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  • Christmas Card Photo Attempts #3

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    I am not kidding, I think this could go on for days:






    On another note entirely, I just watched the season finale of Top Chef and I have to [...]
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    Posted: December 09, 2009, 10:03pm EST
    by Julie Vaicius

  • Christmas Card Photo Attempts #2

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    Here are more attempts from later that same morning. The kids were still dressed in Christmas outfits and we were in a new place so I figured...maybe with the change of scene...just maybe. No.




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    Posted: December 08, 2009, 10:31pm EST
    by Julie Vaicius

  • ASH Christmas Party and Christmas Card Photo Attempt #1

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    On Saturday morning I took La Luz and James to the ASH alumni Christmas party. I knew Luz would have a great time and figured James was the x factor. He is at a very tough age to be anywhere where there are crowds, things he can't touch, other people' [...]
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    Posted: December 07, 2009, 8:52pm EST
    by Julie Vaicius

  • An Afternoon At The Roosevelt

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    I generally do not seek out over-the-top celebrations and sort of tend to shy away from fanfare; however, because Luz is 4 years old now, ideas that at one point in my life seemed crazy now seem like fun. A case in point is how we spent our afternoon - [...]
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    Posted: December 06, 2009, 10:34pm EST
    by Julie Vaicius

  • Daydreaming, 2009

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    I already got the pair of shoes that would be featured at the top of the list, so I decided not to include any clothing in my the first installation of my 2009 wish list. Here are a few of the things that I daydream about when I should be [...]
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    Posted: December 03, 2009, 10:57pm EST
    by Julie Vaicius

  • Baby Legs

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    I picked up a nifty little baby accessory during our trip to Portland and Seattle in the summer of '08. I was pregnant and incredibly excited and couldn't quite figure out if I was having a boy or a girl so I settled on a very gender-neutral style. I found [...]
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    Posted: December 02, 2009, 8:20pm EST
    by Julie Vaicius

  • Have You Seen These?

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    If you have looked at my feet at some point in the past three days you probably have. On Friday the B'ham Browns braved Saks for some Black Friday shopping and I was the lucky recipient of what was probably the most irresistible deal around. Sometimes' [...]
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    Posted: December 01, 2009, 9:07pm EST
    by Julie Vaicius

  • Herding Cats

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    While we were in Thibodaux for Thanksgiving I attempted a photograph of the second generation of cousins. As expected, it was an unsuccessful endeavor. I know that as the kids get older this exercise will be much easier but at this point it is nothing short of exhausting. So, here [...]
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    Posted: November 30, 2009, 9:18pm EST
    by Julie Vaicius

  • Thanksgiving 2009

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    I started out the week anxious because of a small trial I had on Monday, totally blue because I was missing my dad (his birthday, Thanksgiving, all these things I wish he was still around to be a part of), exhausted due to an ongoing sleep deprivation issue on account [...]
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    Posted: November 29, 2009, 7:35pm EST
    by Julie Vaicius

  • Dinnertime!

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    James is finally at the age/stage when he can eat most 'table' food in addition to his canned baby food. Along with this ability comes the freedom to feed himself. I never understood why some moms stymied this developmental milestone and opted, instead, to feed their baby ever meal. Messiness [...]
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    Posted: November 22, 2009, 8:45pm EST
    by Julie Vaicius

  • How Bad Can It Be?

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    I think a conservative estimate is that one night a week we eat soup and sandwiches for dinner and if someone has not made some sort of homemade soup, our 'go to' soup is this one:


    Christian and I both share a love for Campbell's' [...]
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    Posted: November 18, 2009, 8:21pm EST
    by Julie Vaicius

  • New Purple Hat

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    Aunt Molls brought her latest creations with her to NOLA and it was just in time for this nice cool snap. The first time I learned that Molly could knit was when she made the most perfect, sage green blanket for James. I was shocked. This time her handiwork included [...]
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    Posted: November 17, 2009, 8:17pm EST
    by Julie Vaicius

  • Cool Fall Morning, 2009

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    Here is La Luz waiting so patiently for me to finish my very-rushed morning routine:


    I hate that she is always the last kid to arrive at school, that we are screeching around the corner as the carpool line is winding down, long after the [...]
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    Posted: November 16, 2009, 8:54pm EST
    by Julie Vaicius

  • Being Thankful

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    Molly and Josh both managed to perfectly coordinate their busy schedules to spend a week in NOLA. Needless to say, we spent most of the weekend at mom's house visiting, enjoying a faux/pre-Thanksgiving dinner, and watching the Saints take it to 9-0. The house has been loud and chaotic and [...]
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    Posted: November 15, 2009, 9:06pm EST
    by Julie Vaicius

  • Separated At Birth?

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    I am calling it a night and settling in to watch my favorite t.v. show, Top Chef. I love this show and I love this chef and he endears himself to me more each week as he continues to be the [...]
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    Posted: November 11, 2009, 8:57pm EST
    by Julie Vaicius

  • Win. Again.

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    Have you seen what Drew Brees does in the huddle right before the game is about to start? I am not savvy enough to figure out how to post a video on here, otherwise I would find one for you somewhere on the great interwebs, as someone (a relatively young [...]
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    Posted: November 10, 2009, 9:24pm EST
    by Julie Vaicius

  • James, 10 Months

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    James is 10 months old today and he is 100% energy. He is into absolutely everything. He does not stop. He is babbling up a storm, carrying on conversations with himself, everyone around him, and nobody in particular. He is opening cabinets and slamming his fingers in doors. He is [...]
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    Posted: November 09, 2009, 7:55pm EST
    by Julie Vaicius

  • Satsumas!

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    We spent most of Saturday in Thibodaux picking satsumas and grapefruit and checking on the progress of the sugar cane harvest. It was one of those perfect days - the weather was just right, the sunlight nice and warm, the birds were busy and singing, the sounds of the cane [...]
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    Posted: November 08, 2009, 9:27pm EST
    by Julie Vaicius

  • Sooooo

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    I have been feeling stressed out and anxious about work. Things have been a bit hectic both at the office and at home and I am just feeling sort of like my focus is off a bit and it is causing my mind to race and my heart to beat [...]
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    Posted: November 04, 2009, 9:50pm EST
    by Julie Vaicius

  • Celebrating Our Loved Ones

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    Mom and I took La Luz and James with us to the cemetery last Sunday. It was a little tricky trying to explain the concept of burials and cemeteries to La Luz. She has a pretty profound understanding of heaven (or at least what she believes [...]
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    Posted: November 03, 2009, 8:28pm EST
    by Julie Vaicius

  • All Saints

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    I suppose it is fitting that today in particular I am really missing Pop. I thought about him quite a bit yesterday since it was All Saints Day and then again today when I really couldn't get him out of my head. It started with an email from mom attaching' [...]
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    Posted: November 02, 2009, 8:08pm EST
    by Julie Vaicius

  • Halloween 2009

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    Although La Luz is still operating off of a sugar high that started sometime around 5 p.m. yesterday, I managed to get her tucked into bed by 7:30 p.m. (thanks, I am sure, to the time change). I watched the excitement and the craziness of Halloween through her eyes and [...]
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    Posted: November 01, 2009, 8:09pm EST
    by Julie Vaicius

  • Great Pumpkins

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    We are getting all geared up for Halloween around here - decorations outside, pumpkins ready for carving, Halloween specials way past bedtime for three nights in a row - and I couldn't be happier. I have been feeling a bit bummed out at work lately so the distractions around here' [...]
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    Posted: October 29, 2009, 9:00pm EDT
    by Julie Vaicius

  • Wild Thing

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    Christian and I took advantage of some free babysitting while Nana and Papa-T were in town this past weekend and headed over to the Prytania Theater for the late show of Where The Wild Things Are. It had all the makings of a movie for me to love - one [...]
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    Posted: October 28, 2009, 8:52pm EDT
    by Julie Vaicius

  • Check This Out

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    After all of Papa-T's hard work getting our garden in top shape Christian neutered all of the plants with weed-be-gone or pest away or some such thing and no vegetables or fruit ever appeared...until:


    Papa-T discovered these when he was here last weekend and they' [...]
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    Posted: October 27, 2009, 8:29pm EDT
    by Julie Vaicius

  • All For Tradition

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    Long, long ago, years before I was ever a student at ASH, girls wore white party dresses on special occasions. I guess they decided to bring this idea back a few years ago and now there are a handful of days each year when the Pre-K and K girls wear [...]
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    Posted: October 26, 2009, 8:12pm EDT
    by Julie Vaicius

  • Lugging That Great Thing About

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    Big Sexy had his 9 month check-up last week and is currently holding strong in the 90th percentile for weight and height. He weighs 23 pounds and is 30 inches long. I think I heard the doctor say that his head was in the 'somethingth' percentile, or maybe she said [...]
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    Posted: October 25, 2009, 9:10pm EDT
    by Julie Vaicius

  • A Few More Sweet Pics

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    I am leaving in just a few hours and imagine that blogging is going to be tough over the next few days, so I wanted to post a few sweet pictures so you have something lovely to look at:



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    Posted: October 20, 2009, 10:56pm EDT
    by Julie Vaicius

  • Saturday Pictures

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    I spent the past hour putting away folded clothes. They had been building up for a week or two. I do not understand why putting clothes away is so difficult for us. It always seems like such a pointless exercise because tonight there were clothes drying, and tomorrow there will [...]
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    Posted: October 19, 2009, 10:15pm EDT
    by Julie Vaicius

  • Wiped. Out.

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    After 2 weekends in a row of being the one to wake up first with the kids and then 5 or so nights of rocking and bouncing James at 3 a.m. I am exhausted. It hit me this afternoon when Christian got home from the Saints game - I could [...]
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    Posted: October 18, 2009, 9:00pm EDT
    by Julie Vaicius

  • An Additional Expense - Dry Cleaning

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    I left work at around 5:30 today and it felt like I had a part time job. I am not sure there was much advantage to leaving at 5:30 because the traffic was awful and it took half an hour to travel 5 miles, but it was a liberating sensation. [...]
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    Posted: October 14, 2009, 8:43pm EDT
    by Julie Vaicius

  • A Few Pictures

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    We celebrated mom's birthday with a lovely dinner at GG's house last Friday and, since both kids were bathed and in nice clothes, I forced them to sit still for a few pictures. Enjoy:




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    Posted: October 12, 2009, 8:53pm EDT
    by Julie Vaicius

  • James, 9 Months

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    James is now nine months old. Nine months. Yikes. In just nine quick months so many incredible things happen and I wish I could slow it all down, just a bit. The most newsworthy milestones are the top two teeth with an absolutely irresistible gap in between and crawling. I [...]
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    Posted: October 11, 2009, 9:30pm EDT
    by Julie Vaicius

  • Feliz Cumple Mamela!

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    Tomorrow is mom-mom's birthday and, at least in La Luz's world, birthdays are VERY big deals. I am sure that mom would be perfectly happy if the day came and went without much ado but, as far as La Luz is concerned, there better be cake and clowns and music [...]
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    Posted: October 08, 2009, 9:09pm EDT
    by Julie Vaicius

  • Anyone Have A Spare Set Of Gills?

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    It is October. Usually by the first week of October I have a little spring in my step because I can actually breathe when I walk outside. Not this year. The weather is so incredibly hot and humid that it feels like we are living in a soup bowl or [...]
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    Posted: October 07, 2009, 9:32pm EDT
    by Julie Vaicius

  • Looks Like The Daddy?

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    He doesn't look anything like me, does he? Honestly, I look at this picture and don't see any way that this kid came from me, except that he looks somewhat like Christian, I guess:

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    Posted: October 06, 2009, 8:10pm EDT
    by Julie Vaicius

  • I Just Want Four Walls And Adobe Slats

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    Here are a few things that are entertaining me these days:

    The new Lorrie Moore book, A Gate at the Stairs:


    I loved everything she ever wrote until Birds of America and, even though everyone else loved it, it sort of fell flat with [...]
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    Posted: October 05, 2009, 8:34pm EDT
    by Julie Vaicius

  • You Cannot Stop Him

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    Over the weekend, while La Luz and Christian were in Georgia for the UGA v. LSU game, James and I had quality time together. One of the highlights for James was a very brief trip to the Children's Clothing Exchange where I scored a walker for $15. I am still' [...]
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    Posted: October 04, 2009, 7:50pm EDT
    by Julie Vaicius

  • He Eats Cheerios, People

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    I had to drop off James at daycare this morning because Christian had an early meeting. It is a task that always delays my arrival time at work, but I love it because it means extra time with Big Sexy, something I cannot ever get enough of these days.
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    Posted: September 29, 2009, 9:20pm EDT
    by Julie Vaicius

  • When I Turned 36

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    Last Friday I turned 36 years old. I feel very old. I have felt very old since I turned 30. I guess now I sort of am old-ish so it is okay to complain. I remember when I was younger my dad would complain that he couldn't sleep late anymore' [...]
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    Posted: September 27, 2009, 8:18pm EDT
    by Julie Vaicius

  • Our Weekend

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    Once again, Sunday night arrived way too fast. The weekend was nice, but somewhat busy; consequently, I do not feel rested and ready to start the week in the least.

    On Saturday I took La Luz to City Park to celebrate Betsy's 3rd birthday. In yet another great example [...]
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    Posted: September 20, 2009, 8:55pm EDT
    by Julie Vaicius

  • Ho-Hum

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    This afternoon I sort of reached my breaking point in what his been an overwhelmingly heavy week for me. Things at work have been needlessly hectic and anxiety-inducing. I seem to be doing a lousy job of making people happy and at home there is little improvement. Arriving home at [...]
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    Posted: September 17, 2009, 8:55pm EDT
    by Julie Vaicius

  • Who Dat

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    It is that time of year again. There is always a football game to watch or, at least, a reason to have the t.v. on all day Saturday and Sunday. It is marginally better than hearing Dora The Explorer's voice, I guess. I actually enjoy watching the Saints and even [...]
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    Posted: September 13, 2009, 8:48pm EDT
    by Julie Vaicius

  • Jamesy, 8 Months

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    Here he is showcasing one of his newest tricks (he can also say "bye bye" and wave) and his new teeth...wow, so much happens in a month:




    Sadly, I cannot take responsibility for any of these things, [...]
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    Posted: September 10, 2009, 9:36pm EDT
    by Julie Vaicius

  • Labor Day Weekend, 2009

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    La Luz is sick. Again. I don't get it. She has never been a sickly child but yet we just can't seem to get out of this rut and I am starting to worry a little. It doesn't seem to be anything serious, but it is enough to keep her' [...]
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    Posted: September 07, 2009, 8:13pm EDT
    by Julie Vaicius

  • Tub Time

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    Just when I thought I was at my wit's end with bath time, the Safety First bath seat saved the day.

    Mom had the sense to purchase it before her weekend alone with the kids and it is proving to be quite a handy contraption. I am now able [...]
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    Posted: September 03, 2009, 9:49pm EDT
    by Julie Vaicius

  • Sounding Out The Words

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    Now that James is here I am reading like I am in first grade all over again. I have so little time to read that what I do read I don't remember. My reading time is generally the last few minutes I can keep my eyes open at the end' [...]
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    Posted: September 02, 2009, 8:40pm EDT
    by Julie Vaicius

  • Chicago, 2009

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    Christian and I had the great fortune of spending the past weekend in Chicago. Mom took care of La Luz and James, Loki checked in at the local doggy daycare, and Christian and I were on our own for the first time in a long time.

    The weekend was [...]
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    Posted: August 30, 2009, 9:44pm EDT
    by Julie Vaicius

  • Pulverized Peas Please

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    James has two teeth coming in. The bottom right started first about two weeks ago and the bottom left followed about a week later. He is seven months, almost eight months, which is a full four months later than La Luz got her first tooth, but that was back in [...]
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    Posted: August 25, 2009, 10:14pm EDT
    by Julie Vaicius

  • Can You Feel The Excitement

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    La Luz's first day of school:



    Wow. Heartbreaking and wonderful all at once. [...]
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    Posted: August 24, 2009, 8:58pm EDT
    by Julie Vaicius
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