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Beck's 2nd Birthday

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....in very bad pictures. 

Beck turned two on Saturday! And Beck acted like she was two on Saturday. 

There will be a separate About a Beck post with talk of development and how much I love her, but this is about the actual day. Beck actually spent the night before her birthday at my parents' house, so we had the morning to decorate and clean and cook for her party without her, which in fact makes for a much better party, honestly. We picked her up still in her jammies (it was a snow day), and she was SO excited to come home to "some new balloons!" I have no idea when we have had old balloons, but ok. 

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Toddler Feeding + Sanity Strategies

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Ok so, wait for another edition of Lindsay Talks About Parenting As She Lives It For The First Time And Acts Like An Expert. 

Or at least that's what I assume people think when they read anything I write, ever. It's cool, though, I'm not trying to be an expert. I'm trying to share stories so that people get a version of parenting or living or cooking or toddlering, and then they can maybe use it for information later. A sort of "one person does things this way," if you will. 

Beck, for her part, does things HER way when it comes to eating. In the picture above, for example, she is at our favorite taco place eating black beans and lime wedges while wearing goggles backwards because otherwise it's so hard to see. All three of those things were really important in that moment for the enjoyment of the meal, so fine. ...

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The Great Toddler Regression

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It's almost bad as a recession, I'm telling you. 

I took this picture of Beck and Jay at the beach a few weeks ago, and it pretty much encompasses how she's been for the past month or so. Needy. Whiny. Clingy. Adorable. 

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