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Weekend Top Ten: Royal Wedding, Oakridge Spring Fling, and a Water Table

Weekend Top Ten: Royal Wedding, Oakridge Spring Fling, and a Water Table

We enjoyed the very best weather this weekend and took full advantage by playing outside a LOT. Caroline is growing and changing so much and it it clear we are in for one fun summer. This little girl loves water and playgrounds and Popsicles. What more do you want from summer besides those things?? Highlights of our weekend, in chronological order: The Royal Wedding: Oh yes, we watched it. With fascinators on, or course, and baked treats. Caroline even joined…

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Caroline at 14 Months

Caroline at 14 Months

So Caroline turned 14 months in mid-May and I cannot believe the change in her from months 12-14. It’s like she went from a baby to a full-blown toddler in that 2 months. Her hair is getting long, her face is getting longer (not as baby round), and she has opinions on things! Real opinions. And she will let you know. She is also very curious–she notices everything and gets fixated on things that she doesn’t easily forget or give…

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Mother’s Day 2018

Mother’s Day 2018

We celebrated Mother’s Day on Saturday this year, because I was flying out to Austin, Texas for the Travelin’ Chicks gathering later that afternoon. Mike planned a wonderful day and it was made even sweeter by the fact that we knew Little Peanut was growing bigger and bigger at 10 weeks along. The weather was perfect, so we headed out bring and early to DC’s newest hotspot–the Wharf! We started out with coffee and delicious biscuits. Sugar Bear was skeptical…

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Springtime with our New Walker Girl

Springtime with our New Walker Girl

Spring is here! Spring is here! The robins are out, the coats are hung up, the windows are open…FINALLY, at last! And nothing is more exciting than having the weather turn beautiful with a brand new walker in the house. On April 27th, at age 13 months, Caroline officially walked! Mike and I got a video of her blazing a path in the Toddler I room at daycare. She was so proud of herself! Oh she had taken a step…

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Here We Come, Toddler 1!

Here We Come, Toddler 1!

On Monday, April 2, Mike and I walked into Caroline’s daycare and into the TODDLER 1 classroom. We carried 2 sippy cups: one for water, one for milk. That was it. No bottles, no breast milk (or any outside food) allowed. Caroline was dressed in her required “sturdy hard soled walking shoes” and was shown her cot (no cribs here!) where she would sleep during her ONE nap of the day. Lots of changes going from the baby room to…

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Peanut, Peanut Butter

Peanut, Peanut Butter

Trying peanut butter for the first time has become a THING. At first it wasn’t a thing. And then kids everywhere got allergies. So then it was all WAIIIT until age two. No, three. Safer. Now it’s all try it right away! 4 months! 8 months! The longer you wait, the more likely they will have an allergy! Sigh. I don’t eat a lot of peanut butter and never thought to go out and buy it to conduct the “is…

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Caroline at 13 Months

Caroline at 13 Months

So this little lady went and turned 13 months on the most perfect, beautiful day we have had all year. So we made the most of it 🙂 We started off by going to the Cherry Blossom Parade in DC. Caroline loved the marching bands and clapped when they played music. She had the best view because of her dad! After that, we took advantage of the 80 degree temps and brought out the baby pool I bought last summer….

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An Egg-cellent Easter

An Egg-cellent Easter

This Easter was one for the books. We had a wonderful Easter weekend! I got out of work early on Good Friday and came home to spend time with this face, who was spending the day with her daddy since daycare was on Spring Break. We enjoyed a beautiful day on Saturday. Warm, sunny, and windy. We headed to a neighborhood event in the park that featured kite flying, egg rolling, giant bubble blowing fun. Afterwards, we headed to Chick…

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Sugar Bear the Polar Bear

Sugar Bear the Polar Bear

The day my family flew back to Florida, the weather was cold and rainy. As the day went on, it also got colder and the wind picked up. The air smelled like snow. Then I learned that snow was in the forecast for the very next day–March 21. Up to 6 inches, in fact. We woke up the next morning to a Winter Wonderland. Add believe it or not, this was the most snow we got for the entire season….

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Celebrating Caroline’s First Birthday (Week)

Celebrating Caroline’s First Birthday (Week)

When your little girl turns one on a Wednesday, you (of course) celebrate the day she arrived. And then you throw her a birthday party a few days later, on Saturday, the Official Day of Birthday Parties. But since you have family in town for a week, it winds up being more of an all-week long sort of celebration. No complaints here! Here is how the fun week broke down… Sunday: Here is Sugar Bear on Sunday (Kay Kay’s birthday!),…

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