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  • Weekend Routine Before Baby

    Weekend Routine Before Baby

    Edit: I wrote this Weekend Routine post while still pregnant and now that Luca is here, I will have to do a post to compare to our new reality. For now, here are some thoughts as if we were still a couple and not a family of three… I was talking to my aunt a while back…Keep…

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  • Pregnancy: 40 weeks

    Pregnancy: 40 weeks

    I was officially 40 weeks yesterday, which means my due date was October 20. Not October 24, as we had originally thought. Funny story: the ultrasound tech had told us October 24, and that was the last date we heard, so we went with it. My doctor always operated in weeks, so I just assumed…Keep…

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  • Gimme all the rain

    Gimme all the rain

    Fair warning, this post is entirely mundane It rained yesterday (for about a millisecond) and it is currently misting and gray and I love it. We have had nothing but sunshine and 80+ degree days for the longest time and I have to admit: I’m over it. It’s a terrible thing to say; to complain…Keep…

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  • Pregnancy: 22 weeks

    Pregnancy: 22 weeks

    I’m officially 22 weeks into this pregnancy! We had the 20-week ultrasound earlier this month and we (and by “we,” I mean “me”) were able to resist the urge to find out the gender of this little nugget, but according to the tech at the hospital, she wasn’t sure she could have confidently told us…Keep…

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  • Farmers Market Field Trips

    It’s no secret that one of the things that I miss the most about Europe are their farmers’ markets; there was always a place to go for gorgeous, fresh and seasonal produce and a few fun, specialty items for sale, which is why I’m so excited for our Napa Farmers’ Market to start back up!…Keep…

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  • Our biggest adventure yet

    About this time four years ago, Dave and I found out he had been accepted into the Masters program in France and we decided to embark on a two-year adventure that included living in France and Italy. At the time, dropping everything to live in a foreign country for that long seemed exciting, but that…

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  • Happy New Year | 2016

    Happy New Year | 2016

    Happy New Year! I hope everyone had a great time ringing in the New Year! We were in Queens with some good friends, playing Cards Against Humanity, laughing hysterically, and marveling at the stamina of a 4-year-old who was awake until 11:30! Dave and I took a long holiday break, only just returning to California…Keep…

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  • Harvest Widowing

    Harvest Widowing

    It’s the time of year here when I wake up in the morning and the air smells like sweet, baked grapes. It’s also the time of year when I get a lot more “me time.” Yes, harvest is upon us, albeit earlier than usual, and this is my first year as an official “harvest widow.”…Keep…

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