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Author Archives: Laura
Ellie is 7 months! (Spring Photo Shoot)
We are certainly privileged to have Dan as our friend – for many more reasons than this of course, but right now we’re grateful that he’s such a good photographer and so generous to us with his gifts. As you … Continue reading
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Enjoy your last year! (in your 20s that is!)
Happy Birthday Chris! We love you! (and thanks for giving me an excuse to put this picture of all my brothers on my blog – I’ve been wanting to for a long time!) (for the non-family members reading this post, … Continue reading
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Proof that Ellie likes broccoli
The other day she was actually “nursing” on the broccoli – moving her mouth as if she was nursing and making nursing sounds. It was so cute- clearly she equates broccoli with food, food with nursing, therefore broccoli with nursing! … Continue reading
Dropping Naps = tricky
Ellie usually wakes up between 5:30 and 6:00 am these days. She also tends to take short naps so she still needs four naps to be OK the whole day. However, she is fast becoming unwilling to take that last … Continue reading
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April Sewing – Anne’s quilt
April’s big project was sewing the Hide and Seek Spectrum Quilt from Handmade Beginnings for Anne and her little girl, who was just born on Wednesday! Betsy, Heather, Steph, and I worked together on this one. We each sewed some … Continue reading
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Toys are becoming popular around here
Ellie is really asking for things to play with now – as in, she gets bored and whiny pretty quickly. So I’ve been slowly getting out the toys that we were given before she was born. The other day, I … Continue reading
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Adventures in Baby Led Weaning* – She’s eating!
*from here on, known as AIBLW It took five days of playing with her food but Ellie finally started eating! It’s still very small amounts but she seems to have figured out that what we put on her tray is … Continue reading
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Berta’s Better Bagels – the best yet!
Since January, I’ve been making bagels, using my friend Kristen’s mother’s bagel recipe. This recipe was my college graduation present from Kristen. Lest you think that a recipe seems like a rather poor graduation present, know that I was THRILLED … Continue reading
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April Sewing – Ellie and Luke’s Easter Bunnies
Tina commissioned me to make soft bunnies for Ellie and Luke for Easter. Alex (Luke’s 3-year old brother) had decreed that they should get soft toys in their Easter baskets and that he should get chocolate. Smart boy! I used … Continue reading
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Salmon and Souvlaki 