Marina and I had a little impromptu photo shoot this week. I love these snaps so much because they capture her silly spirit so perfectly. She really is such a goof ball and it cracks me up. I know that I say it a lot,…
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Roman James at 5 Years + 8 Months
Sometime in the last month, Roman started to read. Of all of the miraculous things I have witnessed in my time as his mother, this has perhaps been the most amazing. Somehow, I have always struggled to imagine that tremendous leap that occurs when a…
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Marina Grace at 3 years & 8 Months: A Child So Different from Myself
While I am in yoga and Roman is at school, Marina stays in the kids care program at my gym. She has never been in daycare or stayed in any type of group care setting before, so I was very nervous about leaving her there…
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Heart Spill & Halloween 2018
How are you, friends? I am a few weeks late posting these snaps from Halloween & trick-or-treating. But here they are. It was such a magical night. Marina’s ghost costume actually lit up. So once the sun started to set, she was glowing. It was…
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On the Go with My Best Girl
Thank you Maxi-Cosi for sponsoring this post. Keep your little adventurers comfy, safe & stylish with the Maxi-Cosi Magellan 5-in-1 car seat! Recently Roman wrapped up his two-week morning summer camp program. He had so much fun interacting with many of the children that will…
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My Little Artists: thoughts on motherhood & creativity
One of my greatest joys as a mother is watching my children create. For me, the passing of time in motherhood has taken on a deeper meaning than anything I ever could have imagined. I witness the transformation of my children with awe. Through each…
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Thoughts on Motherhood: Nature vs. Nurture
My experiences both during pregnancy and after the birth of each of my children were vastly different. I often find myself wondering how much it shaped them–the things that I went through while I carried them inside of me, the things that I went through…
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You have to keep breaking your heart until it opens.
“You have to keep breaking your heart until it opens.” –Rumi I wake up to the sound of my bedroom door opening and then the patter of little feet entering the room. “Mama…” Each morning it’s the same. One of them wakes the other. Roman…
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Little Victories: A Bedtime Routine
“And now that you don’t have to be perfect, you can be good.” –John Steinbeck Well, it’s only taken me four years, but I’ve finally established a bedtime routine for my children. If you’ve read any of the “baby sleep training books” then you know…