Growing up with a little of both and the lessons learned along the way
From the monthly archives:
Maile Girl has been super helpful entertaining Lauren while Mommy and Daddy have been busy with the move...
... she is not, however, very helpful with the unpacking part. She skips the put away part and skips right to the make a mess part.
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From top, left to right - Maile, Lauren, Mommy and Daddy
We’ve been spending a lot of time the past couple of weeks packing (and now unpacking). Luckily, there isn’t an art project that Maile has come across that she hasn’t gotten totally engrossed in. The other day, she made paper dolls of our family (I’m told Mommy helped with the hair). I wonder if the pink hair is a sign of things to come…
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The first picture of Maile in our apartment on July 13, 2009
Tonight is our last night at our Francisco Street apartment. Tomorrow we move to another apartment about a mile away.
We were in this apartment for 4.5 years and I think it is safe to say they were the most eventful of Christine and my lives. We moved in the May before Maile was born – so that’s 4.5 years of Maile’s life and almost a year with Lauren. Those of you who follow this blog know how many memories were made here. Plenty of laughter, a fair amount of tears and lots and lots of love.
We couldn’t have asked for a better setup to start our lives as a true family. Certainly not the biggest apartment, but big enough and a great location that supported us in getting out and exploring this great city that we call home. We were surrounded by amazing neighbors that watched our girls begin their lives and provided us with support and friendship through it all – truly the best “neighbor” setup I’ve had since I was a very little boy on Dennison Street in Swampscott, MA.
The boxes are (mostly) packed, our girls are asleep and I’m here writing one last blog post from my tiny desk tucked away in the corner of the living room – a good way to see this place out 🙂
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Lauren Girl here.
Word on the street is that my daddy is spreading false rumors that all I can do is kneel/crawl these days. I’m here to set the record straight:
That’s right – no kneeling to be seen – just straight walking with my walker. Boo yah!
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I know you’re waiting for the walking video of Lauren Girl. She’s not there yet, but she has this kneeling shuffle down pat!
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Who’s that girl? Just Maile, crushin’ it, collecting ribbons, learning to swim…
Maile Girl with her green ribbon - next up blue and, more importantly, some open water swimming without floaties!
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Last week we had a bout with a mean little 24 hour bug that took our family down one-by-one.
Lauren was the first casualty.
Lauren was patient zero in our house on this one... poor little girl.
Then she got all better and handed off to Mommy.
We were thrilled when Lauren got better so quickly ... until Mommy got knocked out.
Then Maile Girl got it. Poor Maile Girl – first time throwing up and she was NOT a fan. In the morning after getting sick she told Mommy “It was a bad night of my life.”
And then at the end after watching my girls go down, I got it. What a way to go – just absolute foreboding knowing it was going to hit me and nothing I could do about it.
At least it was only 24 hours – in the grand scheme, not too bad at all – but a “bad week of our lives” for sure 🙂
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When Mommy was in New York, she bought Maile a new jacket. Maile LOVES it. No complaints putting it on (which is rare since she always fights us on wearing a jacket), but then at school she wore it for the whole day.
No really, see if you can spot her in these pictures…
Where's Maile?
Can you spot her here?
And to top it off, she insisted on wearing it to sleep that night.
It was not that cold in our apartment 🙂
I love her.
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On Sunday, Mommy and Maile made marshmellows from scratch! – making them was fun, BUT eating the leftovers was definitely more fun.
What a mess!
(Dad note: The finished product came out really yummy … but those who know me well, know that this sort of mess is kind of my nightmare 😉
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Maile needs a bit more room to air it out I think … and by the looks of it, Lauren isn’t that far behind!
(As it turns out, we are indeed moving – staying here in San Francisco, but moving to a new apartment. More to come in a future post…)
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