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Vietnam: Ho Chi Minh City

December 8, 2017

Written by ashleyrespecki

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It’s my 10th year celebrating my 25th birthday.

It’s my 10th year celebrating my 25th birthday. 🥳 Where does the time go. ⁣
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I think Quinn thought it was her birthday though and I was not about to break the news to her. (Who knew toddler obsessions started so early!) And Sawyer thought we were having a repeat of his birthday with big sis punking on him again. At least his ears are tangle free now. ⁣
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(Thank you in advance for liking this photo if you see it, since this isn’t a photo sharing app any more 😬🤦🏼‍♀️ I’m too tired, old, and lazy to make a freaking reel about my own day of birth, okay!!)

Happy Thanksgiving *prep day* from this little fal

Happy Thanksgiving *prep day* from this little fall cutie! This happy pic is not from today: rocky 24hrs over here in actuality. Survived (I almost said barely, but then realized it was a tad dramatic 😆) one of the busiest travel days of the year—would not recommend a plane ride with a walking toddler/“lap infant”, even if you get the upgrade. Then we took family pics today with 0 naps. Holy 🤪
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But, we’re with family for Thanksgiving for the first time in 4 years, Quinn got to meet her baby cousin for the first time 💕 we got two pies baked for tomorrow 🥧 and we’re seeing zoo lights tonight 🎄! The highs make up for the lows, huh??

One year ago today ❤️⁣⁣ //⁣⁣ So gratef

One year ago today ❤️⁣⁣
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So grateful for these moments @annameyerphoto captured of our growing family at home last year. This feels like yesterday but we’re all so different now, our days are so different (read: very busy!!!) together. These photos provoke so many emotions of my early days as a new mom, us as first-time parents—some super raw emotions, and some feelings I can now reflect on with more wisdom and grace. Some how I feel like I’ve learned more in the last year than in all the years of my life before September 2020. I know pictures can’t capture all that progress and change but it’s so amazing to have snapshots in time, especially through someone else’s eyes. And every single photo makes me smile from ear to ear, because mannnn do I love and adore that tiny human! ⁣⁣
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Pretty sure I can see Quinn’s big personality already shining through in that second pic! 🥰

Waiting for 5pm Friday like…⁣ //⁣ Really I j

Waiting for 5pm Friday like…⁣
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Really I just can’t handle how cute this tiny Patagonia fleece dupe from @hm is and had to share 🥰 Headed to pick up this girl so we can start our weekend…probably jam to some Red (Taylor’s Version) to start things off. ⁣
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Are y’all team Swift or what?? @rachelkapisak just discovered my adoration and is questioning our friendship sooo I’m looking to expand my Swift-supporting friend group right meow. 😬

I think this snuggly girl has been pretty kind to

I think this snuggly girl has been pretty kind to her parents about this time change situation. The internet memes about Daylight Saving Time had me PANICKED. But we let Quinn stay up Saturday as long as she could make it (9:30pm!) and she slept until 7:45am 🤗 Whewww. Yesterday was our first off-kilter day, with a 6:30am wake up and then she didn’t want to go to bed until almost 9pm last night. 🤷🏼‍♀️ Parents: are we in the clear yet?? Should we be on a stable routine by the end of the week or what?? ⁣⁠
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Jury is still out on whether or not her being a pretty good sleeper has anything to do with our awesome parenting 🤣 or we were just blessed. Ha! But, I wonder what you’d say if I told you we don’t use curtains or blinds at all…

Last month we refreshed the dining room and it fee

Last month we refreshed the dining room and it feels like we’ve come full circle—we started super minimalist in here, but then brought in our fav bookshelf during basement reno, had a baby and then it got too tight! Andddd now we’re back to our minimalist roots. 😆 Swipe for the view earlier this year with my girl and fur baby at meal time!⁣
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Gobs of baby-led feeding research says raising a kiddo that has a great relationship with food starts by having meals together, so as much as it pained me and Nick to leave our dinners on the couch behind, we have successfully transitioned our routine to eat dinner as a fam at the dining room table. It was getting toooo tight at our @ikea-hacked dining table (it worked for a time when we needed a skinny table but at 25” depth, we were practically bumping foreheads with every bite!)—enter this perfect-for-us @article table. I would have staged it for you if I was an influencer 😜 but alas, we bought this table with our own cash and this is legit what it looks like as we prep for dinner each night: Sawyer starts his prowl for scraps, Quinn throws a cup, etc etc. Right now, dinner mostly looks like me and Nick watching Quinn discover new foods, telling her not to pull up her @mushie mat or throw food to her dog, and sometimes we have dinner music and sing or dance while we eat! So far, I think it beats the mindless eating we were doing on the couch in front of the tv anyways.🥰⁣
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(And never fear, fellow bookshelf lovers: that beauty has a new home in our bedroom upstairs!)

🍒🍦Quinn’s Cones🍦🍒⁣ // ⁣ She love

🍒🍦Quinn’s Cones🍦🍒⁣
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She loves that wagon life so we made it the centerpiece of her first toddler Halloween! She was a cutie little cone 🍦and mom and dad were decent 🍨 scoopin’ employees—although I think we should have brought a cooler and some real ice cream because the neighborhood kids realllly wanted these fakes cones! 😆⁣
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(Alt caption: never underestimate the power of a mom with some tape and some @amazon boxes 🤪)

Realized I didn’t give myself credit in yesterda

Realized I didn’t give myself credit in yesterday’s post for these 👻 pancakes. (I tried!) And this morning I have a dead housekeeper cleaning up cobwebs 🕸! Happy Halloween!

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