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a live chat about blogging!
my friend joy (of oh joy!, whom you surely know and read) recently wrote a great book about blogging called blog, inc. if you are curious about starting a blog, growing your current blog, or just...
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rockstar giveaway! (closed)
today our sponsor, james jeans, is giving away a pair of jeans of your choice to three lucky readers! designed and handmade in the US, james jeans are all about "fit, quality and trust, creating the...
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today, before 8 in the morning...
my kids woke up at 4AM (thanks italy time.)E bit samson's big toe. he cried hard.we spilt OJ on my bed (fresh sheets too!)samson broke my hard drive (in his defense, it was really my fault. i mean,...
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we left for italy a few hours before hurricane sandy hit our city. while i'm thankful we were able to make it out safely, i'm feeling a little bit guilty that we were overseas eating gelato every day...
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sicilia, italia!
here are a few (ok, more than a few) photos from our time in sicily (i posted a few while we were there, too.) josh was a missionary for 2 years for our church in southern italy ten years ago, so it...
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incase you were wondering...
yes. it's true. E is the coolest member of our family.and she doesn't even know it.
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a morning at the market in syracusa, italia...
probably one of my favorite parts of our trip. everything was just so fresh and colorful. and... absolutely delicious.
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after traveling all the way to rome, eleanor was more interested in chasing pigeons outside the colosseum than going inside it. is this why most people don't take their 21 month old to tour a 2,000...
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a day to give thanks.
thankful for so much. i could make a list that would go on for days....but i'm especially thankful for these two little munchkins.and for the chance to be their mother and raise them here in new york...
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o christmas tree!
one of the things i love about new york city over the holidays are all the christmas trees for sale on the bustling city streets. it's like everywhere i walk, i'm surrounded by my own little forest in...
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rockstar giveaway! (closed)
today we are excited to be hosting another giveaway with our sponsor, sole society! if you missed out last time, sole society is giving away 3 pairs of shoes to 3 lucky winners this week! the great...
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roma, italia {part I}
...i finished sorting through the rest of our photos from italy last night. so, you ready? because here we go!rome, part I :: a few things worth noting: we ate the most delicious homemade pasta at da...
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roma, italia {part II}
...see part I, HERE.^^^the colosseum was unreal. someday i hope we can go back and finish our tour ;)because eleanor was determined to explore and wander and discover it all on her own so we left our...
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hey, it's christmas! vol. 3
hey guess what? hey, it's christmas has a 3rd volume out! you can download it for free or stream the music HERE. i blogged about the first 2 volumes the last few years and i love that they are still...
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6 months. 6 of the very best months.
samson is 6 months old today. 6 months! that went a whole lot quicker the second time. this little man is sitting up and starting solids and always finding a way to grab his sister's hair when it's in...
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traveling abroad with littles...
hello! i've complied a few thoughts on traveling abroad with little ones below if you are interested. i know many of you are quite the experts here, but below are just a few things that worked well...
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life's messy moments, plus a big giveaway! (closed)
when the clorox company asked if i'd be a part of their bleach it away program, i didn't even have to think about it. absolutely! because if you know me, you know i don't go anywhere without my trusted...
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a tea party with papa.
long before that day in the delivery room when josh announced "it's a girl!", i had images in my head of hosting tea parties in the playroom for my future little girl someday. i couldn't wait for the...
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firenze, italia!
yep. we've been back a month now and i'm still not done recapping our time in italy. with the holidays approaching, my two littles, and the fact that it gets dark by 5pm these days (i mean, really!) i...
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cinque terre, italia!
after our time in florence, we took the train to riomaggiore. we had heard nothing but rave reviews about cinque terre and we were really excited to explore the colorful little towns. unfortunately,...
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santa.
we saw santa at the church christmas party last saturday. eleanor still doesn't like the guy...and just as i was starting to think how awful we are as parents forcing our child to sit on the lap of...
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connecticut.
i still can't believe what happened on friday in connecticut. this world we live in is beyond scary sometimes. i have been holding and hugging my family all weekend long... they are what i live for....
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over the weekend...
this weekend we had a few friends in town from DC. and in my opinion, there is never a better excuse to go eat and eat and eat in new york city like there is when people are in town. i feel like we...
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