tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-188834502024-03-12T19:52:01.443-04:00kakiekatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07767763504648891918noreply@blogger.comBlogger1328125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18883450.post-7998513430582893202016-02-12T14:37:00.001-05:002016-02-12T14:37:02.600-05:00I wish I still bloggedThat's allkatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07767763504648891918noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18883450.post-8465246855092947622015-02-06T16:37:00.001-05:002015-02-06T16:37:42.555-05:00Fred: Eight MonthsI honestly thought I was 1 or 2 months behind on these. I'm delusional.<br />
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Crawling (since 6 months), clapping, squirming, waving, babbling, smiling, eating, exploring, charming, pulling up to stand, snatching everything in sight, sorta sleeping at night</div>
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<br />katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07767763504648891918noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18883450.post-83394906388323296402014-09-17T09:03:00.000-04:002014-09-17T11:24:53.084-04:00Fred: Three Months<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6Eniz8cq7DourucjX6XHwoW3s8WF0otH7DzoTctcl75K-PzGV2K-_vS5uniBpbrnPkG2n5LvWoQPkEtfO2vGIKoohNEmrghbcqlEGT1eogGaaqm_XOeUYv2inRgK-TAY-MI8bxA/s1600/3months.gif" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; display: inline !important; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6Eniz8cq7DourucjX6XHwoW3s8WF0otH7DzoTctcl75K-PzGV2K-_vS5uniBpbrnPkG2n5LvWoQPkEtfO2vGIKoohNEmrghbcqlEGT1eogGaaqm_XOeUYv2inRgK-TAY-MI8bxA/s1600/3months.gif" height="640" width="480" /></a><br />
Tall and sorta chubby, still has his dimples, one dripping eye just like Gwen.<br />
Rolling every which way, so so smiley, coo-ing the sweetest coos.<br />
Goes down easy for his naps, wakes up way too much at night.<br />
<br />katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07767763504648891918noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18883450.post-47245941753448834842014-09-17T08:39:00.000-04:002014-09-17T08:39:35.109-04:00And The PartyWe followed tradition and threw Gwen a party at Jane's Carousel for her birthday. It was basically a repeat of <a href="http://kakiekakie.blogspot.com/2013/08/one.html">last year</a> except this year she was really excited for the party and terrified of the carousel. Maybe next year she'll like both parts? We love you, Gwen.<br />
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I wrote this back on Gwen's birthday and keep not posting it because there's no way to really capture a 2-year-old in a blog post. I guess I'm going to try anyway. It will probably be long and sound like one big brag but I'm just trying to remember the awesome things she's doing right now because 1. some days are not awesome at all and 2. I can't remember anything by myself. </div>
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"too sunny" "too bright" "too cold" etc. Everything is "too" something. I finally taught her "just right" and she's trying to understand that there is a happy medium.</div>
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"Mama Pearl" "Daddy Edie" etc. She names adults according to their gender/kid, makes sense to me.</div>
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"What doin?" about every 30 seconds throughout the day. "I'm blowing on your food, Gwen." "I'm handing you your water, Gwen."</div>
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Pretending. Mostly going places, talking on the phone, making cookies/pizzas, or taking care of her dolls/buddies.<br />
Coloring, blocks, flipping, rolling, jumping, sliding, running, stomping, carrying her scooter around the park.<br />
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Every nap/night it is "sunbeam", "God"(I am a Child of), and "Twinkle". Other favorites are "E-i-e-i-o", "issy bissy sider", and "Go" & "Snowman" (Let it Go).<br />
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Outside, park with friends, anywhere to get a cold treat, church/nursery.<br />
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<b>Favorite color:</b> pink (how is this so inevitable?)<br />
<b>Favorite show:</b> Bo on the Go (do not look it up, it's the worst.)<br />
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<b>Being a sibling:</b> For the most part she is the greatest to Fred. She loves to mimic whatever we say/do to him. She runs to him immediately if he makes a peep and she loves to rub his back and sing to him, kiss him, etc. and she is excited every single time he wakes up from a nap. Sweetest. And then sometimes she hits him.<br />
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<b>Remembering:</b> How does she remember exactly which zippered container her Easter erasers are in when she put them there 2 weeks ago? Or what color sunglasses each kid had at the party yesterday? I love to quiz her at the end of the day about what we did together. Who we saw, what the weather was like, where we went, what we played and I am always surprised at which details she remembers.<br />
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<b>A few more brags:</b> she willingly walked all the way (1.3 miles) to the carousel by herself the other day, she knows her numbers/letters/colors, can recognize when we are on our block or close to our friends' houses, can mostly get herself dressed, and brushes her own teeth.<br />
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Been a pretty great 2 years with this one.<br />
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<b>Dishonorable mentions:</b> the incessant request for snacks, the waking up at 6am, the refusal to let anyone go in the bathroom without her, the need to have everything she says validated by repeating it back to her, the diapers.katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07767763504648891918noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18883450.post-13570811333294848622014-08-20T16:21:00.000-04:002014-08-20T16:21:26.484-04:00Fred: Two Months <br />
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Good eater, decent sleeper. <span style="text-align: left;">So many smiles, so many coos, some daytime fussing. Still lots of fuzzy hair and bright blue eyes. Sometimes Gwen calls him Freddy Blue Eyes and there's nothing better. </span></div>
katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07767763504648891918noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18883450.post-37192466861975823752014-08-20T15:32:00.000-04:002014-08-20T15:32:55.245-04:00Fred: Blessing Day<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Back in July, we took this little guy to Maryland to give him a blessing with some of our family. It was lowkey and sweet with just us in the church before Caleb's baptism. Then we made everyone line up and take pictures outside after. We feel so lucky to have the parents/families we have and days like this really remind us of that. Lucky Fred to have so many people who love him and lucky us to have so much Fred to love.</div>
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Month One with Fred: pretty much like <a href="http://kakiekakie.blogspot.com/2012/09/one-month.html">month one with Gwen</a>. Who know that most newborns do the same stuff? Except! Way more smiles with this guy. And more hair. And an extra person around to love everything this sweet boy does.katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07767763504648891918noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18883450.post-85070203230268573482014-08-11T09:00:00.002-04:002014-08-11T09:00:38.884-04:00Fred<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Fred Greaves Johnson</div>
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8 lbs 9 oz of sweet sweetness</div>
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<br />katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07767763504648891918noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18883450.post-53516386850368731422014-07-08T11:22:00.000-04:002014-07-08T11:27:07.351-04:00Spring Break: Utah<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07767763504648891918noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18883450.post-46931480516773100842014-05-02T16:35:00.000-04:002014-05-14T16:32:22.621-04:00Baby BabyWe're at the point in my pregnancy where the midwife asks questions like "how's your pelvis holding up?" And my answer is something kinda iffy. These kinds of questions make it pretty hard to ignore the fact that I'll soon deliver another baby and then have 2 kids. Forever. Second pregnancies are weird, at least mine has been. It's still magical but just a totally different mindset/etc. than with the first. And way fewer of those 12-hour nights of sleep I had the first time around. We're definitely very excited to meet this boy but it's just different. It's been way faster and also sorta slower (to me). You know, that old trick time does. Anyway, we're finally working our way through the 'Before Baby' honey-do list (but obviously I fill it up as quickly as we empty it). I'm slowly cleaning out every drawer/area I can in our apartment to find any possible thing to get out of here. Of course, by the time I get to the last area, the first one will be messy again. Even with only 600 square feet to manage, it seems like things are never all put together at the same time.<br />
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<span style="color: black;">For Veronica's 30th birthday in March, Kyle surprised her with a visit from Gwen and I for a few days. Lucky us! I admit I was pretty flattered to be someone's birthday surprise. Mostly we just lived our normal mom lives together (but with cars and a yard and cable tv, etc.) which is my favorite type of visit. Let's do this every birthday??</span></div>
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<span style="clear: left; color: black; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;">Cora and Gwen had never met but they got right to work running with their bunnies. <br />The universal sign of bonding.</span><span style="clear: left; color: black; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjABj5LkYK-NdCc_wuBVFbVE3ZJIyQQMoCv6RUOlpNkjTt2SJHoh7bVsnB3ClKvP1YhhU3n9weX2u8B5Up9S69D3hR7kLRs2MVCDP5lpwcIuFsCByJcw3A0QByIC54A3SmQyd8JJw/s1600/IMG_20140304_185810.jpg" height="300" width="400" /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaZC023s-775iTURY2yy5xJ7twnoxIJiGizcCc4JWCLBRwv7cexQRcq1OtApxH44unqbtKD_DRcX4l3Nzv55zluLxN5TIZDVt2reu7Exz3s2c9BaBZfSfDLhMcf-J0MRb_DAEchQ/s1600/IMG_20140304_111612.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><span style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; 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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWI2_Elq9hH1O_egUOEXOA6Qqm0MFVUOCQqkeq50IA4niJ0j7n5bnaKOO23KG3uf6jv9lOZ-WZF3KW__AzzN07eyvRJKzwWaaptkVIDC-KzepyEUfpcRvbTpiLvOhUQF_n6VIzoA/s1600/IMG_2702.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWI2_Elq9hH1O_egUOEXOA6Qqm0MFVUOCQqkeq50IA4niJ0j7n5bnaKOO23KG3uf6jv9lOZ-WZF3KW__AzzN07eyvRJKzwWaaptkVIDC-KzepyEUfpcRvbTpiLvOhUQF_n6VIzoA/s1600/IMG_2702.JPG" height="400" width="300" /></a><span style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;">Well, due to pregnancy blah, instagram, polar vortexes, etc. there are no longer cute monthly photoshoots/updates happening over here. But I do like keeping track of what Gwen's doing so here we go. She's talking more every day and it's hard not to want to tell every person about every new word. Some of the best:<br />"pastis"- pasta<br />"hop hop" - bunny<br />"appasauce" - applesauce<br />"uhpease" - help please<br />"ess eww" - bless you<br />"puh puh" - pillow<br />"ket ket" - blanket<br />"ne" - gwennie? me?<br />And of course "mama" and "daddy". Never mind the fact that every woman is mama and every man is daddy. Like, we were flipping through a magazine the other day and on one page, Abraham Lincoln was "daddy" and on the next page a young Asian kid was "daddy". But anyway. She treats Hop and her other buddies like she's their mom and rocks them, leans down and talks to them when they're in their stroller, introduces them to me, gives them bites of her snacks, washes them with wipes, takes her clothes off to put them on them. It's just precious. She likes to draw and Regan swears she's left-handed (like him). She prefers to have a pillow with her for reading, diaper changing, pretty much anything. Her favorite place in the house is wrestling on the bed. Followed closely by the basket of blankets behind the couch where she can stare out the window and see all the dogs and birdies go by. In the last week she has had some rough tumbles, a pukey sickness and she's started (fine, perfected) tricking us into stalling bedtime and other adorable/not adorable tactics. Basically, she switches between baby and big kid about 20 times a day. I can't wait to see her <strike>ignore</strike> love a baby brother.</span></div>
katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07767763504648891918noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18883450.post-51683259999051174392014-01-14T15:34:00.002-05:002014-01-14T15:34:45.899-05:00Fake ChristmasAnd now the pictures we set up next to our fabric tree 2 weeks after Christmas. You know, for posterity. And because there was no way we were going to wait in line to get one of her screaming on Santa's lap when we can do basically the same thing right here in our own apartment.<br />
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<span style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;">Sorta okay with the distraction of her ears<img border="0" height="325" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-FfDYTUoIlraOSXpYNr2gDWGZE4TzAMYOaFU5vS9HbDGd2E3XsxxFbNxHoH1GvyfX8CT1-2z8ekorNvEax3k_UoKsyFg8qbMrPXrbxmSqlSqPKpKqEfu8e0E_dqbohy1GRn23WA/s400/IMG_2679b.jpg" width="400" /></span><span style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;">Mad that we're trying to trick her into smiling</span><span style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ1a4NXNrQ7js7asbC0cIp9No2TAKK0jFxNeuL-wDTY0wZBl22xubyqxR0nQV515u_u6jHJIfpEUrBzuH0o-qkkzsR4rJPdOqEhq5tglyOi_qyf_Jb37b8xGQuAFHtdRvdBrbI3g/s400/IMG_2676b.jpg" width="260" /></span></div>
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Not pictured: train delays, baby Rhoda!, Cafe Rio, BANG, our fancy date night to Medieval Times, delicious Christmas dinner, lots of cousin time, perfect baby Finn, Gwen finally saying mama!</div>
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Gwen does this a couple times a day and it's my current favorite thing. Sometimes she's talking to me, sometimes one of her buddies, but always with this much enthusiasm. What is she talking about?! Who cares! Also, this video has made it clear that it's time to cut off the wispy mullet. Baby's growing up.katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07767763504648891918noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18883450.post-52764340757314860122013-11-21T16:09:00.001-05:002013-11-21T16:09:40.756-05:00HalloweenGwen was a bat this year. Mostly because it required minor cutting and sewing on my part and because it was basically normal clothes which increases the odds of her cooperation. I think she needs a little cap with every costume she ever has, it's always my favorite part.<br />
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Part 1:<br />
When people talk to Gwen in a baby voice and ask her questions that she obviously can't answer, is it my responsibility to respond for her? My favorite way to answer is just to ignore it or shrug at them like "yep, she can't talk." but sometimes I am tempted to use a baby voice back to them and answer in Gwen's proxy. "I'm 15 months old, yep gettin so big!" Don't worry, this mostly only applies to strangers.<br />
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Gwen's been saying some words consistently and it's just the cutest. So far it's mostly: "Uh-ew" (uh-oh), "doggie", "daddy", "this this this this this" (this covers anything she ever wants, smart move learning that one first), "baby", "up". Sometimes a crystal clear "oops" or something pops out of her jabber and it's shocking and awesome and unrepeatable. She also pretend reads books now and, you guessed it- it's so cute.<br />
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<br />katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07767763504648891918noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18883450.post-92072147845820782612013-11-07T16:58:00.001-05:002013-11-07T16:58:59.393-05:00Anderson Family Reunion 2013 - VirginiaPre-party at the ballpark. Gwen's first Giants game. A big deal for an Anderson.<br />
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<span style="color: black;">The local ice cream parlor. We were there at least 2 times a day. <br />They had homemade caramel sauce and a waffle ice cream sandwich.</span></div>
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The littles. There are 2 more since this. They just keep coming.</div>
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It's rainy<br />
It's hot<br />
Gwen won't sleep through the night<br />
Regan found a bunch of ticks on his body<br />
I have about as many cold sores<br />
There are no cousins here<br />
Gwen does crazy cry-screaming through her baths now<br />
I don't know what to do for cub scouts tomorrow<br />
No one makes us dinner and then runs to our cabin to tell us it's ready<br />
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Virginia, take us back<br />
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<br />katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07767763504648891918noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18883450.post-16874605393766019922013-08-13T17:41:00.003-04:002013-08-13T17:42:41.354-04:00Two for MeSpeaking of time flying, today marks 2 years in New York for us. What?!<br />
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Here are some things I'm doing right:<br />
no eye contact (even when very strange things are happening)<br />
brisk walking<br />
giving directions to other people with confidence<br />
having a working buzzer/intercom in our apt.<br />
walking everywhere<br />
being obsessed with people's apartments/rent/space/arrangements/etc<br />
being obsessed with how people ended up living here and when/if they are going to leave<br />
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Here are some things I need to work on:<br />
an accent (or at least finding some friends with accents)<br />
pizza snobbery (I know good pizza but I'm still way too accepting of Little Caesar's)<br />
wearing expensive shoes<br />
getting more grocery/laundry/dinner delivery<br />
being friends with my neighbors<br />
having an edgy/effortless haircut<br />
spending time in the actual city<br />
saying the word 'schlep' more oftenkatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07767763504648891918noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18883450.post-2717721158802525572013-08-12T21:18:00.000-04:002013-08-12T21:18:53.312-04:00One<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Well, it happened. Gwen's a toddling one-year-old now. I don't have anything to say that I haven't been saying all along. It is overwhelming to think about how much I love her and how much lots of people all over the place have loved her since before she was even born. So much love and I swear she can feel it. She is a confident one. I think one of my favorite things about being a parent so far is creating the world that Gwen knows. I didn't expect to think about this so much but it's on my mind a lot. I love knowing that I get to make a safe and fun and warm and happy and loving place for her to know about and live in. It's easy to create a nurturing, protected environment for her so far and not have her be exposed to negative things (except all the public transit, sorry about that Gwen). It's just pretty easy to keep her happy so far and it feels good to be able to do that for her. (I'm not trying to take all the credit for her natural demeanor but you know what I mean.) And not only environment but with our relationship too. A whole year with not a single ill thought/feeling between us. (At least on my end, I shouldn't speak for her.) I know I will slowly lose control of this as she grows so I'm trying to enjoy it while it lasts. I think my excitement for the future might slowly be edging out my sadness for the time that's gone. Especially since parties are now involved.</div>
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<span style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;">I guess we know where she gets her surprised face. These girls are so good to her.</span><span style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFywwGci_cPKkGADAOWdKCnx8hAAES79arssGdVokRYg2M9dhuWyHFytVl_9rJiHuoKY9I6p9JXY70MeCdfVuv-TBvP9FQZdPganS2LBSi1LS5QhdycM4SeGJ8LpRQySI0rSIGDw/s1600/IMG_1775.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; display: inline !important; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFywwGci_cPKkGADAOWdKCnx8hAAES79arssGdVokRYg2M9dhuWyHFytVl_9rJiHuoKY9I6p9JXY70MeCdfVuv-TBvP9FQZdPganS2LBSi1LS5QhdycM4SeGJ8LpRQySI0rSIGDw/s400/IMG_1775.JPG" width="300" /></a></span><span style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;">So is Ender</span><br />
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- I'm not going to feel bad for embarrassing my kids later in life because I feel like Gwen makes a fool of me about 100 times a day. It's usually a less public showing but she makes up for that in quantity and gusto.<br />
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- I can't help but get nostalgic about the fact that Gwen's going to be 1 year old in a week. Time has never felt trickier. It definitely feels like she's been here that long but I can also remember walking out of the hospital with her like it was yesterday. It makes me sad to know I can never hold tiny Gwen again. I know there will be other babies I can hold but not a Gwen one. Anyway, same old story.<br />
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- I got an email from our energy company today telling me that "New York City has only seen extended week-long heat waves like that seven times since tracking started in 1896." Lucky us. So help me if we get another one.<br />
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- What can we do for our family talent show? So far our brainstorming sessions have landed us with re-enacting scenes from various television shows. I'm pretty sure this is a bad idea, please help.<br />
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<br />katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07767763504648891918noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18883450.post-70102951179154350152013-07-22T09:32:00.001-04:002013-07-22T09:32:48.995-04:00And there she goes<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="894" mozallowfullscreen="" src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/70776511" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="500"></iframe> <a href="http://vimeo.com/70776511">Morning Walk</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user2983798">kate johnson</a> on <a href="https://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07767763504648891918noreply@blogger.com7