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Arugula-Basil Pesto + Weekly Menu
July 20, 2014 by Nicole Morrissey 7 Comments
I’m trying something new — photos with no black and white boarders. They look naked and it’s weird! But, change is good. Or can be good.
I think I freak Mr. Prevention out every time I say, “This may be our last time doing blahblahblah or going to blahblahblah before Shea is here.”
Or I’ll say, “Eighty-two days to go…less than twelve weeks.”
It’s like he breaks into a cold sweat and he sees his life as he knows it flash before his eyes.
As as we were sitting on the beach today I was reading aloud parts of my baby book I thought he’d find interesting.
Newborns sleep approximately 16 hours a day. He seemed to like that…
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