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    A Dream Realized.

    You guys. It’s real! The state recommended us for a charter! 
    It’s kind of hard to write a post when a) you’re still pretty speechless with excitement and b) your fingers are busy pinching yourself to make sure you’re not dreaming. But here it goes.
    This dream. This dream has been at least five years in the making. It wasn’t always easy to share openly and honestly about all the times I felt insecure about pursuing this dream. In such a public space, it’s easy to inadvertently compromise my professionalism. For example, this blog (with posts about miscarriage and everything else) has been read by potential funders during the due
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    Halloween!

    The pumpkins are upon us! As a side note, Henry is still obsessed with pumpkins. He has been since he was eight months-old. Every trip to the grocery store turns into a discussion about how we’re going to wait until October to buy pumpkins. 

    I’m so excited that Henry is finally at the age where we can pick his own Halloween costume. The first year of his life we dressed him up like his favorite thing in the world: Hoss. The second year of his life we dressed him up like his second favorite fruit: Strawberries (we opted not to dress him up like his first favorite fruit–grapes–because we didn’t
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    Second Baby Scrapbook

    Despite all the craziness that has been our life lately, I’m still committed to creating a scrapbook of Tate’s first year, as well as an ongoing family scrapbook. However, because of the aforementioned craziness, I’m even more committed to simplifying the process (did you even think it was possible, given the fact that the current version is simply photos taped to card stock, stuffed in sheet protectors, and clipped into a binder?). 

    Well, yes. This post is about how the process got even simpler: enter Instagram. 
    Instead of lugging out our camera, snapping photos, putting the SD card in the computer, importing photos, editing photos, and sending photos to be
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