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A little Early
But I already picked my word of the year for next year. It's "Bloom" and I ordered this beautiful necklace from the amazing Lisa Leonard. It says Bloom and Peace. I love love love it.

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Daily David - Day 325
At school again. No wonder he loves school so much.

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December Daily
I finally sat down to put together my December Daily album. Here's what it looks like now. Apologies on low quality on some, the light here is not so great. Since New Year's Day is my favorite day ever, this goes all the way to the end of December.













































































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Daily David - Day 324
David and his teacher Kathleen.

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Daily David - Day 323
At the dentist. My little boy was an angel the whole time. (Watching Robots, the movie)



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Catalyst 36 - Our Secret
We just posted catalyst thirty-six. It's Tell us about a time you lied.

Here's my entry:
I try hard not to lie, but when we found out we were expecting and I was only four weeks along, I had to keep it a secret for 9 weeks until I got the OK from the doctor. During that time I was very ill, throwing up several times a day, which made it that much harder to keep it a secret. People invited us to dinner parties and lunches and I had to keep lying. People at work started to wonder why I was sick all the time and my friends were curious why I dropped off the face of earth. It was the hardest secret to keep and some of the most difficult weeks of my life. Now that the cat’s out of the bag, it feels great not to have to lie anymore.

Journaling Reads:
I am really bad at keeping secrets. Especially when it’s good news. So when I found out that I was pregnant (It took three tests for me to believe my own eyes.) and it was only four-weeks, I knew we were going to have to keep this secret for a long time. And then I got sick. Really bad nausea meant that our little secret became a collection of lies. Reasons why I was so tired, why I was unable to eat, why I looked so white. Eight weeks of lying later, I was finally able to share and it felt so good to tell everyone. To finally acknowledge you in front of everyone. Can’t wait to see you, little one.

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Daily David - Day 321
Love love LOVE him.

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Showing Love
And a final Cathy one for this week.

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Pumpkin Patch
One more for Cathy's class. These are plain but I love them.

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Blowing Bubbles
Another layout for Cathy's class. It's about how hard it was for David to learn to blow bubbles.

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Daily David - Day 320
David's been building things with legos lately. Robots, planes, helicopters.



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Daily David - Day 318
and here's one more.



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Daily David - Day 317
Playing with mommy.

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