Kalinda Joy and Sullivan Luke // Two-and-a-Half!

Dear Kali Joy and Sully Luke, We have a big milestone coming up: this Sunday you will celebrate your half birthday, which means one thing: it’s time for your biannual letter/update. And ...

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Kalinda Joy & Sullivan Luke // Three-and-a-Half!

Dear Kali and Sully, It’s been six months since your last birthday, and you’ve been counting down to your NEXT birthday for weeks now. Today, on the halfway mark of your fourth ...

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Sullivan Luke and Kalinda Joy // Wild and Three!

My Dearest Sully Bear and Kali Cat, You will be three tomorrow. And as your mom—the woman who ached for your presence before you were conceived, who prayed and loved you into ...

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Sullivan Luke and Kalinda Joy // Eighteen Months Old!

Dear Kalinda and Sullivan, Happy EIGHTEEN MONTHS, you two! You celebrated your half birthday this past Saturday, and this mama cannot believe how quickly you are growing up. I thought life sped ...

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Sullivan Luke and Kalinda Joy // Twelve Months Old

Dear Sullivan and Kalinda, Happy birthday to my no-longer-babies! It’s nearly impossible for me to believe that one year ago (as of last Sunday) I was meeting you two for the very ...

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Sullivan Luke and Kalinda Joy // Eleven Months Old

My Sweet Babies, Happy Eleven Months, you guys! It doesn’t seem possible that you are a month away from your first birthday. In trying to remain present within each stage, I had ...

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Sullivan Luke and Kalinda Joy // Ten Months Old

Dear Sullivan and Kalinda, We’ve reached double digits! You cuties are just two months away from a birthday, and acting more and more like toddlers by the day. In a way I ...

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Sullivan Luke and Kalinda Joy // Nine Months Old

Dear Kalinda and Sullivan,  Wow, nine months! I think I say this every month, but NINE really does feel like a milestone. You’ve been earth-side for longer than you spent inside my ...

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Sullivan Luke and Kalinda Joy // Eight Months Old

Dear Sullivan and Kalinda, Eight months. Two-thirds of a year. That’s how long you have been on this earth, almost as long “on the outside” as you were in my tummy (we ...

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Sullivan Luke and Kalinda Joy // Seven Months Old

To My Sweet Seven-Month-Olds, As I write this, we are the living through the strangest circumstances I have ever experienced, with our world closed down in attempts to minimize the damage of ...

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