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I no longer have my monthly posts to capture life (with my littlest, anyway) so it’s about time for another ‘Life Lately.’ Life lately. It’s really good. Like, I have very few complaints (and the ones I have are just me hating adult responsibilities like cooking and cleaning). So yeah. Lots to be happy about!   One, the weather. Hallelujah that we can be outdoors. Both kids are a thousand times happier when outdoors. Moods are lifted instantly. It's amazing. We tell Annabel we are going outside, and she toddles over to get her shoes and sits on the step so we can put them on. So we are spending a lot of time outside. Annabel walks around constantly, occasionally trying to escape the end of our road, but most often walking into neighbors’ garages or up and down driveways. She waves hi as people drive by and freaks out (happily) when she sees a dog go by. And grabs whatever she can from our garage to hold as she walks around. The obsession with having something in her ...

And just like that, my baby is no longer a baby. What what?? This had to have been the faster year in the history of my time on Earth. Although many (MANY) of the nights felt like the longest, and not because I was in glorious slumber, the time did go fast. Timehop is now reminding me of newborn photos that I posted a year ago and my heart is aching a little for that time back. Of course, those photos don't reflect the agony I was in with breastfeeding a baby with a tongue tie, or the tears I shared with my children when both of them were wailing for me at the same time. Truth be told, I am happy to be out of the newborn/little baby phase ONLY because of that hard stuff. The snuggles, the baby wearing, the sweet smell, the milestones, staying where you leave them...it was lovely. But the hard stuff was hard. So I'm ready to see what's next! In her final month of her first year, Annabel finally became mobile. She's a pro at crawling and climbing stairs, as ...