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Hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving! We sure did! We gathered at Gemma and Papa’s house with Grandma, Grandpa, and Gumpa, and after singing a hearty rendition of Declan’s favorite grace (“Appleseed”), we ate…and ate…we sang Happy Birthday to Grandma…and … Continue reading →

Quinn is pulling herself up on everything now to a kneeling position, which means our “Quinn-proofing” around the house has risen a few inches. Out of habit, we keep putting items in places that used to be out-of-the-way for her, … Continue reading →

The piece on Diaper Free Babies aired this week on the Fox 23 News Albany station and we’ve watched it around a million times! Quinn has enjoyed her fifteen minutes of fame (more like four and a half minutes…) and … Continue reading →

Quinny turns 8 months old this week! She’s a regular chatterbox like her brother, only she’s harder to understand. She’s crawling up a streak and pulling up on everything (and occasionally pulling everything down!). As some of you heard, our … Continue reading →

We had a great time celebrating Halloween this year! Declan’s at an age where we can anticipate and get excited about future events and he was thrilled to receive a cool lion costume from Grandma Chase! Quinn enjoyed her adorable … Continue reading →

We LOVE Cape May in the off-season and took a little visit to see Gemma and Papa down there. We found lots of horseshoe crabs, cool shells, and felt like we had the place all to ourselves. Our own little … Continue reading →

Due to the high amount of spam we’ve been getting posted in the comments section, I’ve turned them off for now. We’re sorry about this as we love getting the comments, but we prefer not to advertise for various “unsavory” … Continue reading →

The kids and I had a great time this week at a playgroup at our friend’s orchard – apple picking complete with hayride! We also got to pick strawberries IN OCTOBER, which was amazing. We tried to save some for … Continue reading →

Today was Declan’s lucky day – his mama scored a sweet little bike for him for $5, complete with training wheels, at a yard sale on our way home from church. Too cute, seeing the little guy riding on a … Continue reading →

So, exactly 12 hours after I wrote the last blog about how Quinn doesn’t exactly “crawl” but she sort of crawls and definitely gets around, well, she started crawling a regular crawl, as in officially alternating arms and legs. And … Continue reading →