Amber Hinds

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  • Blogging About Your Kids

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    Last week, AVG posted, on its blog, results of a study the company did on the digital footprint of babies.  The company polled mothers with Internet access who have children under the age of two in the UK, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, the USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and Japan to find out how much…

  • Toddling into Fall

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    When October showed up last week, I was still in denial about fall.  It had been sunny and warm here (mid-70’s) and though the weather man threatened rain all last week, none showed up.  It was a wonderful Indian summer.  Now, I love fall, but I was enjoying September so much, with its lack of…

  • What Do You Do All Day?

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    Time is a really interesting thing.  When I was still working outside the home, it felt like the hours, days, and weeks just flew by.  At work, I would be so engrossed in what I was doing, I sometimes had to set a reminder to pop up on my computer and tell me to go…

  • A Great Visit

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    I’ve finally had a few minutes to sit down and write about my grandma’s visit.  Things have been busy around here lately, but I felt so blessed to have her out here for a whole week, that I couldn’t let it go without mentioning. My maternal grandma, Norma came out last week, and Nora really…

  • Personality

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    Nora is doing some really amazing things right now, as she teeters on the edge of toddler-hood. She loves to stand — all the time — and doesn’t even really need to hold on to things anymore.  She’s figured out how to play independently and will just crawl into her room to look at books…

  • One Year Ago Today

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    A.K.A. Nora’s birth story Cleaned up only slightly from my original post here Eleanor Margarete Hinds Born Sunday, September 6, 2009 at 3:47 pm 7lbs 4 oz 20 inches long My due date was August 24, a Monday, which came and went uneventfully. I felt great, so I kept going to work each day, walking,…

  • Stormy Weather

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    We are in the middle of a hurricane.  Literally. This evening, Hurricane Earl made its way up the coast and hit our little spit of sand.  So far, it hasn’t turned out to be as bad as initially projected; last I heard, they were about to downgrade it to a tropical storm.  But it’s windy…

  • Countdown to One

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    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…

  • Halloween, Already

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    In case you didn’t already know this about me, I’m a planner.  Maybe a little bit obsessively.   But I love to plan in all it’s forms: budgeting, party planning, pouring over real estate, vacations nearly a year away, Nora’s Halloween costume… Yes, you read that right.  It’s not even September and I already know what…

  • ‘Sconset

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    Last week, Chris’ day off changed at the last minute from Tuesday to Thursday, which meant he was off on a day that I wasn’t watching Mr. V.  Since we had the whole day with just the three of us, we spontaneously decided to head out to Siasconset.  We hadn’t been to ‘Sconset since the…

  • Battery-Powered Toys

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    It’s funny how quickly some of those “rules” you create (before baby is even born) can change.  Like, do you remember our baby registry?  (Yes, a year later it’s still there…the internet is both magical and scary.)  Well, one of the things Chris and I decided before Nora was born was that she was going…

  • On Discipline

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    I’ve had some time this week to reflect on discipline.  Not because we’re at a stage where this little cutie needs to be disciplined, but because I’ve been working on my La Leche League leader application and one of the things I have to do is write about my understanding of the 10 concepts that…