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Family

Pumpkin Patch While (38 Weeks) Pregnant

8:00 AM
It’s no secret that Brandon and I are pretty-much-in-love with spending time together. One of the perks of our latest semester schedule is that he gets to do most of his studying at home… across the living room from me. While I try not to talk (too much) because he’s thinking about massive engineering problems with figures like x and symbols like ^,...

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Family

Prepping & Applesauce Making

7:52 AM
To say I’ve been “nesting” is a bit of an understatement. Though lately I prefer the term “baby-prepping” because it seems so much more dramatic. Like instead of “prepping” for the apocalyptic end of the world, I’m prepping for the cataclysmic event of our first baby’s birth! Maybe it’s because I mock “preppers” in my spare time --- it’s the leftover derision from...

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Family

Autumn Weekend Away

6:00 AM
You could call this a “babymoon,” I suppose. It’s more like I’m starting to realize the imminent arrival of our first baby and how life is going to change. How we will be three, not just two (the cat does not count). How our considerations, limitations, focus and directions will change. How---though we might carry the babe around us, we won’t be quite...

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