Thanksgiving with the Dolan’s

This year the holidays are being spent at our house. With everything going on with the economy, we can’t really afford to be traveling all over (plus, it’s a bit tough with Claire because she doesn’t want to sit still for long on the flight), so we’ve decided to stay here. Jeff has been moved [...]

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Precious moments

There’s something so precious about greeting Claire in the morning when she’s just waking up and then putting her to bed at night. No matter how you’re feeling in the morning, you go into her room, and the room smells like baby, and she does a little stretch and a few grunts and groans, then [...]

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Changing things up

It’s so amazing to Jeff and I to watch little Claire take in the world now. She’s such a little person, and seems to just get it. It’s crazy to think about how quickly they learn little things and how much more they have to take in. I learn new things about her every day.
For [...]

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First time away from Claire

Jeff and I celebrated our 5-year anniversary this weekend. It was a wonderful short weekend getaway for us. We went up to the San Juan Islands. A little chilly, but it didn’t really matter. We got to do a ton of stuff and enjoy each other’s company. This is the first time since Claire has [...]

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October Fall Days

It wouldn’t be fall without heading to the pumpkin patch farm. We just had to have Claire see the little animals and check out all the big pumpkins. She was a bit under the weather, so didn’t look like her normal self. She had fun anyway though. She loves checking out the animals.
The next weekend [...]

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One Year Old!

Happy Birthday my baby girl!! I can’t believe it’s already been one year! We’ve grown so much in this last year.  What an experience it’s been! This last year has taught us patience, more love than we could ever imagine, how to laugh and let go, how to keep going even when we’re sleep deprived, [...]

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Mema and Papa come to town

What a fun weekend we had! Mema and Papa came to visit! They came in on Saturday, and it was perfect out. Claire was a little fussy still (rightfully so!), but she gave them smiles anyway. Jeff had to work, but the rest of us did some typical tourist things. We headed down to Pike’s Fish [...]

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Rough week for Claire

What a rough week this has been for Claire. On Monday when I went to pick her up from daycare, Paula mentioned that she seemed a little off and had the runs.  I had been thinking of bringing Claire to the doctor for the last few weeks because I thought something seemed wrong. I was [...]

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Meeting new people

So it’s now been almost 8 months since we’ve moved to Washington, and haven’t really met any people. I keep praying that we’ll meet some great friends soon….interestingly enough, after this weekend, we might have just met some! I was at the park with Claire (playing on the swings) Friday night, and another couple and [...]

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Labor Day Weekend

What a fun and busy weekend it was! Jeff had off the entire weekend, which is extremely rare, so we were busy all weekend long.
The weekend started off with Claire’s first taste of spaghetti (well, spiral noodles with tomato sauce, but that’s still spaghetti to me!). She got it all over and kept dropping it on the floor. [...]

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