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Caroline’s birth story

Caroline’s birth story

If you’ve never read/heard Savannah’s birth story, here it is again, for background information. As I prepared for this birth, I thought a lot about how I felt about my last birth experience, and what I wanted to do differently/the same this time. Overall, I had really positive feelings about Savannah’s birth despite the “change in plans”. I wanted to repeat a lot of things about it (namely, the fact that I was able to let my body labor how…

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welcome, Caroline!

welcome, Caroline!

Caroline Serenity arrived safely on July 18th, 2012 at 5:27am. She weighed 7lbs and 2.5oz and was 19 inches long. She has loads of dark hair just like her big sister. :-) Birth story to follow shortly, as well as better pictures once I get my camera.

then & now

then & now

I thought I’d share some fun pictures of Paul and I, then and now! 2001 My freshman year, we went with a group of friends to Pennsylvania for fall break. I was 18 and Paul was 19 in this picture. I can’t get over how skinny I was back when I first moved to the States! 2002 This picture always cracks me up because of how little we look! Taken spring break my freshman year while we were visiting my…

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Atlanta Greek Festival

Atlanta Greek Festival

We love the annual Atlanta Greek Festival. This year was Savannah’s 3rd Greek festival. She was only 7-ish weeks at her first one: A little over a year at her next one: And this year, we got Savannah a belly dancing skirt. She really enjoyed running around with it, and pretty much everyone we passed commented on how cute she was. Maybe next year she’ll be up for the face painting. :-) I asked Paul to distract her while I…

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throwing a Cookie Monster 2nd birthday party

throwing a Cookie Monster 2nd birthday party

In my blogging absence, I completely missed Savannah 2nd birthday! I mean, I missed writing about it – we certainly acknowledged it in real life! :-) I was busy preparing for it in my blogging silence before her birthday, and afterwards I actually got really sick and ended up laying on the couch for three days straight. I even wrote her a 2 year old letter and didn’t get a chance to post because getting to the computer those days…

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