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    K’s Dance Recital!

    Today was K’s dance recital – and what a helluva day it was! I realized around 11 that K’s dance shoes are in my cupholder in my car… and my car’s…

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    On Letting Go of My Expectations

    What most of our pictures look like these days . I brought the girls to the Queen Mary today for the first time in maybe a year (and first time for Isabelle!)…

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    On finding my inner child

    How awesome are trains? K loves them, and all other forms of transportation, but I think at her age she just likes them because they look cool. I can’t wait until…

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    On raising an independent toddler

    “I do it MYSELF!” If only I had a nickel for every time I heard that phrase ?. In the case of chopsticks, my dear strong-willed not-yet-3-year-old, you cannot do it…

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    Isabelle Hip Dysplasia Updates

    7 months after our first visit to the orthopaedic doctor, we finally got the (mostly) good news we had been waiting for. Isabelle had another xray this morning and it looks…

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    The Beginning of 2018

    Snow, cliffs, tropical rainforest, beach… In the past month, we have been in 3 time zones and traveled enough miles to have gone halfway around the circumference of the earth. If…

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    Getting My Strength Back

    Ideal caption: “Jason was just so captivated by my beauty he took this photo for his desk at work so he could admire me all the time.” But… I like to…

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    Happy 8 Months Isabelle!!

    It’s not every day you turn 8 months in Hawaii !! This month has been full of changes for Isabelle. She recently started cruising  and is chatting up a storm (which means this…