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Finally took my baby girl for her very first haircut! I hated to trim her gorgeous blonde locks but it was overdue. Things were getting a little tangled. She picked out a magnifying glass toy and sat so perfectly still that her stylist even put in a braid with sparkles. I about fell over because of…

Something BIG happened just last week while we were on spring break vacation in Florida. My six year old closed his eyes, held his breath, and jumped. And I was underwater to catch it! A kid going underwater in a pool may not seem monumental. But we are still amazed, this was a really big…

Happy March! I am posting a seemingly ordinary image from February. What’s not ordinary about it? It’s February in Chicago and my kids were wearing short sleeves and no coats for much of the month! Yesterday while out on a walk, I noticed a lot of confused tulips and daffodils starting to push up through…
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Your weird warm winter is even stranger than ours. No snow in all of Jan/Feb? Crazy. Love your sweet spitfire.

Recently I traveled to Ft. Benning, GA to attend my oldest nephew’s graduation from Army basic training. It was amazing for many reasons. We come from a long line of soldiers dating back to the Continental Army and have relatives on both sides of the family that fought in the American Revolution. You might say…
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Jess, I absolutely love this. I love that you captured that picture of him in line!! What an honor to see this. Also I’ve been looking at your photos from email and missed the new blog, love the design!
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Jess thank you so much for this! You are amazing! Jay loved this and I am so glad you were there! Love you!