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James with his Great Grandpa all done up for a game of golf

Namesake photographs

I am a bit of a picture addict.  I love taking pictures of my kids and having them professionally taken.  Usually if I am going to take the kids in to have their portraits taken, I put weeks, if not months, into planning their styling and how I want the pictures to look. I wanted [...]

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Mother’s Day Crafting

Is there any gift better than something homemade? I think not. Here are three mother’s day, father’s day, or Valentine’s Day crafts that are (somewhat) toddler friendly.

Something old into something new

The Emperor’s Old Clothes: Transforming the Outgrown

Have you heard the term up-cycling yet? It’s like alchemy. Only instead of turning things into gold you are turning things that are past their prime into something totally awesome. Like art. Way better than gold. Something old into something new So I know you’ve heard like a million times that my daughters aren’t exactly [...]

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Making a Homemade Baby Book

Before Little C was born, I searched and searched for the perfect baby book.  Most of what I found was underwhelming.  As someone who loves photos, I wanted to have a book that incorporated all of the statistics and record-keeping of a traditional baby book, but with ample space to include photos of the milestones [...]

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Review: Groovebook Photo App

I’m snap happy when it comes to taking photos of the Trikester. I got a new iPhone right before he was born, and I’ve already taken 1,700 photos. I love these pictures because they capture some of the best moments – my phone is always handy, unlike my DSLR. Unfortunately, once I take the picture, [...]

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Journals for Moms

It’s difficult to find the time to keep a paper journal in this day and age, when we spend so much time documenting our lives through social media outlets. But there is still something special about a handwritten journal, especially once you become a parent. So I’ve compiled some of my favorite journals for moms [...]

Today, One Year Ago Today

A while ago I blogged about my “Mom’s One Line a Day” journal where I write down a little bit about each day with Little M. I started the day that I went into labor and have written every night since (ok so I may have written about those three days of labor on the [...]

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