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I'm not a big fan of TV in general. It's fair to say I greatly dislike most television programs especially reality TV. I get frustrated with commercials, especially during children's shows, and I believe America watches too much TV (and video games), which contribues to our obese population among other things... In our house we watch 20-30 minutes of shows per day, TOPS and most days there is no

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Owen was gradually potty trained from 2-3 years old. He took early to pooping on the potty and so we just basically let him go all day with underpants. But oh boy did he pee in his pants--for 6 months. He finally initiated his own peeing on the potty around 30 months -- aka "I have to go pee" but I'd say it wasn't fully realized until 36 months. Meaning, we still had to ask and remind him a

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*GASP*That is me finally coming up for air. Harper is 19 months and Owen is 3 years old and some change and I will finally get back to this blog. Admittedly my new iMac keyboard and new iMac are also making me feel the blogging love tonight at 11:41PM .Guess what people? I've got two kids and they sleep through the night. Let the angels rejoice. I can stay up late and not have to pay the price,

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I get a lot of comments about how I manage my life. The answer is: day by day. I find that parenting requires an extreme amount of two things I don't have a lot of:1) patience2) organizationI still manage...somehow. I think it's because I have an amazing husband and my amazing sister/nanny lives in town.Here are my top tips to manage having your own business and being a full time Mom {I have a

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It's been almost 3 years and two kids in cloth diapers so can I consider myself a veteran? Yes, yes, I can. Do I still love them? Yes, I do. I've certainly had my moments, especially when both kids were in diapers for 6-8 months -- lots of diaper laundry but with one kid... PIECE OF CAKE! Here are my tips for cloth diapers. I will take a photo of my set-up and add it.Supplies you need:1) a

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In my professional photography business, I make albums for people using companies that only work with photographers, blah blah, but in my personal world I make albums for myself and my family using Blurb.com -- They even have bookmaking software, which I did end up using for this album. It took me HOURS to do this... as in 30 hours or something -- it's sure was a labor of love!Clark Family 2010

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Owen is a big boy! He is potty trained. I am so happy! About every six weeks I'd try for the morning to take off his diaper and either let him run around naked or just put on underpants. He would pee in them all. 16 pairs one morning. So I knew he wasn't ready. It was frustrating because the child has pooped in the potty since 20 months. Finally this last two weeks he seemed to stay dry

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So I thought I'd just do a quick stream of conscientiousness post about where the kids are with all their "stuff"Harper is 8.5 months and is crawling, pulling up to stand and sleeping fairly well. She gets up usually only once in the middle of the night, nurses and goes right back to sleep. Occasionally she'll get up one other time and then sometimes get into a bad habit of waking 2-3 times.

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Okay so I've been neglecting this blog. Can you blame me? I'm pretty busy these days. Having my own business and two kids under two (okay now he's over two) but you get the idea...I couldn't resist posting these photos of Owen with the garden hose.As Owen approached age two, it became obvious that this kid was going to give us a run for our money. He whined, he cried, repeat. He does things

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It's hard to cut your boy's hair. At least for me. I just loved it long and shaggy but it was getting TOO long and I kept meaning to make an appointment at the real hair salon to get some cute "California surfer" cut for Owen. Alas, the 10 minute Barber shop walk-in was too easy. He is crinkling his nose because some little hairs were getting in his face. He kept wanting to bring his hand to

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I can hardly believe my boy is two years old. I hate to say that it goes fast, because to me each day seems slow but two years have passed since I delivered our boy and that does seem incredible. This birthday was a bit of a whirlwind. We decided to have a little pot-luck party over at our house and it was really hard to be a hostess. Harper seemed just a tad fussier and more needy during the

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HA HA. Like I know the answer to the title of this post. But seriously, I should give you the update on cloth diapers past the age of 18 months. Um, it gets a little old dealing with "adult" size, shape and yes you guessed it smelling poop on a daily basis. I kept wondering, "When does this potty training stuff begin?" because,I'm READY!!!So, being the cheap, I mean *green* mother that I am (

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I better write this down before the details become soft and out of focus. If you like to read birth stories, this is a good one because it's an encouraging swift delivery... the kind we all want to have. I feel lucky to have experienced two perfect home birth deliveries. It will be very sad to ever leave this house since both my babies were born here. Stand and Deliver Nov. 9, 2009 | Harper Jo

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39 weeks pregnant. Photo ©2009 John RunningI am lucky to count Running as one of my friends and he really wanted to make some photos of me pregnant. I elected to do it LATE in the pregnancy so I'd be REALLY big. There are some other great artistic photos but they reveal more than I'm comfortable with for the internet and this blog (I love them, though).

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I thought I'd take some notes on Owen's behavior at this age, now 20 months today because I know I'll forget. This is really for myself so that later with the second child we'll find ourselves saying, "when did Owen do that?" Also I think the grandparents like to read stuff like this. All of his behaviors are perfectly normal and age appropriate according to what I've read online. We think

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Some recent photos of Owen. The yellow leaves shots are from today 10/24/09, the backyard shots are from Sept. 30. All 19 months (He turned 19 months on Oct. 1). I am 37 weeks, due very soon.\

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So I created this category "sleep problems" and updated it from time to time with the issues I was having with Owen early on. I didn't realize HOW difficult newborn/infant/toddler sleep can be for MOST parents. Matt and I had a really hard time for the first 6-9 months and then it seemed to improve from there. I'm hoping I can help shape the sleep of my new baby (I'm 35 weeks now) faster but

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Happy Fall everyone! Owen is 19 months tomorrow.

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Poop. It happens.Yes, I've been elbow deep in baby poop now for 18 months. Technically I also pick up dog poop everyday as well, just for the record. Most recently the baby poop has started to change enough (READ: sticking to diaper) to begin to disgust me and think of new strategies...1) a diaper sprayer for the toilet ??2) researching the dreaded potty training ??3) disposables? (HA HA, as

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Traveling. Ah the joys with a toddler. Owen was 16.5 months on this trip. Since we live in Arizona and Matt's whole family lives in the Southeast, we took a trip back there this summer for 10 days because lord knows we won't be traveling with two babies for awhile. Believe me one is enough. So we got the GO GO KIDZ travel mate because I knew we'd be traveling by car from Charlotte, NC to

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photo taken July 11, 2009Somehow I'm seven months pregnant next week. ?????If this pregnancy is any indicator, I won't be paying any attention to this new child.People ask me, "how are you feeling?" me: why are they asking me how I'm feeling?, oh oh yeah, I'm huge and pregnantTo answer that for all you blog-readers (ah hem, my devoted mother-in-law), I feel great, and haven't thought twice about

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So, admittedly, I'm not a "newborn" type of gal. "What?" Yup, you got it. I really don't like newborns. Not even my own. We'll see about #2, s/he could surprise me and be some angel baby who sleeps and doesn't cry and takes a bottle and likes his/her car seat, and can be toted to restaurants and grocery stores-- BUT even still... NEWBORNS. EEEKS! Let's just put it this way, I wasn't one of

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Monday and Thursday mornings are special at our house. The "Gaa" comes to pick up the trash. "Gaa" is Owen speak for garbage truck and like any good little boy, Owen is obsessed with them. He holds his mini garbage truck and makes the noises and dumps the trash into the container. You can see him making noises in these photos and take a look at those eyelashes! Also he's been really cute in

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So nursing is over and it was easy.  Praise Jesus, something about this child was easy.  Owen has been nursing once every morning since late March. Prior to that it was 2-4 times a day for awhile. I have been pregnant since early February, which is when I first started to notice him nursing less and less. Then I went on that trip back in mid-March and couldn't pump much milk but he nursed well

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Okay so maybe that is an exaggeration but seriously, this kid is picky.  I tried to do the whole "Super Baby Foods" but around 10 months or so Owen wasn't having ANY spoon fed puréed foods AT ALL.  Used to loved squash, sweet potatoes, even spinach, but NOOOO won't touch it now.  He really fell HARD in love with crackers and cheese.  In no particular order, that is.  Can one baby live on banana,

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We are well into the Baby Signs over here and Owen really seems to love signing, in general.  Once he got started learning them, it was really easy to teach him more--you just make the sign as you say the word and he learns it. He's quite the 'talker' as well, although here at 14.5 months he still doesn't really have any true words.  He does have about 45-50 signs, though and loves to sign about

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So somewhere between me swearing off ever having another baby/pregnancy and talking about how "crazy" anyone would be to WANT to get pregnant with a 12 month-old... I got pregnant. Yes, it was shocking to us as well. So shocking that I avoided the pregnancy test until 11 weeks and we had to have an early ultrasound to date it because we really HAD NO IDEA. So I made it gracefully and

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So Owen has decided to shake his head and smile every time I offer him breastfeeding except the first wake-up session. He still likes that (saving grace). This has been going on for the last 3 weeks.Sometimes the little guy will make the sign for milk and point to my zipper (I'm always wearing a down vest-- our house is cold). I open up shop for nursing and he does his little mischievous "no

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Ah sleep problems. They have returned. This time in the form of afternoon nap protest. For a week solid Owen refused to take his afternoon nap. Talking in his crib for an hour, YES, most certainly.Sleeping in the afternoon- Nope, not having it. Now this had happened in the past ONCE or TWICE but never 5-6 days in a row. I was irritated and so was our boy.Sometimes he was taking 90 minutes to

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I found these and it's June, but I'll post it in April. Time stamp on the photos say April 5, 2009. He loves his trike!

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Time for walking! Owen was 13 months on April 1st and he began walking this past Friday and is getting really good at it! He loves to walk around the house in circles holding whatever object holds his interest. I think this new movement has made it harder for him to sleep. We are having some nap resistance-- mostly in the afternoon. More on that in another post.

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I had a wedding job in New York City a couple of weeks ago (I live in Arizona). It was a very cool wedding-- on a Broadway stage-- see the images here. I have been stressed about leaving Owen for approximately the past 3 months. Basically when I booked the job, I was naive and thought, "oh at 12 months, I can go anywhere and we'll just bring Owen anyway." We learned between that time and the

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I have waited a long time to try Baby Signs. I used to babysit about 8 years ago for two girls who signed all the time as toddlers and I knew it was something I'd like to try with my own child. After we had Owen it seemed like a lifetime to wait until they make their first sign (Owen did "dog" at 11 months). After he got the hang of "dog," he began to sign and sign and sign. He probably has 20

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New Owen photos with his Pop, Bob and his first birthday.

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Alert the Media! Owen, my little night waker, slept through the night TWICE this week. This is a miracle. Let me preface this story with this thought.  Every single night I think to myself, "self, tonight could be the night that Owen sleeps through the night."  This has been my last thought before bed since, um, maybe July 2008. Here's how it went down: me: **OMG, it's 4AM and Owen hasn't nursed

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Yes, I'm still nursing.  Owen has only had one cold in his life and never been really sick.  I think a lot of this has to do with the breast milk. Here is my little reflection of this past year of nursing.  Many reflections are coming as Owen will be ONE YEAR OLD March 1st!! I think pretty much every woman wonders what it would be like to nurse a baby.  I mean you are endowed with breasts and

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as always click the photos to see them larger...Tia Katei

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So I think I said I'd report back when I had solid poop diapers to report.  Well, after months of lovely experience in this department, I have good news.  Fuzzi Bunz diapers still easy! In fact, it smells LESS!  Nasty, who wants a poop-filled diaper sitting around for any length of time? I don't care how many plastic bag diaper sausages you have (aka diaper genie) it's still nasty. Here are my

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Q: I'm wondering out there... who else's baby is self-weaning to 2-3 nursing sessions (if you can call it a session) a day and still pretty much refuses the bottle?A: Owen Wyatt Clark, my baby.I mean, there was this promising week or two where Owen pounded formula from the sippy cup as if he was a new college student discovering beer. He'd drink it in the stroller, in the car, in the bath, you

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I can honestly say if you polled me last year when Owen was born, I would not guess that it would take me 10.5 months to leave my baby overnight. I would've figured some work-related task would take me away from the home for an overnight trip. Owen never took a bottle so it made leaving him at all a challenge--still is. Matt had to actually bring him to me at most weddings (I'm a wedding

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Hi blog-land. Hopefully I'm back. Made it through a very busy fall wedding season and the aftermath (READ editing) is almost done. Now I can do things that I like to do such as baby bloggin'So, after the holidays (Owen received plenty of shiny plastic and battery operated toys) Owen decided to spend our last 4 days of vacation time operating at a balmy temp of 103.6. Now this is only the

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Some of you lovely people who actually read my blog might be thinking, "where is Cameron?" Cameron is up to her ears in photo editing. I have approximately 9,000 MORE images to edit in the next week.I promise I'll be active on this blog next year when I figure out this whole "how-to-juggle-your-life-as-you-knew-it-now-turned-upside-down."Until then, I leave you with this cute photo (shot by Matt)

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This is from an old friend from 8th grade who I got in touch with recently on Facebook. Thanks Kristen!Her friend, Keely Shaw, the genius behind Kiddiewinkles Design and purveyor of all things hip for moms and babies, forwarded this information to me. If it burns you up as much as it burns me up, I hope you'll consider doing something about it:The Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (the bit

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click to see the images larger!!tia kate: the nanny!a little climberhis cute little hair in the backhe had 6 teeth by 8 months but they are bigger now! He chomps on crackers, Cheerios, etc.

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long overdue for a baby video... this is just the other day. Anyone know how to rotate these in blogger?until then turn your head... sorry!

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Owen loves this thing. Hilarious. He is looking like a little boy now. So cute. I have some new photos I need to post... will try to do tomorrow before we take off for our T-day adventure.

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So the first trip we took when Owen was 5 months was bad, REAL bad. Second one, not so bad. The difference is that he actually slept on this second trip and didn't scream in the cars when we traveled places. MAJOR improvement. We drove to Tucson to shoot a wedding last Saturday and the 5 hour drive was the longest he's been on and he did great... I did have to entertain him for the last hour

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Time for cuteness. Okay, I am NOT one of those people who dresses their baby is in their college Alma mater insignia left and right. Hey, if you are, more power to you, I'm just not that attached to the University of Georgia and I don't like to "brand" my child so much, nope--just not my particular style. HOWEVER, Aunt Collette hand knit this sweater without a pattern and well, it's pretty darn

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I thought I'd give more details about my success after my Sleep Lady phone consultation. I'll outline his overall schedule and then some exciting developments!6AM awake, hungry, nurses8:30-8:45 - super baby food breakfast9 or 9:30 first nap10:15-11AM - wakes up, usually he's hungry and we nurse again11-1PM- playtime, errands, etc.1PM second nap2:30-3PM awake, hungry, nurses,5-6PM solid food

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Hi, it's my birthday tomorrow. Oct. 16, 1977!!! I'm going to be 31. I wanted to be in the best shape of my life for my 30th birthday (always a goal) but instead I was fat, errr, pregnant. Anyway, I've revised that goal to my 32nd birthday since that seems more realistic. So, leave me a comment on my birthday. It will make my day. I love comments. It keeps me blogging out there, so if you read

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Daddy is in charge of baths (and dinner) so sometimes Mommy has to take a bath with Owen. I say WITH Owen, because somehow, somewhere along the way Matt and I got addicted to taking a bath with the baby. I realize that if we ever had another child we probably wouldn't get to enjoy this sweet luxury.If you haven't tried it, you should. Initially it seems like a hassle to get undressed just to

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Yippie! Baby Business, finally got a face lift, thanks to the fabulous Jennisa. We even have cool signatures... check it out below -- cute eh?

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Just wanted to make the note that Owen didn't poop from sometime on Friday until sometime on Tuesday. All was well, but I was worried.Why? I asked myself did it take 4 days for waste to move through my son's intestines... answer? Just because.Yes, it was delightful changing urine-filled cloth diapers for DAYS--BUT somehow these small blessings are plagued by the mommy thought"Where's the poop?"

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So, I'm back in my regular jeans. Don't ask me how. Sleepless night? I have no idea...I work out once a week, IF THAT. I do walk everywhere since we live downtown and that must do SOMEthing, but seriously let's not talk about the why, and how, let's just be grateful that my clothes fit (pants at least). Tops on the other hand are still in shock from the size of my chest. Eventually, I guess,

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Owen in his Halloween costume as a jacket on our morning walk.Owen was 7 months 5 days ago on Oct. 1. He is crawling like you cannot believe. Today he actually put one hand in front of the other and move his little knees in the "classic crawl" style. It was sad to see his "worm" crawl go but this crawl is much more efficient. I have to upload video if I can catch him. He's really long and

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I wrote this to a old friend in an email tonight and I thought it was something to post on the blog...I am enjoying motherhood and life altering adjustments are always hard but worth it. It's definitely one of those adult encounters that forces you to become your best self and tries your patience by limiting your sleep. It's amazing what I can do on 5 hours of interrupted sleep now. There is

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Sorry for my lack of posts... I'm opening a studio in the next few weeks and life is crazy with my business.Okay, so you're pregnant and you are thinking about breastfeeding, you know you want to and yet you're hoping for some freedom. Freedom that comes in the form of a bottle (if your child will take one). This bottle freedom (if you are not doing formula) comes along with something called a '

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So despite that Owen was not 6 months yet, he had teeth (4 months, I KNOW, I KNOW) and because he wouldn't drink from a bottle and I had to be away from him a few times during month five, we decided to pump some breast milk and mix it with rice cereal (Earth's Best Organic brand). He loved it. Knowing that I really didn't want his sweet smelling baby poops to change just yet and realizing that

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Tommy loves records, Tommy loves Mommy & Daddy, Tommy loves Curious George. My pal, Mary Jessica, who used to be my favorite reporter when I worked at the Athens Banner-Herald, has been kind enough to contribute to my baby business blog. While I was in Athens last month I photographed her precious boy. To all you mommies out there I know how hard it is to snap that shutter fast enough to catch

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click photos to see largerI was in the studio for one thing or another and so we decided, why not take some photos of the boy on a bear skin rug? This way, I can bribe him with that when he's older. photos ©2008 dawn kish photography don't steal photos off this blog, it makes professional photographers sad. side note: I'm back into my clothes, a little extra flab around the mid-section, but I

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Owen grew his two first bottom teeth at exactly 4 months. Cutting teeth doesn't seem to bother our boy. One day Matt looked at his gums and said, "hey, honey, our boys is growing teeth." Everyone gives me this horrified look when I tell them I'm still breastfeeding and my boy has teeth. I'll admit, the thought had me a bit worried too. It was simple though, and once again, nature and

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My client and friend, Ashley, was kind enough to send me her birth story. She really wanted a natural birth...ended up with an epidural but with a happy ending, so please read more to find out. I know this is a long one, so I'll post her "birth plan" later. Ashley, send me a photo or two to upload with the story. :)Griffin’s Birth StoryBorn July 26, 2008; 9:47 p.m.This is a bit long-winded, so

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Here's a quick dispatch inspired by Cameron's thorough musings on cloth diapering!It's taken me nearly 2 years to get the changing table to the point where I really like it (for now...until the next rearranging, at least). While changing table are certainly not an essential piece of furniture, we have a gorgeous one that was in my husband's family and used 20-odd years ago for some of his

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For diapering, I knew I wanted to do cloth, but two concepts were stopping me 1) hassle and 2) poop. I'll address both and soon you'll be using cloth diapers yourself. READ THIS ARTICLE**Okay I want to preface this post with these facts: #1) I breastfeed, so I don't really know anything about formula fed baby poop so take that into consideration. Baby poop (until they eat solids) is very watery

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um, okay, so you thought dressing for pregnancy was hard? HA! At least for pregnant gals you can roll into Target and pick up a half dozen outfits for $100.00 or even drop $175.00 on fabulous designer pregnancy jeans. Nursing? Now that's a real problem. Let me count the ways...1) trying to access your breasts in the middle of the night with a squawking newborn after you woke up wondering why in

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Owen is now 17 weeks and will be 4 months on July 1. His sleep has developed so well over the last four months. He is down to two night wakings and two long day naps and one shorter early evening nap. He sleeps a total of 4-5 hours over 3 naps during the day and 11 hours with two interruptions at night. We settled on a bedtime of 8:00 or 8:30 for him because if we go later, he gets REAL

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erin-kate and owenlos tres vansapproximately 6AMI know this looks fake, but it's realIt seems a tradition that each year we go out to the spot where we got married here in Flagstaff at Hart Prairie and camp out. This year we brought out the vans. D.Kish brought her gimpy arm (went boom boom on a climbing photo shoot), Gomez and Erin-Kate brought their Westy (hello envious) and we brought the

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Owen is laughing a lot now and it's really cute, of course, I think everything he does is cute. He's a pretty happy little guy, especially when he gets his 4-5 hours of daytime naps and 10-11 hours of night time sleep. He gets that most days. A sleep update is coming soon. We are working on the night waking -- trying to get him to wake one time instead of two.

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cuteness abound... that is Owen wearing his vanilla gDiaper and Mom in black. Mom wears a lot of black lately. This was a photo shoot at the studio of KDI, on May 10 (10 weeks old) but with an apprentice shooting, Aïda Photography. Some really cute shots. Thanks Aïda!

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Owen is 16 weeks (3.5 months) and so alert and happy! We got a Burley bike trailer (it also becomes a ski trailer and baby jogger) a little premature, but we are so excited to get on the bikes, we couldn't help ourselves. We picked Burley over the Chariot trailer because we could buy locally from Bike Trailer Shop.com --located in Flagstaff, not to mention Chariot is a serious investment.

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Tuesday I gave a talk at the local MOM's club here in Flagstaff (MOM's club is for stay-at-home Mom's to have playgroups, support and other fun activities throughout the year). I am a Red Cross certified Water Safety Instructor and have taught many of 3-4 year olds to swim in private lessons. I also used to coach a neighborhood summer swim team way back in high school and college. I am

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Matt's Dad, Bob and his wife Vicki (Pop & Grammie) were here for a week last week. They showered Owen with lots of love and kisses. Owen had a surprise visit from Aunt Susan and cousin Brody. Brody was especially fond of his cousin and kept talking about that while he was visiting. Kaibee didn't know what to make of a 3 year old in her house, but she thought she'd better scarf down her food

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Flagstaff blog readers: I will come to your house and photograph your baby/child for up to 2 hours for a great summer deal. Kid sessions 50% off!! Normally $350.00 now $175.00*. Only 8 discounted sessions are available and must be scheduled for the months of July or August and located in the Flagstaff area, so email to book your session today. Reprint & online gallery prices remain the same.

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So I read the wacky Chiropractic doctor, Tim O'Shea's book, The Sanctity of Human Blood: Vaccination i$ not Immunization. 12th edition (2008).I also ordered from the CDC: A Parent's guide to Immunization (2007). You can order one from them for free on their site too.I was fully prepared to kick the wacky doctor's theories to the curb. After all, I had thought years ago when I heard people

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Most people probably don't know this about me, but I really hate junk mail, phone solicitations, and spam...I especially despise the *real* junk AKA catalogs you don't want that end up in a landfill or even at your local recycling facility. I'm practically CRAZED about calling the companies and getting off the lists. Just ask Matt. It's one of the reasons he loves me.What to do? I usually call

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Hi everyone!Sorry I've been out of the picture a bit - but, like you all, I've been more than happy to enjoy Cameron's stories (and gorgeous photos).Thought I'd finally chime in and suggest a fun craft project: nursing necklaces.My friend Catherine and I made these as display items to inspire other moms for the first Breastfeeding in the Park event here in Athens, Georgia (Catherine made those

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Time for more cuteness. I have a video that I'll try to download later. These photos are already a 2 weeks old!! I'll get back to photographing him more often.Daddy and Owen with their Woodman's t-shirts

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You want my opinion: here it is...Don't do it. Sorry to offend family and friends who have chosen otherwise, but unless you have a religious purpose to circumcise your boy, it's purely a COSMETIC procedure. You are snipping your boy's genitals, genitals, I might add, that have a purpose. Foreskin actually helps to extract lubrication from the vagina to make sexual intercourse easier. Sounds good,

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I hate stuff. I like to reuse things. I hate lots of trash. I love this video about The Story of Stuff. Please click here to watch a great video that explains why I live in a small town that cares about the environment.Here are 10 things you can do.I can say honestly that I do the following religiously... I use my own bags at the grocery store, use my own coffee mug at the coffee shop (or ask

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I'm excited to be a contributor to a great baby blog called BabyGooRoo. Please check it out. The post is about embracing a natural birth.

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Okay so Owen had his 2 month check up. He's 11 pounds 3 oz (naked) and 23.5 inches. That's 50% for weight and 75% for height. He's a growing boy!Since we had a home birth, Owen didn't get the hep-B shot that hospitals give babies at birth (we also opted out of the eye ointment, the Vitamin K shot and he's not circumcised just to bring you up to speed). I need to write a post about

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Today I feel like I won the lottery. First, Owen slept a 5.5 hour stretch last night and only woke up twice ( if you count 4:45AM, which I do) Yippie. He also put himself to sleep with wide awake eyes this afternoon.I wanted to write a quick post that if something isn't working with your child, try, try again. Babies and kids change so fast, so you never know. I'm a huge believer in "if it

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So over the last three weeks, I've been working on transitioning Owen (now 9.5 weeks) from co sleeping nights and day napping in his Moby wrap to sleeping in his crib full time. This was a kid that I was SO SURE would never EVER go to sleep drowsy but awake. So take heart, stick to your program, it's possible. I am proud that he's now sleeping full time in his own crib and going down for naps

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Now I know every other parent in the U.S. is able to drive his/her child around the block and the baby just gets drowsier and drowsier and falls asleep. Not mine. He loathes the car seat. Owen cries the entire time he's in the car (okay that's an exaggeration, 90% of the time). I did another test today (just for giggles) and he cried for 15 minutes, which was the whole car ride. It's hard to

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If anyone thinks I exercised a lot during pregnancy, how about training for the Olympics? My new hero, Dara Torres, did swimming workouts during her pregnancy and will attempt to make the Olympic team, AGAIN but this time with a 3 1/2 month old. Oh yeah, and Torres is 40 years old. Please, if you want to feel inspired, read this article. Just for your information when I was 7 years old I could

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You may not know this but I am a believer in the CIO (cry it out) method of getting Owen to sleep. We'll see if I can put it into practice. HA HA. It all sounds easier said than done. Since Owen was fussy during the early weeks and cried even when you held him and rocked him, it's easier to put him down and let him cry because it seems he'll cry one way or another.When he is screeching, I

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Book Review!So I read from cover to cover, Secrets of the Baby Whisperer, How to Calm, Connect, and Communicate with your Baby by Tracy Hogg. I loved this book. I wish I had read it the week before I delivered Owen. She has great advice about being in the hospital and coming home with your baby as well as preparing for having a nanny, organizing the baby room, etc.It also has similar scheduling

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My Mom is here for a week, and it's been great and she's only been here two days. I've already learned so much from her. She is a wiz with kids and babies and reminded me of my baby manners. I forgot that they just want to play with you.1) Babies love to hear you talk to them. Talk to them all the time when they are awake2) Get closer-- babies have bad eye sight but they can focus at closer

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Some great shots Dawn Kish took at her house after a dog walk with Cam, Matt, Owen, D.Kish, Monday, Kaibee and Slick. Oh I forgot to mention in the last post about Dawn that she also helped me transport my crib from Phoenix to here... SHE ROCKS!!

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So Owen is a funny little guy. He takes the bottle sometimes (by this I mean 4 times in his life so far) and other times rejects it in a major way (by 'other' times I mean approximately 12-16 rejections). Obviously, as a wedding photographer, I will have to go back to work eventually for ALL DAY. I think it's a good thing that this is inevitable because hopefully it will make him a more

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cute little series of OwenOh oh Oh! Owen is 7 weeks now and finally doing better and fussing less, I can almost taste a 5 hour sleep stretch! Yum yum! He's napping better and seems to be happier and has more awake time. I've made the transition to having him nap in his crib a few times during the day (with some success) and well, frankly I can't wait for him to sleep in his crib all night by

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Okay so on my personal quest to find the best diaper solution for my child... I've tried a lot (even Pampers the first week-- even though they are OUT of the question). My favorite solution so far is gDiapers. Why? Well most Americans are spending lots of CASH o-la on disposable diapers, why not invest in a few 'little g' diaper covers and call it a day? PLUS... you are doing great things for

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My Dad was here visiting for a week and prior to that Sarah, Matt's Mom was here for a week. Bill, Matt's Dad was also here for a night visiting. All grandparents love to hold Owen when he's sleeping.Grandpa Clark!GranGran's handsme talking to my son in his cute stripe outfitvovo Mike

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So I had a choice: come to terms with the fact that my child had colic and isn't the 'dream' baby I desire or "fix it" and deem him free of the dreaded term and guilty of something else. If you know me, I like to experiment with everything and Owen is the ultimate little test tube (in a good way) and I was determined to solve this fussy problem. I should mention that Matt and I are sleep

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I just read the book (it takes about an hour to read it) Loving Hands: The Traditional Art of Baby Massage by Frederick Leboyer. The concept of baby massage is that it will help soothe the baby and release any tension in the baby's body and of course that it will be a good bonding time for mother and child--keeping them connected as a unit. I'm sure Daddy could do it as well. I used this

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GranHollyeWell Gran is here this week, and Hollye came up to visit from Phoenix. I need to capture a photo of tia Kate and tia D.kish. It's on my list. This week in Owen news, a bath with Daddy went well in the big tub-- forget those baby baths, he likes hanging in water with Mom and Dad. Also he seems to have calmed down a bit more, don't know if it's from the dairy or if I've been burping

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