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Reid’s Third Birthday Party
How is my first baby boy already 3 years old?! Seriously, time flies by and it is hard to imagine that it was 3 years ago that I first held Reid in my arms. He has grown and developed so much in these past years, and I can honestly say that it keeps getting better (in most ways) with age. I debated and debated about what to do for his 3rd birthday. Since he is in school and has little friends now, I thought a fun party with his friends from school would be great! However, after talking to my sister and a few friends I decided to make it…
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Reid’s First Three Weeks at Preschool
Wow, preschool is a doozy. I seriously do not know what I am going to do when it is time to send my boys off to kindergarten let alone college. I am hopeful that I will be more mentally prepared than I was for the preschool emotions. I wrote a blog post, hoping to get out all of my feelings so I wouldn’t be a mess on preschool drop off. Well folks, that failed. Thank goodness, Drew came with me to drop off as he was the one that actually dropped Reid off as I was crying a couple feet behind them. Gosh, the hallway to his classroom felt like…
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Inspiration for Big Boy Room
Moving Reid into a new room is going to be a big adjustment for our family. He has been in the nursery since we moved to Atlanta over a year ago. I honestly have been more concerned with setting up his “big boy” room than transitioning our nursery for the new baby. Designing a room for Reid this go around is so much fun because he has his own opinions and likes/dislikes. Even at 22 months, he is a very opinionated little guy–he enjoys choosing between two pairs of pants in the morning and tells me what shoes he will wear that day! Reid enjoys balls, letters, buses (watching school…
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Motherhood Lessons: Weaning from Breastfeeding
Warning: this is an extremely personal post. While I sit here writing this post, I am on the verge of being an emotional basket case! I finally weaned Reid from breastfeeding and tonight marked the first night of not nursing him to sleep. Needless to say, it is extremely bittersweet. It marks the end of a routine of over 15 months and the beginning of Reid not physically needing me (I know that technically he did not need breastmilk/formula after a year, but still). He is growing up and I cannot slow time down no matter how much I would like to. My breastfeeding adventure started with Drew and I…