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One of our @masschallenge mentors (an attorney) recommended this to me when I asked him what I could read to really understand how VC funding works. We’re just about ready to start approaching possible investors for our first round of funding and I did find it pretty helpful. Essentially the book walks through all of…

Nora’s 12th birthday was today. We celebrated at the trampoline park with pumpkin chai cake. I can barely stand how grown up she is. P.S., she now approves every picture I post of her. Which is the way it should be but also a slightly sad reminder of how fast she’s growing up.

My mother-in-law has an amazing green thumb. Every time I visit her house I am amazed at her beautiful garden. I, on the other hand, have a weed patch in my backyard and one Christmas cactus attempting to survive in a pot in the house that’s near drought conditions from lack of watering. I actually…

Breakfast this morning: a celebratory cupcake in honor of the newly launched @campaignsandelections website. This site was a major project for us over the last few months. It was a migration from a custom CMS that includes restricted content, membership management, purchasing of directory listings and more. There were lots of late nights and early…

First day of school. 7th, 3rd, PK4, and casita (Montessori toddler program) ♥️  

It’s World Breastfeeding Week and I realized that I never shared these from our family photo shoot last August when the photographer caught a shot of Vivienne nursing between more posed photos. Vivi was the hardest of my four girls to nurse. I struggled immensely with supply during the first 4-5 months of her life,…

Up before the sun for our last dance competition of the season and Zara’s dancing in this one too! We had to get up at 4:45 for a 6:15 arrival after driving down to Houston last night. Our first year as a competition dance family was super fun and Nora is officially hooked. So much…

Here’s a fun #throwback thanks to Facebook memories: 4 years ago today, the evening before Addie was born. Tomorrow is her birthday and it’s hard to believe how much has changed in the last 4 years. I’ll try to remember to come post a picture of the birthday girl (since I’m so bad about Instagram).…

I remember when she used to pretend to work on websites on a leapfrog play computer because that’s what she heard me talking about. And now she has her own real computer and is super into writing – she even started a blog. They grow up way too fast.  

I’m officially a dance mom. This whole competition thing is not something I did as a kid so it feels pretty foreign, but Nora is super into it and I couldn’t be more proud of her. Last weekend was her first competition and because of COVID audience restrictions Chris brought her and I watched on…

Just a picture of the sweetest little girl at nap time. ♥️  

Bath time with ambiance a la #ERCOT. Luckily we have not been affected by the water issues so many others have experienced. I finally decided to bathe the little girls for the first time in over a week (with a tiny amount of water, I promise) and the power went out again. We got out…