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First New York City Baby 2012

Nicolette Christiana Hunt was born to my sister Eleni and her husband James in Long Island Jewish Hospital in New York City one second after the stroke of midnight on 2012 (at 12:00:01 a.m. Sunday). She is officially the first baby born in NYC in 2012, and weighed in at exactly 7 oz, 20 inches […]

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Teaching Children About Money

Teaching children about money and financial responsibility is very important, and most parents know this. Teaching your children about money is a gift that will provide them future security and stability, and help them survive and even thrive in any economy by making wise choices and being responsible with their finances. One of the best […]

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Stand Up For Family

This post brought to you by American Family Insurance. All opinions are 100% mine. There are two things most of us love- laughing and being with family. The problem? Most venues designed to make us laugh aren’t very family-friendly. Every been to a comedy show? I wouldn’t go to one with my kids. Or my […]

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Perspective

My father used to play with my brother and me in the yard. Mother would come out and say, “You’re tearing up the grass.” “We’re not raising grass,” Dad would reply. “We’re raising boys.” ~Harmon Killebrew Fathers matter. So does keeping the important things in perspective. The lawn will always be there, but children grow […]

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because i’m almost five months pregnant….

Almost five months pregnant, and while this time around there just isn’t the same fanfare there was when I was pregnant with little man, I still have all the same symptoms of pregnancy. Because I’m almost five months pregnant…I have major pregnancy cravings. I crave blt’s (but who doesn’t?). I love these things- I make […]

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