Amber’s Blog
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Film Friday: Summer Splashin’
📍 ColoradoIt has been a long time since I made a Film Friday video, but lately I’ve realized that I don’t have a ton of videos with Zara in them so I resolved to get back into the habit of recording little clips of our days. This little video is from last week’s trip to the splash…
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First Day of Kindergarten & Back to School Sewing
Tuesday was Nora’s first day of kindergarten. She is gone from us five full days per week from 8:30-3, learning in a wonderful Montessori school that just opened here in town. Since her birthday is in September, there was some discussion about waiting another year before starting school (two of her friends that are older…
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Unlikely Friendships Can Be The Best Friendships
Once upon a time, seven years ago, I graduated from college, married my sweetheart, then followed him across country far from family and friends, so he could go to culinary school. Not long after moving to New York, I managed to land a job recruiting graduate students for Marist College (which probably only happened because I…
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Saturday Surfing
📍 ColoradoFinds of the Past Few Weeks: 22 Candid Photos That Show How Beautiful Breastfeeding Really Is, Huffington Post — I know everyone has probably seen this already, but I love it The American Dream Does Not Cost $130,000/year, Becoming Minimalist — “The notion that a family of four must own a $275K home, drive an SUV,…
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Our Farm-Filled Weekend
Our weekend was overflowing with chickens, horses, cows, pigs, and goats. Saturday, we had a La Leche League fundraiser and World Breastfeeding Celebration at a local farm. The event went wonderfully and our fundraiser went really well, but I was also excited for the opportunity to discover Laughing Buck Farm. They have a really neat…
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Lemonade Stand + Family Weekend
Nora had her first lemonade stand this weekend and it was pretty much the cutest thing ever. We decided last minute to have a yard sale Saturday morning and I thought a lemonade stand would be a fun way to keep her entertained, so Friday Nora and I made a sign, baked cookies, and…
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Summer Solstice Throwback
Since it is “Throwback Thursday,” I thought now would be as good a time as any to backtrack and share pictures from the summer solstice party at our farm. Between a lazy morning in the backyard with the girls and that evening’s potluck, music, and fire dancing, that was most certainly one of the best days…
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You Know I’m Feeling Better When…
My mom called me a couple of days ago and asked me, “Did you really stay up until 3 am working on a website?” Why, yes I did. I’ve been feeling great and aside from the little scar at the base of my throat, I hardly feel like I even had surgery. Though that one…
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Post-Op Notes and Breastfeeding After Surgery
📍 ColoradoIn case you missed my note on Facebook, I got the best news possible when I awoke from surgery: the nodule was benign, which means I still have half a thyroid and am not expecting to have to deal with radioactive iodine. I couldn’t have imagined anything better to hear through the fog of anesthesia as…
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Drawing a Line
There are moments in life when a line is drawn. Moments that have a very distinct before and after, and that completely change the course of our lives. Most days life is a blur of tiny changes, growth, and gradual movement from one phase to the next until suddenly we look down and realize our baby is…
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Fourth of July Weekend
We were in new territory again this year for the Fourth, discovering how our new town celebrates. The girls and I got up and rushed out the door in time to make it to a parade through old town. We watch the first few floats go by, then joined up with Nora’s elementary school and…
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Saturday Surfing
📍 ColoradoFinds of the Week: 3 Things Everyone Should Know Before Growing Up, NPR — People don’t judge you as harshly as you think they do. You should think of intelligence as something you develop. Playing isn’t a waste of time. 30 Magical Photos Of Children Playing Around The World, Bored Panda — Great photos How…
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Family Planning
in Motherhood📍 ColoradoDays are speeding by and we are nearly at Zara’s half birthday, which means the littlest member of our family is almost 18 month old. Instead of buying her just any old book for her half birthday present, I decided to put make a photo book of her birth story, which is something I hope…
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Saturday Surfing
📍 ColoradoFinds of the Week: Before Learning to Crawl, You Must Learn to Swim, NY Times — The pictures are cool, but I’m still very skeptical about these infant swim classes given how secretive they are about their methods I Sent All My Text Messages in Calligraphy for a Week, The Atlantic — Just cool, and…
