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Where did THAT month go???

Wow! Here it is April already. I hate the cliché “Time Flies,”  But March just whizzed past. My big milestone happened early in the month.  I hit 100 posts! It gave me a great time to reflect and see where I’ve been, where I am going and where I still am….in the trenches! My only…

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The Emergency Kit Part 1- Stuff you will actually use

I need to put together an emergency box. I know, I know, I live in earthquake country and I have two small children.  I will, I promise. But I do have an, emergency box of sorts in my car that gets a regular workout.  We’re not talking flares and matches, but this is the emergency…

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The Ultimate Diaper Bag Check List

Much to the chagrin of my husband I am sure, I realized after the birth of my second child that I really did need two diaper bags (or 3 or 4, but don’t tell him that).  And I also realized it is worth it to me to have duplicates of a lot of the contents…

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What to Pack for the Hospital

My son was born three weeks early and my labor was fast with a capital F (that’s not the only thing about my labor that had a capital F, but that’s another post!).  My husband and I were completely unprepared and the bags that we hastily threw together didn’t even make it out of the…

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The Girlfriends’ Guide to Everything New Baby

I am incredibly lucky to have a great group of girlfriends from my pre-baby life (most from my pre-husband life!) who all decided to have babies around the same time.  As each one got ready to give birth, the ones who already had babies started a running list of the products and suggestions they found…

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