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LonSum 3.0 June: Summer Soirees

From a historic heatwave to random rainy days, the summer of 2019 kept us on our toes with our new baby girl. Saya shed her jaundiced color, relearnt to nurse after her tongue tie division, and put on weight. We were enchanted with her new facial expressions, and our guests couldn’t cuddle her enough. Jamie…
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Welcome Saya!

Saya was born at 2:42 am on May 2, 2019. I still can’t find the words to describe laboring, birthing, and welcoming a new baby into the world, but the summary is that I am in awe of what a woman’s body can do. It’s hard to overstate how incredible we are. I also know…
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April showers bring May flowers

In April, I ramped up my preparation for baby #1: I was making freezer meals, attempting to finish all my unfinished books, and ordering the ‘essentials’ on Amazon (I swear that the electronic baby nail file is a must-have lest you judge). I was clearly preparing for a baby to arrive. I was expecting to…
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48 Hour French Holiday

I couldn’t help it. I tried to get in as much traveling as I could before Saya’s arrival. I was trying to do as much of me as possible before being me plus one. After returning from Spain, I had booked a trip the France the following weekend. On Friday, the only thing I had…
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Malaga, Spain

02Mar2019: Our last full day of vacation and Corey was set on seeing all the sites circled on our visitor’s map. We did a quick lap at Mercado Central for a breakfast of fruit and juice. Then we were lured to– you guessed it– churros con chocolate at Casa Aranda. It’s probably not appropriate to say…