searching for happy Vox 2009-08-30T02:03:35Z melissa http://searchingforhappy.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom tag:vox.com,2006:6p00c2252b5d6e8e1d/ it's my life. you just read it. Modern communication between a husband and wife tag:vox.com,2009-08-30:asset-6a00c2252b5d6e8e1d011018692868860f 2009-08-30T02:03:35Z 2009-08-30T02:03:35Z melissa http://searchingforhappy.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom Originally published at hellomelissa.net. You can comment here or there. This is Sean's new tattoo. The bull is the old logo for the Belleville Bulls, the OHL team closest to our hometown. Here's the story of how he ended up getting it t...

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]]> Video fun with Flora tag:vox.com,2009-07-25:asset-6a00c2252b5d6e8e1d01101855883b860f 2009-07-25T02:12:18Z 2009-07-25T02:12:18Z melissa http://searchingforhappy.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom Originally published at hellomelissa.net. You can comment here or there. We haven't made a video in awhile, so I finally got smart enough to pick up the camera and film while Flora was in a good mood. It's five minutes of cute baby babble an...

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]]> Sean and Flora are away, and doing just fine tag:vox.com,2009-07-23:asset-6a00c2252b5d6e8e1d01101679b89e860c 2009-07-23T03:04:56Z 2009-07-23T03:04:56Z melissa http://searchingforhappy.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom Originally published at hellomelissa.net. You can comment here or there. Earlier today, Sean took Flora took a spontaneous trip to visit our friends Jason and Amanda and their six month-old son Thomas. They live a couple hours away so Sean a...

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]]> Trying to fit everything in tag:vox.com,2009-07-21:asset-6a00c2252b5d6e8e1d011016b3af52860d 2009-07-21T22:50:10Z 2009-07-21T22:50:10Z melissa http://searchingforhappy.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom Originally published at hellomelissa.net. You can comment here or there. So, where did the last few weeks go? I can't believe July is more than half-over. We've been busy in the Mitchell household, but not uncomfortably so. We all adjusted to...

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]]> Trying to fit everything in tag:vox.com,2009-07-21:asset-6a00c2252b5d6e8e1d011017f43ebf860e 2009-07-21T19:10:23Z 2009-07-21T19:10:23Z melissa http://searchingforhappy.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom Originally published at hellomelissa.net. You can comment here or there. So, where did the last few weeks go? I can't believe July is more than half-over. We've been busy in the Mitchell household, but not uncomfortably so. We all adjusted to...

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]]> Big Changes. Big Questions. Big Feelings. tag:vox.com,2009-06-13:asset-6a00c2252b5d6e8e1d011016979dd6860d 2009-06-13T03:08:25Z 2009-06-13T03:08:25Z melissa http://searchingforhappy.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom Originally published at hellomelissa.net. You can comment here or there. This upcoming Monday, after 289 days at home, I go back to work. My share of the parental leave is over and Sean will be taking over as the stay-at-home parent role. Pe...

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]]> Picking the *right* profile photo is agonizing enough, thanks tag:vox.com,2009-06-05:asset-6a00c2252b5d6e8e1d011016111d5d860b 2009-06-05T01:54:47Z 2009-06-05T12:22:33Z melissa http://searchingforhappy.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom Originally published at hellomelissa.net. You can comment here or there. Yesterday, I read a blog post from the good women at Lunapads about an article written by Katie Roiphe called "Get Your Kid Off Your Facebook Page". Ms Roiphe doesn't t...

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]]> Motherhood, so far tag:vox.com,2009-05-10:asset-6a00c2252b5d6e8e1d01101821a7da860f 2009-05-10T03:54:03Z 2009-05-10T03:54:03Z melissa http://searchingforhappy.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom Originally published at hellomelissa.net. You can comment here or there. At the end of April, I was planning to write several posts about my experiences mothering my daughter over these last eight months. They were going to lead up to some f...

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]]> Proud mama moment: we made the news! tag:vox.com,2009-05-06:asset-6a00c2252b5d6e8e1d011016804a00860d 2009-05-06T02:31:00Z 2009-05-07T13:13:50Z melissa http://searchingforhappy.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom Originally published at hellomelissa.net. You can comment here or there. Flora started taking swimming lessons at the beginning of April. A couple of weeks ago, CityNews came and filmed some of the lessons to do a segment on babies and ...

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]]> Welcome to Milestone. Population: Flora! tag:vox.com,2009-03-21:asset-6a00c2252b5d6e8e1d01101672df69860d 2009-03-21T02:57:42Z 2009-03-21T03:01:48Z melissa http://searchingforhappy.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Messy baby Not too sure what to think Daddy feeds Flora cereal New highchair Sitting up and smiling for the camera Holy crap! I'm sitting up! Giggling Okay, stop licking me now Dude! No way!

Flora has had an exciting couple of weeks. She's eating lots of different pureed foods now and we're introducing more as we see that she's not reacting to what she's already eating. She likes most of it, but it usually takes a couple tries of a fo...

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