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Archives for October 2010

Crawling into trouble

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Gabriel is crawling up a storm these days..and getting into everything! Pulling the tablecloth off the side table, trying to eat…
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The Payback Machine

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Check me out giving Michael a little payback for all that I have to put up with: www.francophilosophy.blogspot.com Just kidding…
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Explosions. Part Four.

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Overall in my short life as a mom, I feel like I have yet to face one of those legendary, really gross,…
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New hellos and goodbyes

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Since yesterday, Gabriel has crawled into my arms from across the room three times! Today, he waved “bye bye”–twice! We all…
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Minty fresh trouble

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Just this morning my little 10-month-old figured out how to do two things: crawl and open “childproof” caps. Exciting, but…
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How many working parents does it take watch two babies?

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Apparently, one working mom and two working dads! To make a long background story short: Gabriel couldn’t go to daycare…
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Do I need thank you’s?

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One of my favorite games to play when I was little was “house.” I would set up my little house…
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Gabriel Saying “Da-Da”?!

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We think so! 

An uncomfortable nap?

An uncomfortable nap?

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I thought it took Gabriel a while to fall asleep for his afternoon nap today… This picture doesn’t really do…
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I'm a south Louisiana girl, Catholic wife, writer, speaker, and mother of six. Since I started my blog way back in 2009, life has been a roller coaster of babies, plot twists and a plane crash or two. I've been chronicling things here as I've been learning to love and suffer and laugh and trust in the goodness of God in the ordinary and the extraordinary--with a little espresso and a lot of Divine Mercy. Read More…

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