Aliviah Grace

This is just for you guys who have 11 inches of snow…or more. Yes, it is warm enough to eat ice cream outside. If it makes you feel better, we have to put on sweaters at night. Haha.
Aliviah eating an ice cream cone.

But, just to give you an idea of the diversity of weather here, we’re going skiing [...]

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I have been looking for canisters like these every since…well, since I’ve been married. Mom has similar ones and I’ve always loved them. Mom’s are Tupperware and more expensive than I would like to spend on canisters. I showed them to my friend Amanda. She said they looked like paint cans. Haha, I still like them! [...]

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So, being the amazing parent that I am, regularly exposing my child to appropriate things, Aliviah has a new favorite song. In fact, she wants me to play it over and over….and OVER again. I now don’t really care for the song. Okay, I take that back. I still love me some Rihanna, almost as [...]

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Andrew was part of an insurgent attack last night.

Okay, not really. It’s just another day out in the field. He was painted by the makeup artist who works for Burn Notice. (Yep, I said Burn Notice, Dad!) It was pretty freaky looking. He had to come home to take a shower and was worried Aliviah would see [...]

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“Aliviah we have to get dressed.”
“NO! I want to play with my POOP!”

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*Screamed at the top of her lungs across the house*
“Mommy! MOMMY! My puppy’s not POOPING!”

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Last night, to test the waters, I asked Aliviah if she would like to sleep in a big girl bed. “YYEESSS!!!!” She screamed like I was offering her the greatest thing since sliced bread. It was an Elf reenactment of the scene (my favorite!) where Buddy hears Santa is coming. “SSSAAAANNNTAAAA!!” I definitely wasn’t expecting her [...]

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