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Category Archives: Parenting

Happy Daddy Day!

Posted on June 16, 2013 Posted in 2013, Family, Holidays, Miranda, Nostalgic, Parenting .

Today is Father’s Day and for Matt, it’s his first Father’s Day!

Daddy's little girl

Being silly at the 2011 Trek for Tourette

While it feels so natural to be a parent, I still have those moments of, “Holy crap! We had  baby! We’re parents!”

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Mommy Musing Monday – Adamantium Toenails

Posted on June 10, 2013 Posted in 2013, Baby, Family, Miranda, Musing Monday, Parenting .

For those of you not versed in comic book lore, Wolverine from the X-Men is Canadian.

Sometimes I wonder if either my family or Matt‘s are distantly related to Wolverine because I’m pretty sure our daughter’s toenails are made out of a diluted version of indestructible adamantium*!

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Mommy Musing Monday – hats off folks

Posted on June 3, 2013 Posted in 2013, Baby, Miranda, Musing Monday, Parenting .

As a knitter, I have to admit that making hats is often fun. They’re not usually hard (or you can avoid the really hard patterns if you want, cause there are so many different options out there) and they can knit up pretty quick.

Baby hats are even better because they’re small and you often want to use nice soft yarn. Non-knitted baby hats are just as cute cause they’re so little!

Before Missy Moo was born, I received a number of hats for her. My mother-in-law is a fantastic knitter and she did some very lovely hats and some with sweaters to match. Other hats were given by friends and family. Babies tend to lose a lot of heat from their heads and often lack a full head of hair, so having them strut around in a hat seems logical, right?

My daughter feels otherwise. Here are three different reactions to hats…

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Mommy Musing Monday – Go Shorty, it’s Your Birthday

Posted on May 27, 2013 Posted in 2013, Baby, Birthday, Family, Miranda, Parenting .

The second half of this post’s title is of course from this song, by 50 Cent. There are two reasons for that title.

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Throwback Thursday – dishpan hands

Posted on May 23, 2013 Posted in 2013, Family, Nostalgic, Parenting, Throwback Thursday, Twitter .

An online meme that I’m seeing more and more is Throwback Thursday (or #ThrowbackThursday on Twitter).

It’s inspired me to dig up some old photos. Some of the photos I’ll share will be ones that were in the wedding slideshow that Matt and I had back on 07-07-07 (or “Seven cubed” as we nicknamed our special day).

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