This weekend, I lost an incredibly dear friend to cancer.   It was quick -  shockingly quick, and I have been an emotional wreck..the tears come fast every time I think about her which is often.  Jasper and I went to…

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So we’re barely a month into spring and I’m already wishing for fall/winter.

I’ve never been an outdoorsy type of girl. I have nothing against nature per se, but a few things conspire to make me much happier reading a…

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Right before Jasper was born I picked up a few old books at a consignment sale, books for older kids (i.e. non board books) like Paddington Bear. On a whim I dug them out of the closet…

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Urban Outfitters is having what I think is  a really cool contest called “Original Icon” in which you submit a vintage photo of your mom looking fabulously retro and stylish. When my sister told me about it, I…

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“Outside, mommeeeee, outSIIIIIDE!”

This is Jasper’s new mantra and it’s created a bit of a dilemma.  If the french doors are open so that the fresh air comes inside, Jasper takes it as a cue to let himself outside –…

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When Daylight Savings ended last November I cursed the person who thought it was a good idea to CHANGE TIME.  Obviously this person was not a parent of a toddler.

Before that fateful day in November, Jasper had no problem…

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I’ve been looking forward to the end of February for some time now, I have two newborns to photograph and I have been furiously crocheting hats and going over the props and poses in my head!   The last newborn…

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Normally I am a big fan of Target, I mean as much as one can be a fan of a big box store.. I’ve blogged frequently about my Target finds, baby and otherwise. But now they are on my shit…

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I had no idea when I casually decided yesterday to make the lightscoop giveaway entry question about your new year’s resolutions that I would be so inspired by your answers..

For example there were so many of you…

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Three vomiting episodes and one giant poop explosion later, I am SO ready to go back to work and bring Jasper to daycare!! How awful is that?

I don’t know how you stay at home moms do it.. though…

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