Jaia had a birthday party to go to on Saturday. It was a princess dress-up party and Jaia woke up walking on air. Everything that day was about getting over to Amelia’s. I think she was dressed and ready to go by 8 AM. She carefully chose her Belle dress and her white crown and...
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One recent night Jaia called out to us in the night. I went in to find her out of bed and upset. I got her back into bed, and she asked: “Daddy why did you take the doorknob off of my door?”. I reassured her I had not. Yesterday in response to Mama telling her...
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Over the holidays, our friend Dominik spent an afternoon outside building Jaia a very special slide in our front yard. Within a few hours, the neighbours, without realizing, shoveled their driveway and covered the beautiful slide with a mountain of new snow. Without a word, Dominik was back outside shoveling off the slide and making...
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Dan is away and so Jaia and I decided to have a girl’s night out and went to dinner together. When the waitress came by to give us our menus and ask us what we wanted to drink, Jaia replied, “Please could I have some water…with a slice of lemon?” I swear neither Dan or...
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Monday, January 18, 2010 Posted in Life
Well kids, We are close to finished the biggest project we’ve ever taken on. Ever. Our kitchen is fully functional again, and not only is it functional, but it’s dang pretty too. Our AMAZING new countertops arrived last Thursday and I still find myself going in the kitchen to just steal a look at...
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Monday, January 18, 2010 Posted in Friends
It’s mango week. Frank the Baby is apparently as big as a large mango, weighing in at just over a pound. I figured that since I hadn’t updated in awhile, you might like to know which fruit our new little bundle was most resembling at this point in the pregnancy. We are past the halfway...
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Both Jaia and I have been looking forward to her starting ballet class for months. We bought her slippers and tights in November and, hanging in her closet since she was wee, was the leotard that I wore as a little one when I was in ballet class. She’s been dressing up in the whole...
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…was awesome. I have a fantastic story to tell – but not tonight. I’m exhausted and want to do it justice. Check back tomorrow for an update and pictures, oodles of pictures. Goodnight.
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This morning at 9:30 am I dropped my baby off at her first preschool class. She was brave as can be until I opened the door to the class and she stopped dead. I basically had to pull her through to the other side. She immediately hid behind my legs and my heart sank. We’d...
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