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January 2013

January 09, 2013

Closer to God, Closer to Heaven: Helping our Children Grow in Faith

When our daughter was baptized in March 2010, her godparents presented us with a gift...

December 2012

December 06, 2012

St. Nicholas Visits Our Home

We woke up this morning to some presents from the ever generous St. Nicholas. Well,...

November 2012

November 21, 2012

Day 21: Margaret Gianna

You all know her more commonly as Maggie. New Year's Eve, 2010. 3 days old...

November 01, 2012

Day One: Michael John

Happy Feast of All the Saints! This is my favorite "ordinary time" feast of the...

May 2012

May 16, 2012

Obligatory Mother’s Day Post

I have a love/hate relationship with Mother's Day. Unsurprisingly, I don't remember the first several...

April 2012

April 16, 2012

A Fair Few

Friends, I have a few things I need to share. First, wow. I did not...

February 2012

February 19, 2012

Growing Up

Oh my. Maggie is growing up so fast. Almost 14 months. ...

January 2012

January 04, 2012

Happy Birthday, Margaret Gianna!

Since her birthday was the 28th, and Atticus had to work, we had an evening...

December 2011

December 27, 2011

A New Holiday

Tomorrow marks a new holiday in our family. To the world, December 28 is just...

November 2011

November 02, 2011

Snapshots of Fall

Hope you're all having a lovely...

August 2011

August 10, 2011

The Long Awaited Maggie Update

I was looking at some old posts the other day, and I realized that I...

June 2011

June 28, 2011

Here for the Party

Some photos from Maggie's half birthday party, courtesy of my wonderfully talented friend Jessica, who...

April 2011

April 28, 2011

Sent to Rescue Me…

Today Maggie is 4 months old. She continues to amaze, challenge, and love me every...

April 26, 2011

Easter Pictures

I apologize these are a bit late, but here are some pictures from Maggie's first...

March 2011

March 29, 2011

Dear Maggie

You are three months old. I can hardly believe it. I remember so vividly the...

March 20, 2011

This, That, and the Other

I thought I'd share some random photos of Maggie from the last few weeks. Here...

March 09, 2011

Welcome to the Family

Since today is Ash Wednesday, it seems like a good day to introduce to you...

February 2011

February 28, 2011

Diapers Galore!

Modeling the FuzziBunz in Grape I've been meaning to do a post on...

February 08, 2011

6 weeks

Miss Margaret Gianna was born six weeks ago today! Please enjoy a stirring photo montage....

January 2011

January 17, 2011

The true time of year

Maggie sleeping in her swing this week i love you much(most beautiful darling) more...

January 14, 2011

7 Quick Takes — Post Partum Edition

*** 1 *** Maggie is two weeks and three days old! So much has...

January 10, 2011

Labor of Love

On December 27th, we arrived at the hospital at 10 am, ready to start the...

January 06, 2011

Breastfeeding Sucks…

literally. I was in the middle of typing up the birth story, which, trust me,...

December 2010

December 29, 2010

30 hours later…

Introducing Miss Margaret Gianna Babbs born on December 28th at 5:39 p.m. She weighed 7...

December 20, 2010

The Final Countdown!

Anyone else remember that song? It's classic. But of course I'm referring to my own...

December 13, 2010

Full Term

Well friends, today is a big day. Baby girl is officially full term at 37...

December 01, 2010

This and That

Since it's snowing today. I'm going to watch Miracle on 34th Street. This post...

November 2010

November 23, 2010

With 5 weeks left…

I have some questions that I'd love to ask any of you out there that...

November 17, 2010

33 Weeks!

Or I suppose one could say week 33? In either case, Monday I was 33...

November 10, 2010

How Appropriate

I was reading my usual blogs this morning, and I came across a post...

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