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Musings of a First Time Mom

Motherhood from my perspective + The Best Guided Meditation

Show and Tell- Boog Learns Something New…

By Curly Nikki 34 Comments
So instead of posting a picture today, I thought I'd share Boogie's latest developmental milestone :) I was interrupting 'her stories'... I know, I know... we stupid. This stage is so much fun though... she's like this cute little sponge and we get to teach her hilarious and often pointless tricks to amuse ourselves! I swear, yesterday, she was doing…
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Hide Ya Kids… Hide Ya Wife…

By Curly Nikki 41 Comments
Go Boogie, Go Boogie, Go!...Go! Go! Go!...that's what we chant when Boogie is well, boogying. She loves to dance... and I mean LOVES.TO.DANCE. It doesn't matter where we are or how sleepy or grumpy she may be... whether it's bag pipes (true story) or her daddy casually repeating one of Jay's lyrics, when she hears what sounds like music, she…
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Adjusting to Life in Happy Valley

By Curly Nikki 114 Comments
Here I sit in State College, PA… life uprooted, internet-less, cable-less, and living in a house that I can only liken to a summer cottage. Why? Because like a vacation home, it’s old, dusty and dank, as if it’s been vacant for months on end… devoid of life, save for the bustling community of spiders that appear to be doing…
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Boog is Back!- Post Op Update

By Curly Nikki 40 Comments
The shenanigans have resumed! Boogie is on the mend...diaper dropping, momma slapping, and sugar giving. Just wanted to thank all you cyber aunties for the sweet words, prayers, stories, and well wishes! Love you guys! as Grandma says, she's 'busier than a cat covering up sh*t'!
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Boogie’s Belly Button

By Curly Nikki 76 Comments
tearing ish up, waiting on the doctor...Hola Chicas,So Boogie underwent surgery today. A very routine, minimally invasive, thirty minute procedure... but as a new mom, no surgery is minor. Especially when anesthesia is involved.She was born with an umbilical hernia (15% of infants are), and while many of them close up on their own, Gia's appeared to be on the…
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