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Meet Cloudy

When my younger sister posted the first picture of herself holding her niece Claire on Facebook, she captioned it: "In the words of Phil Dunphy: 'Claire? Isn't that gonna be hard for her to say?'" (If you don't get the joke, go watch the pilot episode of Modern Family. Hilarious! What a great show!) My sister's words had a ring of truth to them, because according to my mother, we couldn't have picked a worse name for Asians to enunciate — it has both an L and an R! — and NONE of the grandparents can pronounce it correctly. In fact, one night my father mistakenly called Claire "Cloudy" instead. Where he got the extra syllable, no one knows. But the error managed to crack...

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Guest Post: Branding Your Blog

With some social media experience under my belt (in addition to freelancing work that has led me to some top social media mavens), the topic of blogging and branding your blog has always held a special interest in my heart. In this guest post, reader Kate talks about the importance of branding your blog and chronicles her journey in re-branding. Enjoy! What do you do when your blog isn’t such a good fit for you anymore? I have been wondering about this for a while now. There were many times I would post something and think, "Wow, my blog really has nothing to do with what it's called." Usually I would shrug it off and tell myself it didn't really matter. After all,...

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Guest Post: Baby Budgeting — Milk (And Another Giveaway!)

Here is Donna's third and final post of her fantastic series on baby budgeting: milk. Considering how much trouble I am having breastfeeding, I won't be lying if I were to say that I get very tempted to switch on over to formula. However, I will persevere for the time being and if I do end up going the formula route in the future, this is another post I will have bookmarked. Donna has also graciously offered to give away a $5 Amazon e-certificate. Just leave a comment to this post by Friday, 11/5/2010 and a winner will be chosen by a random number generator. Be sure to include your email address so that we can contact you if you win. Good luck,...

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State of the Union, 4.5 Weeks

"Do you still want more kids, seeing how hard it's been so far?" I asked J yesterday. "Of course," he replied. "It may be hard now, but the rewards will be worth it." "Well, I don't want any more kids," I told him. "I can't imagine going through this again, especially if we have another child to take care of. Claire can be an only child." J didn't say anything back, but I could tell what he was thinking: 'She'll change her mind.' It has now been 4.5 weeks since Claire was born, and I can honestly say that motherhood is the hardest thing I've ever experienced in my life. And I have it easy: my in-laws come over almost every day so that...

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