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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…
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Month 8, Version 2.0
Dear Miles, We are in the middle of an Olivia-free week and I hate to say it out of pure guilt but it has been really nice. I mean really REALLY nice. All this time I thought you were the reason I was crazy bone tired at the end of the night but it appears…
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Happy Father’s Day Part 2
And of course to the love of my life, Ryan. You are an amazing Father. You have had your fair share of frustrations and tears but I see the way Olivia looks at you and it is pure love and admiration. You can make her laugh harder than anyone else and I know for a…
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Happy Father’s Day Part 1
Dad, you have showed me that one person is capable of displaying an immense amount of patience and love. Patience is something I struggle with each day with Olivia and Miles and I often think back and wonder how you did it. I recall one late evening when I was around nine years old, I…
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Outstanding in the Field
We had the pleasure to attend an Outstanding in the Field event and it was one of the more memorable dining experiences I have ever had. If you’re not familiar, Outstanding in the Field is a total farm-to-table experience that entails dining at one long table with 100 other guests in the farm that is…