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Author: LSpead

Wife, mom, daughter, sister, friend. Former rugby player and current Travelin' Chick, specializing in the study of "Vacational Sciences." Lover of all things adventurous, funny, organized, and bubbly. Living in Seminole, FL, having moved from Northern Virginia during Covid Summer 2020. Can often be found wearing ridiculous costumes, lounging in pools, boating, or chasing my kids at SkyZone.
Jags v. Pats Showdown

Jags v. Pats Showdown

Last Saturday, the Patriots stomped all over the Titans and secured themselves a spot in the AFC Championship game. That didn’t surprise anyone—it is the Patriots, afterall. You expect them to win. But then the very next day, my high schools friends and I gathered together and watched the Jacksonville Jaguars take on the Pittsburgh Steelers…at Heinz Field, no less. All those Steelers fans with all of their terrible towels. But the Jaguars were up for the task! Especially when…

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Who loves Cheerios??

Who loves Cheerios??

Caroline is a champion eater. We started her on baby rice cereal right at six months and she devoured the first bowl. From there we moved on to smooshed avocado and that was a hit. Next was green beans, sweet potatoes, broccoli, carrots, butternut squash, yellow squash, corn…you name it, I pureed it. And she inhaled them all. Right around 10 months, I decided we needed to expand her palette and introduce the most kid-friendly of all the foods…Cheerios. And…

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Caroline at 10 Months

Caroline at 10 Months

Happy 10 months to our favorite little girl! Caroline hit the big double digits amidst all the football playoff hoopla. I cannot believe she is two months away from turning ONE! Someone said to me that ONE = toddlerhood. As in, no longer my baby. I can’t even handle that, so I’m not going to try. I am though, going to celebrate how much fun she is becoming. This last month was special to Mike and me because we got…

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Baby Milestones

Baby Milestones

Ladies and gentlemen, we have a CRAWLER! It’s official. Caroline is crawling on all fours–hands and knees. She is getting faster and will hightail it right away to the most dangerous item in the room. Mike and I were both working from home on a recent snow day and placed her in the middle of the room where it was 100% impossible for her to get into anything that was dangerous. One quick email reply later, she emerged from under…

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ICE! and New Year’s Eve 2017

ICE! and New Year’s Eve 2017

So to close out 2017, Mike and I headed to the Gaylord National in Maryland for the ICE! Exhibit. Note–the ICE! Exhibit is 9 degrees. But Sugar Bear has a sugar bear suit so we decided to give it a shot and do something fun. Like Christmas fun in general, we were both pleasantly surprised by how much she actually enjoyed it! We started off the morning of the last day of the year in our matching Chistmas jammies, which…

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Caroline’s First Christmas, 2017

Caroline’s First Christmas, 2017

So Christmas morning came bring and early for us all in Florida. Before we headed downstairs for all the excitement, I snapped this quick picture of me and Caroline to remember the magical moment of her FIRST CHRISTMAS! Some of us wore our matching jammies (others didn’t have theirs arrive in time, grrrr) but we looked our merriest anyway. The adults headed down first so we could see the four-year-old’s reaction coming down the stairs and it was oh so…

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Christmas Eve 2017

Christmas Eve 2017

There is a lot of hype around Baby’s First Christmas. And to be honest, I wasn’t expecting Caroline to really “get it.” I mean, she is only 9 months old. But I was so surprised how much fun we had with her. We definitely set the stage for some Christmas wonder in the years ahead! Christmas Eve we spent visiting my brother’s neighbors, relaxing on their porch enjoying some good ol’ wassail and champagne, and putting Caroline in her adorable…

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Lead Up to Christmas 2017, Florida-style

Lead Up to Christmas 2017, Florida-style

Mike, Caroline, and I were lucky enough that we got to spend eleven beautiful, blissful days in the Great State of Florida for a long Christmas vacation. This year definitely made up for last year, when I was six months pregnant with Caroline and banned from the state because of the Zika threat. We had a lovely, albeit quiet time then. But this year, we were ready to introduce Caroline to how our family does Christmas. We kicked off the…

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When You Just Need to Go

When You Just Need to Go

So each year it’s a mad scramble to get done ALL THE THINGS before mid-December, when we fly to Florida and spend 10 days with my amazing family. This year was even crazier because I had found tickets to a concert I wanted to go to that just so happened to be the night before we left. July Laura said, oh how fun! Let’s buy the tickets. We’ll go for my birthday celebration. This will be a great way to…

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Caroline at 9 Months

Caroline at 9 Months

Happy 9 Months, Sugar Bear! Today, this little lady went and turned 9 months old on us. She’s officially been outside longer than she has in. She will take her SEVENTH (roundtrip) flight tomorrow. Pretty impressive if you ask me! Here is a snapshot of Caroline at 9 months: Eats everything and anything. We still give her purees because we are too chicken to try anything else. But we should! She’s a-scooting all around. Not crawling per se, but can…

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