February 2, 2017

Theo Is TWO: The Dinosaur Kingdom Expands

Two years ago today, this little hurricane entered our world and immediately made it louder, messier, and infinitely more wonderful. Theo’s second ...

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January 9, 2017

New Year, Same Us (I Hope)

Every January I sit down with my notebook and write the same ambitious list. Run a half marathon. Organize the junk drawer. Learn to make homemade ...

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December 24, 2016

First Christmas on Creekwood Lane

This house feels like ours now. Every room has a memory, and today we’re making the biggest one yet - our first Christmas here.

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December 9, 2016

Our New Favorite Word

This morning Theo was trying to tell me about his plastic T-Rex when he pointed very seriously at it and declared, ‘Die-no-soar!’ Not dinosaur. Die...

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November 23, 2016

We Hosted Thanksgiving (And Survived)

So we did it. We hosted our first Thanksgiving in the new house and honestly? I think we crushed it. Sure, there were moments when I questioned eve...

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November 9, 2016

My New Favorite Photo Spot

Marcus spent two hours hanging string lights on our back deck tonight and I’m never taking photos anywhere else again.

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October 30, 2016

First Halloween on Creekwood Lane

Sophie announced in September that she was going as a ‘real witch, not a silly witch’ this year. By real witch, she apparently meant black dress, s...

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October 17, 2016

Five Years and Still Drawing on Napkins

We went back to the Merrimon-Wynne House tonight for our fifth anniversary. Same venue where we got married, same dress code (fancy), same Marcus s...

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September 30, 2016

Guest Introductions

Theo’s dinosaur collection has officially reached twenty-three plastic friends, and yes, he knows every single name. Today he spent fifteen minutes...

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September 7, 2016

Twenty-Eight

So this is 28.

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