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  • “normal” sunday

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    this is what my sunday afternoon looks like — backyard, two bottles, and praying to God that everyone else takes at least a 90 minute nap.

    it truly is the little things in life that matter most.

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    “normal” weekend

  • talimo and petemma

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    talimo and petemma

  • girard street park

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    girard street park

  • the hose

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    sparklet attacked our outdoor hose spigot today, and lost. i wasn’t around, but i’m guessing she grabbed the hose awkwardly and turned it on, because i turned around and 10 seconds later she was soaking wet and screaming.

  • found: triplets

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  • bonding

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    bonding

  • rainstorms and popsicles

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    rainstorms and popsicles

  • thunder

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    sparklet is no longer sleeping through the night. tonight, it’s all about the enormous summer storm that passed through about 15 minutes after bedtime — waking her up 5 times in 45 minutes.

    but, some of the bloom has come off the normal sleeping rose, too, with more-than-occasional wake ups at 2:00am and then a very “helpful” young girl hoping to help with the 5 a.m. feeding.

    thank you sweetie, but we’ve got this. really.

  • swing

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    swing

  • children’s

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    i just realized how biased my view of children’s hospitals is.

    i neglected to mention it at the time, but at our last check-up mommy pointed out to our pediatrician that the mighty quinn’s head was still a little mis-shapen from delivery. the doctor said that she was sure there wasn’t anything wrong, but we should schedule an appointment at Children’s National Medical Center here in D.C. just to be sure.

    i didn’t realize how nervous i was, until i got there. then i realized the only time i’ve every really seen a children’s hospital — with the aggressively saturated colors, and overly playful decorations — was when watching a horrible (or miraculous) medical wonder story on extreme makeover home edition.

    as a result, i’ve decided that i’m not a big fan.

    thankfully, it turns out that everything is perfectly fine. the mighty quinn’s head is well within the medical definition of normal for this point in his life, and there was no evidence of brain or cranial problem.

    thankfully.