Life
This is our life. The nitty-gritty, day-to-day story of what we’re doing and our adventures as a family. Sometimes detailed, often mostly a photo journal, filled with lots of pictures of cute little people and occasional longer reflections on Hinds family happenings.
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Finding Joy
I started this post a week ago exactly. It was midnight Sunday night and I’d finally torn myself away from the living room to blog. My dad’s mother, Mim, was visiting and we had spent the previous two nights talking until the wee hours of the morning, after which it was all I can do…
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Friends, Yoga, Love and a Whole Lot of Gratitude
Six months have flown by and now that summer’s over and I’m 15lbs heavier with a belly out-to-here, we’re just about in countdown mode for Peach’s arrival. Everyday, Nora tells me, “Wow, Mama, your tummy is getting really, really big!” and perfect strangers now feel comfortable asking me when I’m due and what I’m having…
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Island Fair
This weekend was the island fair. Though it’s nothing compared to the Texas state fairs we used to go to — with stalls upon stalls of animals and vendor after vendor selling a ridiculously scary amount of fried “foods” (many of which were deathly even before being batter-dipped and finished in hot oil) — our…
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Adventures in Schooling
This week marked the official start of our adventures in schooling. We are still very much on the fence about what we will do when kindergarten rolls around — whether we’ll be doing homeschool or one of the two private schools — so for preschool we decided to do a combination of the two. Nora…
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Nora’s Maisy Birthday Party
We celebrated Nora’s third birthday Sunday morning. Those of you following me on Facebook got little sneak peeks of our party decorations as Nora and I made them, and knew that I was worried about rain because we were hoping to hold the party outside. It did, indeed, rain but we managed to squeeze everything…
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Simple Birthday Joy
Today, at 3:47 pm, Nora turned three. We have her big birthday party planned for Sunday morning (please, please send no rain vibes our way), but I couldn’t let today pass without a celebration and making sure that our little girl knows just how amazing she is. I let Nora choose what she wanted for…
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Traveling
Yesterday, we traveled. Up early, kissed Chris goodbye , and boarded a propeller plane to soar away from Nantucket. There were some delays which, luckily, didn’t seem to bother my little mama much. We played with toys, walked all through the airport exploring exciting things like moving sidewalks, and finally, nearly 12 hours later, we made…
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Sunday Report Card
I’m up way too late considering that Nora and I are going off island tomorrow for a very rare vacation. We are flying to Kansas City where we are so excited to get to see a ton of family from both my mom’s side and my dad’s side. I’m just about done packing (just a…
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Wordless Wednesday: Half Baked
Peach is half baked! Here’s a fun look at my baby belly:
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Peach
Today we got the first (and likely only) glimpse of our little baby. Nora came along to the ultrasound and the two of us watched in wonder as tiny fingers and toes swam across the screen. I’m 18 weeks and some days pregnant, and I can’t help but marvel at how much faster this…
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Sweet, Cool Air
We finally did it. We broke down and got out the window units. And boy are they wonderful.
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Nesting, a.k.a. I’m Not Crazy, I Swear
I know we aren’t going to have a baby for five months. I know there is absolutely no reason why I need to be setting anything up yet… Except that we got an actual bookshelf for Nora, so we moved the changing table out of her room and upstairs, where it sat for the last…
