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Nickelson Ryan || Twelve Months Old!!!
Happy Birthday to my precious Nico-Nico! One year ago today you burst into our lives and our hearts in the most humbling, gloriously imperfect fashion. In many ways, yours was the birth ...
Nickelson Ryan || Eleven Months Old
My Dearest Nickelson Ryan, We are breathlessly close to the finish line with these monthly updates. I have to admit that I’m feeling some “update fatigue” here at the eleventh hour (see ...
Nickelson Ryan || Ten Months Old
Dear Nickelson Ryan, It’s time for another monthly update. I honestly cannot wrap my head around the fact that you will be turning one in two months. I know I need to ...
Mom Math (and an invitation to something more)
Motherhood has made me an absolute expert in comparative mathematics. It began even before my first child was conceived: at what age are other women having their first children, and is that ...
Nickelson Ryan || Nine Months Old
Dear Nickelson, I am writing this late at night, with you nursing back to sleep on my lap. It continues to be my best writing spot; I know that you’re cared for ...
Bottle It Up
It was one of those unicorn days, when everything seamlessly falls into place. The weather was beautiful when we emerged from the YMCA, and the twins’ gymnastics class had let out right ...
Nickelson Ryan || Eight Months Old
My Sweet Nico Boy, We celebrated Easter this past weekend, and since Jesus was taking center stage over the last few days, this update is a little delayed. Hopefully it was worth ...
Nickelson Ryan || Seven Months
My Sweet Nico, A scene: we are at the doctor’s office for your six-month well check, and together we’re perched on the examination table as we await the dreaded poke that is ...
Nickelson Ryan || Six Months Old
My Dear Nico Nico, Happy Half Birthday, Little Man! Time is refusing to stand still, and somehow we are already at the midway point of your first year. You still seem brand ...