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This is seven. Opinionated, creative, colorful, loving, and energetic, determined, seven. In the last year, Zara has lost all reminents of her baby face and has grown into the most wonderful and BIG girl. (I can’t get over how big.) In a lot of ways, I think Zara is the most like me personality-wise, which…

It’s almost the end of winter break and next week will be my first full week back to work since Vivienne was born. I’ll be working from home so she can stay snuggled up with me, but it’s another thing that we’ll need to figure out. I’ve never been very good about establishing a schedule…

Can’t resist a #best9 grid. We traveled the west coast in our trailer, and grew by one little girl. It was a great year, but 2020 is going to be filled with even more adventures. ♥️ Happy New Year everyone. P.S., that’s a different baby girl and nearly 7 year difference between the first and…

Merry Christmas day! We were up before the sun so little girls could open presents (check my stories for a full spread with filled stockings), then Chris, Vivi and I took a small nap while everyone was distracted by shiny objects. Now we’re heading to a family filled afternoon at Chris’ aunt and uncle’s farm.…

The best present we got this year. ♥️

We inadvertently ended up at an outdoor shopping mall today, which was crazy pants, but we saw these fun giant ornaments so maybe it was worth navigating all the crowds and holiday shopper madness. Zara Bee had her winter piano recital this morning and did an awesome job. The big girls both also had winter…

Vivienne at 1 month. I’m a few days late posting, but I swear we took this picture on the right day. I mentioned in stories a while ago that Vivi was slow to gain weight and not doing super well with nursing. Normally babies should regain their birth weight by 2 weeks, but she didn’t…

Last night we went to see the Luminations at the Lady Bird Johnson @wildflowercenter. We’ve been living in the Austin area for two years and are still only just starting to explore the sites and local events. I’m still not quite sure how we managed to make a night time event work with a 4…

Tree decorating! Vivi and I are supervising from the couch.  

Feeling a little nostalgic today about our drive along the Pacific Coast Highway last summer. This afternoon we sold our trailer and watched it drive away from us ready to build memories for a new family. I’m super excited for our next chapter, but also a little sad to say goodbye to the trailer that…

It may be December, but we’re finally getting some fall-ish weather in Texas, which means taking the opportunity to nap outside and soak up some vitamin D. Happy 3 weeks, Vivienne.  

We had Vivienne’s two week visit at the midwife’s office today and put her footprints up on the wall. I love that they do this…all around their lobby, hallways and exam rooms are footprints, stats, and names of all the babies they’ve delivered. It’s so fun to see all the babies footprints and know we’re…