Both kids are napping, papa bear is in the shower and Belle is asleep by my feet. I've been waiting for this moment all day. Waiting to have a moment to sit and reflect about this year, about my family, about my blessings. All too often I end my days exasperated, my head hits the pillow and I aggressively fall asleep knowing that...

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^ my father's family, he's the one to the right of my grandmother ^ Thanksgiving is almost upon us! Soon our home with be filled with familiar voices, the smell of a turkey roasting in the oven and the clatter of silverware. I get so excited every time I open our freezer and see that giant bird in there!! In the mean time...

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Some weeks make you feel like you are stuck in the cylinder of a vacuum - constantly swirling around surrounded by noise and dirt and no way to get out. This week was one of those. Looking at these images now I feel like that day was years ago, surely not just this past weekend. Not just this past Sunday.  You see last...

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hat - target, sweater - j.crew, dress - ace & jig, tights - kate spade, shoes - madewell Having your toddler around while taking outfit pictures makes for some extra special images... Taking these with two kids is even trickier than with one but hey we figure it out. Sometimes it means playing a little soccer to keep one of them entertained. Speaking...

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^ Birdie's first donut! ^ ^ added a book about christmas to Birdie's collection ^ Last weekend was so wonderful that when monday turned out to be a MONDAY it hit us extra hard. Actually the whole week ended up being pretty hectic and terrible. It was one of those weeks where thursday felt like friday and you wanted/needed it to be friday...

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For the sake of full disclosure and so that you are not led to believe that parenting two under two has been nothing but sunshine and rainbows, I want to tell you that it has been by far the hardest thing I have ever done and is testing me more than I thought humanly possible. I have felt every emotion on the spectrum...

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glasses - warby parker, jacket & shirt - jcrew, jeans - target, shoes - shoemint Birdie's vocabulary grows every single day and it is one of the most exciting things to watch. I could have never expected how magical it would be to watch a child discover the world. Every single morning she runs into our bedroom chanting "ah where's a baby?? where's...

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^ helping mama re-decorate after halloween ^ ^ made applesauce for birdie from 20 pounds of apples ^ ^ we got birdie a down blanket now that it gets cold at night & she is in love ^ Last time I did one of these it was the middle of september and instead of a newborn I had a "baby bump." The fact...

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As I nursed our sweet one month old boy in the blueish glow of the early morning my heart swelled with feelings of gratitude and love. Yes I'm tired and irritable and I only wash my hair once a week (on a good week) but I've also never felt more complete, more in my element. These babies of mine, they need me so...

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Hard to believe that this thursday our sweet boy will be one month old! It feels like we just brought him home from the hospital and yet his chubbiness and shrinking clothes tell me otherwise. It's been a whirlwind four weeks - adjusting to being parents of two, adjusting to the lack of sleep and just basically trying to survive the way one...

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I would like to thank the makers of halloween candy for these photos. Shoveling chocolate into Birdie's mouth is what persuaded her to keep the outfit on (she is going through a maj "don't you dare put anything on my head stage" so...) and to pose for me. Can you blame me though?? How could I not document this fabulousness?! This year was...

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