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Parc L'eau L'eau
Pronounced "park lo-lo", this is one of Oliver's favorite places. In French, water is "eau," and the water is "l'eau"... the one French word Oliver continues to use. So when I put his swimsuit on and...
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Father's Day
We sort of lost track of the fact that Father's Day was coming... We had planned for Matt and Nicole to come over so Chris and Matt could work on the landscape. Oh well, it was a great Father's Day!...
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Is anyone out there?
Well, friend(s) [I'm hopeful that there are more than one of you...], I know. I know. I stink at blogging. But I would like to continue it if anyone wants to read it. Here is a sweet, little, sneak...
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Home Again
Do I really have the right to call Paris "home" after a mere 2-year stay? Probably not... but I'm gonna do it anyway. :) That's the new me. Recklessly abandoned. Or something like that. I guess...
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Rain Rain, Go Away...
Our 36 hours in Geneva were kind of a bust, other than getting to see some friends for brunch. It rained the entire time, and since we were only there on Sunday, lots of things were closed. Plus, it...
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4th of July, 2012
Oliver AND Elliot's first July 4th to celebrate in the US. Though an American citizen, poor Oliver cannot be President and spent his first two 4th of July's out of the country. This one, though, was...
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Everything's Better with Daddy
As you've seen, we've been to the zoo a few times. Now that we live less than 10 minutes from there, it's one of our favorite places. But when Daddy came with us, that was the real deal.Daddy and Oli...
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Boats!
It's August. It's hot. We are going super stir crazy. And the sky looks very ominous and gray. Chris suggests Kemah. I confess, it's not what I had in mind... It's not really my favorite place....
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Elliot: 3-5 Months
Yes, I realize that Oliver got monthly posts. Late sometimes, but monthly nonetheless. And yes, I realize that I am treating poor Elliot like a stereotypical second child and short-changing him....
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"I'm a real boy!"
I keep hearing those words of Pinocchio playing over and over in my head when I look at Oliver... He truly is no longer a baby or even a toddler, really. He is a little boy. Crazy.This summer was...
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Good Ol' Wimberley Texas
I'm jumping back to August in an attempt to catch up... plus I figured I'd draw out the suspense even more from my pumpkin patch teaser (over a month ago! gasp!). Anyway, we were OVERJOYED in August...
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The Pun'kin Patch
At last... It's December, so, naturally, I'm finally catching up on posts from two months ago. Oh, well... better late than never! We really had so much fun at the pumpkin patch at St. Luke's -...
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Twinkies
You know how in movies, when people get amnesia, they sometimes go months before they figure out who they are? Living new lives as new people? Until finally one of their loved ones spots them walking...
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Our Favorite Pastime...
Lately (in case you can't tell from the blog), our favorite place has been the zoo. This time, though, we went first the first time alone. Without any friends or dad. It was... different. Let's...
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Elliot: 6 Months
I will catch up. I will catch up. I will catch up. At least I can now say that I have too many pics of my kid to sort through and post... A much better problem than the first few months where I had...
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One Happy Christmas Baby
I really am planning to catch up on a long list of posts since late October, but I wanted to share the rest of our Christmas photo shoots with you first, while we're still in the Christmas season, so...
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Family Christmas Photo Shoot
To save money and time this year, we opted to take our own family pics. The tripod and remote were a new thing for us, plus we made the mistake of going for late afternoon sunlight (a good thing)...
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Zoo Boo and Halloween, Too!
I'm sure you're getting tired of zoo posts, but we were very impressed by the zoo's event for Halloween. Though the animals were not in costume, everything else was decked out. Oli and Daddy enjoyed...
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The Great Grapefruit Harvest, Round 1
One of the random (but cool!) things about our new home is that the yard is full of citrus trees. We have one clementine:Two grapefruit:And six orange trees:For a lot of the year, it means...
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My Sweet Boys
I have been SO blessed to have two little boys who ADORE each other. Truly. These last two months, or so, as Elliot has begun crawling especially, they have had a blast together. At the park on the...
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To Elliot on his First Birthday
You brighten my life. Your smiles, laughter, slobbery kisses, and hugs are balm to the soul. You dance whenever music is played. You make your own music, playing the piano or the drums for hours, and...
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Elliot's First Birthday Party
We had a blast. You can see more at www.maisondepax.com where I shared pictures and decorations... but for this blog, I want to share my sweet boy:And, for the record, I was horrified when I looked...
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Oliver's Fall
Ok, as I said before, I'm not ready to give up this blog just yet... So here's Oliver's fall in all its unedited picture glory.Mama Joy came in September, and they had a blast making cookies:And...
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