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Why We Don’t Cloth Diaper or Buy Used Clothes

Jan 11. 2012

Let me preface this post by saying that I do not look down on anyone who cloth diapers or purchases used clothes. I do not think that I'm any better than those who choose to, nor do I believe that our way is the best and the ultimate. Once again, this is a personal decision that we have made for our own family based on our unique preferences and circumstances. There was a period in time as I neared the end of my pregnancy with Claire when I seriously considered cloth diapering. It is more green. They say it's more economical in the long-run. I have also read that today's cloth diapers are superior to those in the past, and that they can...

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Claire, Personal, Relationships

More Family Resemblances

Jan 10. 2012

A couple of weeks ago, J's relatives in China found this old photograph and sent it over: Can you guess who the little girl is? It's J's mother when she was about 3 years old! Everyone immediately noticed how remarkably Claire resembles her grandmother in this picture. Here's a recent picture of Claire for comparison: Even my mother did a double-take when I showed her the old picture. "Claire's going to look just like that in a couple of years," she predicted. And we couldn't agree more. As stated in a previous post, Claire currently resembles her uncle (J's brother) the most of everyone in our family. Sometimes, you could even swear that she's a carbon copy of him! And because...

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Finance, Personal

More Thoughts on Money, and Small Steps Forward

Jan 06. 2012

As stated in an earlier post, 2011 was not the best year — financially — for my family. This does not only apply to my parents. While J and I are by no means poor, we have been on a very tight budget. Yes, we were able to hire a part-time nanny for a few months. Yes, we are able to dine out once in a while. But these luxuries do not come easily, as we have made numerous sacrifices to achieve them (e.g., not purchasing clothes for ourselves for the entire year). And as much as it pains me to not be able to afford toddler classes for Claire, or not be able to immediately afford a new couch despite...

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Aerin, Baby, Personal, Pregnancy

Aerin’s Birth Story

Jan 05. 2012

I realized the other day that I had never posted Aerin's birth story. There is reasoning behind the madness: it just isn't that exciting. :-(  And by this, I mean that while the birth of our second daughter was thrilling for us, it was short and easy and free of drama — not stuff that non-family members, let alone strangers on the web, would find very compelling. (For some serious birth story drama, check out the one of this lovely lady, whose second was born while she was changing into her hospital gown — the doctor literally had to catch the baby before she hit the floor!) But since people have been asking for the full gritty details...

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Claire, Personal

Christmas 2011

Jan 04. 2012

I know I'm a bit late, but how could I not share this picture of Claire on Christmas morning? I can confidently say that this Christmas was the first where I did not care if I received anything at all — the wonderful and generous presents that Claire and Aerin received were more than worth it! But I can't ignore the three other fabulous presents I got: A beautiful boxed set of C.S. Lewis's classics from J. Claire starting to recognize the Apple logo as an apple, and pointing to it while saying "ah-puh!" Socks from my mom. After having posted this graph on my Facebook Page earlier (and knowing that she hasn't seen it), I couldn't help but crack up over the...

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