Yearly Archives: 2010

two going on twenty

At 2:33AM Pacific time today, December 23rd, my sweet daughter Lindsey turns two years old. These last two years have been a hectic time for our entire family. She was born on top of a hill in San Francisco overlooking the Golden Gate and Bay Bridges. There was needless worry about her hefty size –...

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it takes two!

I have mentioned Matthew’s speech delays before on and off – but right now he is exploding! He talks consistently in sentences and thinks up new ideas and tells them to us. Most importantly, he is FUNNY. The other day as we sat down to eat pie after a hearty Thanksgiving dinner (pictures of which...

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face to face

Back when I was hugely pregnant with Matthew, I lived in Chicago with Josh. I was due with Matthew on July 29, 2006. Up until a few weeks before he was born on July 14, I hadn’t been a huge participant in an online discussion forum I’d found as I was entering that phase of...

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on daughters

When we found out Lindsey was a girl, part of me was ecstatic – a GIRL! I come from a family of fierce and strong women and the idea of another generation of strong women was appealing to me. But my only experience as a mother was as a mother to a boy, and I...

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wrong and right

So, a little rambly story for you. In late 2008 I was pregnant with Lindsey and Matthew had just turned two. I wanted to get family portraits done, and this was well before the time I decided to jump into the photo business myself, so we headed down to a local chain studio. We waited,...

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