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Month 37
Dear Olivia, I’m about to admit something that I don’t think most Mothers would ever admit. It is a situation that has been irking me a lot lately and given my nature to never be able to make a solid decision and stick with it, I think it’s a problem that is only natural for…
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Month 12, Version 2.0
Dear Miles, Woooooot – we made it a full year! Let me say it again, WOOOOOOT! This has been one tough year and we scratched and clawed our way to get to this point and I really feel like I can sigh a huge breath of relief that the so called “infant” days are behind…
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Month 36
Dear Olivia, Oh my O-bear, you are now three years old. 3! It’s so cliche to say I don’t know where the time has gone but it really is astonishing how fast time flies when you’re chasing a toddler and an infant and answering repetitive mundane questions every two seconds. Year two was a damn…
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Month 11, Version 2.0
Dear Miles, Holy smokes, someone took their cute pills because you have become uber cute with your squishy cheeks and plump round little body. I fight the urge constantly to keep myself from biting you. I’m not sure why I have that reaction with cute babies but when I see a cutie – I feel…
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Month 35
Dear Olivia, I started writing a post for you two weeks ago and I decided to sit on the post and not publish it because it was rather grim. In all honesty, it was written after a rather long day filled with you declaring your independence every few minutes followed by excessive foot stomping and…
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Month 10, Version 2.0
Dear Miles, Our summer is finally winding down and your sister starts preschool this upcoming Tuesday which means things are about to become glorious for you. It is true that your parents overextended themselves this summer and we planned several lengthy trips back-to-back but hopefully I can look back at them at some point in…
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Month 34
Dear Olivia, We just returned from our annual trip to Nanette’s cabin and I have to admit that those four days with you and Miles were harder than labor. Imagine if you will, a cabin with nine raucous children and four frantic mothers. Well, in all honesty, I think I was the most frantic because…
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Month 9, Version 2.0
Dear Miles, Right off the bat, I need to apologize for the series of blows your head has taken recently – typically under my supervision. Perhaps I’m a little loosey goosey when it comes to parenting you or perhaps that’s just a casualty of having multiple children. I’m embarrassed to say but on more than…
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Month 33
Dear Olivia, Call me crazy but I think I’m getting the hang of this whole toddler thing. Either I’m becoming familiar with the daily temper tantrums or I’m still on a high from your week away at your Grandparents house. You still average half a dozen outbursts daily but I try not to get emotional…