted updates!1. HAMILTON In case anyone currently resides under a rock, Hamilton is an...

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Apraxia Kids National Conference

As you may have seen on my Instagram, I was recently extremely lucky to be able to attend the Apraxia Kids National Conference. And I don’t even like or use this word but I’m going to say it was a...

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Back to School - but not for me!

A new school year has begun! But not for me. I’m still on a leave of absence until Remi turns 2 – and with her currently 15.5 months, the end is creeping up faster than I would like. Last year, it...

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Life updates - November 2019

While I still refuse to admit it, Remington might be considered, by some measures, a toddler. As much as I insist she is a baby, it’s really hard to believe that when I see her next to an actual baby....

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Sibling stuff

I really wanted to get a post up while Remington still is 19 months old (I only have 2 more days)!  This age is so amazingly fun. We are all constantly laughing at her antics. She wakes from a dead...

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My children are not biracial

I ran my miles for Ahmaud Arbery last week, like most other runners. And I didn’t post about it. I didn’t say anything at all on social media. I was afraid of saying the wrong thing. Which is such a...

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