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moved 23 Jul 2010 | 09:17 am
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Month 22 23 Jul 2010 | 08:31 am
Dear Anna, Remember how, months and months ago, I wrote about mommy guilt? And then I wrote again later that I no longer struggle with it, because I just need to do the best that I can? Well, I thin...
21 Months 11 Jun 2010 | 03:17 am
Dear Anna, The very first thing you did today upon waking up was cuddle up next to me and ask for a story. We read four stories back to back. In between books, you looked like you were going to burst...
20 months 4 May 2010 | 02:38 am
Dear Anna, Due to my negligence, we will never know what transpired between your 16th and 20th months of life. Sorry. (Really.) You love, love, love being outside. Bop brought you a sandbox and a c...
Fifteen and a half months, or somewhere close 6 Jan 2010 | 08:13 am
Dear Anna, I had been noticing the past couple of weeks that your bangs have gotten really long. Since you always manage to remove, in a matter of seconds, whatever barrette or hair clip we fasten to...
Fourteen months 13 Nov 2009 | 07:53 am
Dear Anna, I am exhausted. We just got back from a week-long vacation to San Diego to visit relatives with Lola and Angkong. You, despite extreme sleep deprivation, had a ball. Every time I turned a...
13 Months 24 Oct 2009 | 12:06 pm
Normal 0 0 1 1054 6012 50 12 7383 11.1282 0 0 0 Dear Anna, Here's a life lesson for you: the longer put something off, the harder it will be to do. It has been three months since I last...
10 months 16 Jul 2009 | 09:47 am
Hi Anna, It's been a tough-nap day today. Most days are good-nap days, nap-like-clockwork days. Today it took me two hours to get you down for your morning nap. Why didn't I give up, you might ask, ...
Nine months 14 Jun 2009 | 06:10 pm
Dear Anna, I was going to start by saying that you have officially been outside my belly for as long as you were inside, but that would not be accurate since you were born a month early. So I really ...
Eight Months 30 May 2009 | 01:59 am
Dear Anna, You are eight and a half months old now and a completely different child than you were a month ago. For one, you are LOUD. You used to sit silently for hours at a time, just taking everyt...
