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Year: 2012

  • (she dresses herself but we picked the crazy name) A recent conversation between Tuesday and a new friend. friend: “Is your name really Tuesday?” Tuesday: “Yes.” friend: “But your name is really Tuesday, like Tuesday?” Tuesday: “Yes, it is.” friend has a puzzled look and kind of laughs Tuesday: “What is your name?” friend “Alex.” Tuesday, “well, why?”   I was so glad I got to hear this conversation. Certainly the new friend was not being mean, more curious and they were chatting amicably, but I thought it a pretty good retort. I wonder what Tuesday…

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  • Well this was a fun bonus from my midwife that I didn’t get to experience last time. At my last appointment my midwife used water color crayons to draw out little baby on my belly. Of course it’s not exact since this little baby is quite the mover. Seriously the baby moves all over all day long. But it’s such a cool visual! Her apprentice commented that it’s one thing to talk about a short torso, and quite another to see it this way. So true. Where are my other organs right now? Crammed up who…

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  • I keep forgetting to share this little book I made for Tuesday on Shutterfly. I had an idea for a little book that would show Tuesday what it was like when she was a baby so that she could get a better idea of what it would be like when the new little baby comes. I came up with this. I decided to just go with photos from her first year. Some of the spreads: Talking about Tuesday in the belly, and how we delivered her at home. I talked about Tuesday meeting lots of people…

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