With sunshine pouring in our family room, Dave and I with our coffee and Luca snuggled up with us, it felt like Christmas morning.
Every day life away from the business
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Continue Reading And Then There Were Three
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Continue Reading Pregnancy: 40 weeksI 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…
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Continue Reading Gimme all the rainFair 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…
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Continue Reading Pregnancy: 22 weeksI’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…
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Continue Reading Farmers Market Field TripsIt’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!…
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Continue Reading Our biggest adventure yetAbout 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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Continue Reading Happy New Year | 2016Happy 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…
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Continue Reading Harvest WidowingIt’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.”…
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Continue Reading August 2015: Life MomentsAugust 2015 was a biggin’ for life moments, man. August was bookended by a wedding (ours, to be precise) and a new apartment lease (also ours), with a whole bunch of parties in between. My family celebrated births, graduations, more births, and I did tap dances when I launched a few more websites. It was…