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How We Spent Mordecai’s First Birthday

Just like that, a year with our sweet little guy has gone by in the blink of an eye. His birthday fell on a Monday this year, so we balanced having a normal day with doing special things to celebrate our little guy.

It was the perfect day! Minus one little part… but we’ll get to that at the end of this post, lol.

Older sister with baby brother in his crib with toys on baby monitor

We started the day with our usual routine of Sadie going into Mordecai’s room when he woke up. Those two love that play time each day and I love watching it from the baby monitor so I don’t interrupt their bonding! (more…)

The Wind Chime, Four Thoughts, and Our Busy Week

Here’s the ramshackle wind chime I mentioned that Sadie and I made!

Homemade wind chime made from sticks, string, buttons, and bells

I hung it up by our hot tub so we could see and hear it while we soak and it was kind of a bad idea because I caught Niva on top of the hot tub trying to chew the sticks 😂 (more…)