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Provided this little mango cooperates, we’ll know if Baby H. is a boy or a girl sometime tomorrow morning. I thought it would be fun to take a little [anonymous] poll and see what you think it’s going to be!!
A couple fun facts to help you guess a gender: Continue Reading »
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Today I had to go to urgent care for a nasty sinus infection that just wouldn’t go away. Of course, this would be the weekend we are moving into our new casa.
Fortunately, Luis and his BFF (visiting us from El Salvador) have been doing everything. I’ve helped pack stuff, but they rented a U-Haul and have been hauling boxes and unpacking at the new house while I have stayed here with Maya. To say I am grateful for their hard work would be a dramatic understatement. Continue Reading »
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My BFF sent me this blog post and I fell in love with it a thousand times over. This one needs no commentary from me … just read it and I hope you find you are as moved as I was by her beautiful words and imagery.
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Yesterday I got the combined results of my sequential screening. This is what the letter said: Continue Reading »
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For a while now, we’ve been having full-on conversations with Maya. Typically they are observation-related … what did you eat today, who did you play with, what book are we going to read … stuff that requires more than a yes or no response but doesn’t necessarily warrant a full-on dialogue … yet often lately, it turns into that. Dinner-time is getting a lot more fun, that’s for sure! Continue Reading »
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I can’t sing the praises of Maya’s daycare enough. I’ve said many times how much I love the environment, the teachers, the webcam, her daily report cards, what she is learning, the socializing, the growth and development, the menus, the endless list of babysitters … I literally don’t have a single complaint about her school. Continue Reading »
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