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Year: 2009

  • Tuesday is briefly letting me off the hook, I just laid her down (about 15 minutes ago so she should be ready to hang out again any second now… just kidding I've got Enya blasting). I have a sure fire way to get her to conk out, if ever so briefly: swaddle her, plop her in the Baby Hawk, run and up down the stairs a few times (both sets), grab any bit of laundry I can find to justify doing another load, and start some up downstairs. Then all I have to do is narrate…

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  • Yesterday Tuesday did so great. My little bird, Bj and I went to my mom's to watch the Superbowl eat snacks and watch commercials. Bill, his mom and my step brother Taylor were also there so I had to take advantage of baby holding. It got a couple laughs but I brought the little sweater to block, because when else am I going to get to do it? Hey she's going to be wearing her heart on her sleeve (look closely). Now a true Princess Sparkly Pants (Bj likes to call her this, among fifty other…

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  • Let's not talk about how this picture was taken at 2:30 a.m. We had a letter to drop off at the post office so we thought we do it in the middle of the night… oh and she would not stop crying! I'd like to say this worked, but as soon as we laid her down she started peeping again. Luckily she did sleep around three and then slept until after ten (minus feedings, which are getting quicker and easier. And she goes down right after them no problem). So I think her days and nights…

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