September 7, 2012

Twenty-Four: Old Enough to Know Better, Young Enough Not to Care

So I’m twenty-four today. TWENTY-FOUR. Which feels simultaneously ancient (I’m a mom, a wife, a nurse - shouldn’t I feel more adult?) and impossibl...

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August 31, 2012

First Day (She Was Ready. I Was Not.)

Today was Sophie’s first day at daycare. I’ve been talking about this for weeks — how excited I was to have a few hours during the day, how good it...

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August 14, 2012

I Actually Ran Three Miles and Didn't Die

So apparently I’m a runner now?

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July 24, 2012

OBX with a Toddler: A Beautiful Disaster

We just got back from our first family beach trip to the Outer Banks, and wow. Nobody prepared me for vacation with a toddler. I had visions of Sop...

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July 3, 2012

Fourth of July: Take Three

Every year we think this will be the year Sophie loves fireworks. Every year we are spectacularly wrong.

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June 21, 2012

Sophie Is TWO. Where Did the Baby Go?

We celebrated Sophie’s second birthday at Abuela Rosa’s house yesterday, and I’m still recovering from the whirlwind that is my newly-two-year-old ...

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June 4, 2012

Summer Toddler Survival Mode

Today’s schedule: 7am wake-up call from Sophie demanding “pool now mommy!”, 8am sunscreen wrestling match (she won, I have zinc oxide in my hair), ...

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May 12, 2012

Mother's Day Breakfast: A Beautiful Disaster

So Marcus decided to surprise me with breakfast in bed for my second Mother’s Day. Sweet thought, right? Except Sophie apparently decided she wante...

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April 30, 2012

One Year In: What They Don't Tell You About Nursing

A year ago this month, I walked into UNC Rex as a brand new pediatric nurse. Twenty-three years old, fresh BSN in hand, thinking I knew what I was ...

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April 7, 2012

Easter with a Toddler: An Exercise in Futility

We had such plans for Sophie’s first real Easter egg hunt. I bought the cutest little basket, filled plastic eggs with goldfish crackers and cheeri...

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