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Seaside, OR
I have so many wonderful memories of visiting Seaside, OR as a child. I have been waiting for the day when I got to share it with my own family. Our friends agreed and we made it a dual family vacation. While the rest of the adults unpacked I took the eager sand diggers to the beach…
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Cooperisms
He wants to do everything we are doing. The most successful times are had when we can find a way to have him “help” with a task instead of trying to rush to get it done without him. Examples: He now has his own eye shadow in our bathroom and proudly puts it all over…
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Computer Time
Saturday, Sunday and Monday mornings we have Facetime or Skype time with our out of state family members. Today while we were waiting to connect Cooper discovered a feature where it lets you “meet” with yourself. The boys were thrilled and all smiles to see themselves looking back at them. Typically at least one weekend…
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17 months
Development: We have a walker! He has also stopped nursing and showed an increase appreciation for books. He has discovered he can open door handles. When it is the front door he opens he quickly gets off the top step and gets as far as he can down the walkway before we get back from the…
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Nap time
This is what nap time looks like these days. I told Cooper if he didn’t take a nap he could come pull weeds with me and he jumped at the “opportunity.” Ever since he moved to the big boy bed we have had about 20% success with naps. We are working hard to try for…
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Nursing
Two weeks ago, this morning Daddy got up with Nicholas to start a cold turkey weaning attempt, which meantgoing from a morning and night feeding to none. We didn’t talk about it before, so none of us knew in advance that Friday night would be the last feeding, for better or worse. I left Saturday evening…
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Blueberries
We are in love with blueberry picking! It is the perfect kid activity: large bushes in rows where no one can escape and they can eat the berries right from the bushes. My best friend’s extended family owns this farm, 20 minutes from our house. We have even convinced friends to come with us. This…
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Camping 2015 – Blu-Shastin
For our annual camping trip we headed back to Blu-Shastin for the second year in a row. It is only a 2 hour drive, the sites are on a river, the park has a pool and decent restrooms. This is our two room tent set-up this year. One side has a queen air mattress and all…
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Cart Buddies
Nicholas and Cooper are exploring new ways to play together now that Nicholas is feeling more confident on his feet. Nicholas is most confident taking 3-4 steps between two stable objects. He will walk to you with lots of encouragement and usually crashes just before he reaches you from his giggling. Today the boys walked…
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Taking the Show on the Road
Santa brought Cooper a balance bike for Christmas and he has spent the past 6 months riding it all around the house on the same figure 8 track. We told him once it was sunny we would let him ride outside and then the bike would become an outside bike. On the first day of…