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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One Week Count Down
In one week, Nora will be two. I know I always say, “I can’t believe…,” well I really can’t. Although, she does seem to be very much a two year old already with a strong independent streak, a chatterbox mouth, and the most adorable little girlishness about her. She certainly is completely different than she was at…
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Christmas in July
All of a sudden, if seems like packages are dropping out of the air around here. First was a large shipment of clothing (mostly for me), then came a parade of boxes (5!) from my mother, which will be followed any day now by a box marked with Chris’ two favorite words: New Egg. We…
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Festivities
Even though I am often very down on our country, I love the Fourth of July. I see this day as a reminder of what we can be and a celebration of hope for a better tomorrow. I grew up in a town that made it impossible not to enjoy the Fourth with three weeks…
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Twenty-Six
Saturday was my birthday. The last few years, I’ve gotten used to birthdays being days like any other, since Chris generally can’t take off work. Last year, I spent the night just hanging with Nora and I expected this year to be the same. And normalcy doesn’t really bother me. Maybe it’s because I’ve already…
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Hugs and Kisses
We don’t normally do Valentine’s Day. Chris and I don’t buy each other elaborate gifts or plan fancy dinners out or exchange big boxes of HFCS-filled candy in the name of Hallmark Valentine’s Day. But this year, we enjoyed celebrating love family-style.
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Reflections on Christmas
We’re well into January now, the tree is down, and our Christmas decorations have been packed back into the attic for another year. Most people have moved on to resolutions and are maybe even starting to think about Valentine’s Day (or so one might surmise from looking at the grocery store shelves). But I’m still…
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Diwali
If you know me, you know that I have a fascination with India and Indian culture, and dream of one day traveling to India. While in high school and college I dated a few Indian boys and I was an officer of the Indian Cultural Association in college (first white officer – maybe only!). While…
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Mim
Though most of our families are in Texas or Iowa, I do have some family on the east coast. My dad’s mom and brother (and his family) live in Burlington, Vermont, which is a ferry ride and about five hours away. It’s funny, you would think that five hours isn’t that much, but some how…
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Birthday Girl
One year ago today, we were going nuts trying to get baby “Voldemort” (yes, that’s what we called her until we knew who she was) to come out and meet us. And then on a Sunday, beautiful and breezy like today, we met our girl for the first time. It’s hard to believe we’ve been…
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Countdown to One
It’s September. Fall is just around the corner and Nora’s first birthday is in 5 days! Not that she has any idea… I’m still a little bit in disbelief, but mostly I’m incredibly excited for her birthday and her party, for which we are in full preparation mode. It’s on the 5th, which is 4…
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Party Planning
Can you believe this little person is eleven months old today? I know I say it all the time, but how time flies. And now that she’s eleven months old, it’s time to start planning for her party…or actually admit that I’ve been planning it secretly for a few months now. You see, we, at…
