http://searchingforhappy.vox.com/library/posts/page/1/ it's my life. you just read it. en Vox Sat, 29 Aug 2009 22:03:35 -0400 Copyright 2009 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://searchingforhappy.vox.com/library/post/modern-communication-between-a-husband-and-wife.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(melissa) http://searchingforhappy.vox.com/library/post/modern-communication-between-a-husband-and-wife.html?_c=feed-rss http://searchingforhappy.vox.com/library/post/modern-communication-between-a-husband-and-wife.html?_c=feed-rss Sat, 29 Aug 2009 22:03:35 -0400 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... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://searchingforhappy.vox.com/library/post/modern-communication-between-a-husband-and-wife.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2252b5d6e8e1d011018692868860f?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> hellomelissa.net http://searchingforhappy.vox.com/library/post/video-fun-with-flora-2.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(melissa) http://searchingforhappy.vox.com/library/post/video-fun-with-flora-2.html?_c=feed-rss http://searchingforhappy.vox.com/library/post/video-fun-with-flora-2.html?_c=feed-rss Fri, 24 Jul 2009 22:12:18 -0400 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... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://searchingforhappy.vox.com/library/post/video-fun-with-flora-2.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2252b5d6e8e1d01101855883b860f?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> hellomelissa.net http://searchingforhappy.vox.com/library/post/sean-and-flora-are-away-and-doing-just-fine-1.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(melissa) http://searchingforhappy.vox.com/library/post/sean-and-flora-are-away-and-doing-just-fine-1.html?_c=feed-rss http://searchingforhappy.vox.com/library/post/sean-and-flora-are-away-and-doing-just-fine-1.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 22 Jul 2009 23:04:56 -0400 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... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://searchingforhappy.vox.com/library/post/sean-and-flora-are-away-and-doing-just-fine-1.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2252b5d6e8e1d01101679b89e860c?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> hellomelissa.net http://searchingforhappy.vox.com/library/post/trying-to-fit-everything-in.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(melissa) http://searchingforhappy.vox.com/library/post/trying-to-fit-everything-in.html?_c=feed-rss http://searchingforhappy.vox.com/library/post/trying-to-fit-everything-in.html?_c=feed-rss Tue, 21 Jul 2009 18:50:10 -0400 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... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://searchingforhappy.vox.com/library/post/trying-to-fit-everything-in.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2252b5d6e8e1d011016b3af52860d?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> hellomelissa.net http://searchingforhappy.vox.com/library/post/trying-to-fit-everything-in-4.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(melissa) http://searchingforhappy.vox.com/library/post/trying-to-fit-everything-in-4.html?_c=feed-rss http://searchingforhappy.vox.com/library/post/trying-to-fit-everything-in-4.html?_c=feed-rss Tue, 21 Jul 2009 15:10:23 -0400 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... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://searchingforhappy.vox.com/library/post/trying-to-fit-everything-in-4.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2252b5d6e8e1d011017f43ebf860e?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> hellomelissa.net http://searchingforhappy.vox.com/library/post/big-changes-big-questions-big-feelings-1.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(melissa) http://searchingforhappy.vox.com/library/post/big-changes-big-questions-big-feelings-1.html?_c=feed-rss http://searchingforhappy.vox.com/library/post/big-changes-big-questions-big-feelings-1.html?_c=feed-rss Fri, 12 Jun 2009 23:08:25 -0400 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... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://searchingforhappy.vox.com/library/post/big-changes-big-questions-big-feelings-1.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2252b5d6e8e1d011016979dd6860d?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> hellomelissa.net http://searchingforhappy.vox.com/library/post/picking-the-right-profile-photo-is-agonizing-enough-thanks-1.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(melissa) http://searchingforhappy.vox.com/library/post/picking-the-right-profile-photo-is-agonizing-enough-thanks-1.html?_c=feed-rss http://searchingforhappy.vox.com/library/post/picking-the-right-profile-photo-is-agonizing-enough-thanks-1.html?_c=feed-rss Thu, 04 Jun 2009 21:54:47 -0400 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... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://searchingforhappy.vox.com/library/post/picking-the-right-profile-photo-is-agonizing-enough-thanks-1.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2252b5d6e8e1d011016111d5d860b?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> hellomelissa.net http://searchingforhappy.vox.com/library/post/motherhood-so-far.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(melissa) http://searchingforhappy.vox.com/library/post/motherhood-so-far.html?_c=feed-rss http://searchingforhappy.vox.com/library/post/motherhood-so-far.html?_c=feed-rss Sat, 09 May 2009 23:54:03 -0400 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... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://searchingforhappy.vox.com/library/post/motherhood-so-far.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2252b5d6e8e1d01101821a7da860f?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> hellomelissa.net http://searchingforhappy.vox.com/library/post/proud-mama-moment-we-made-the-news.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(melissa) http://searchingforhappy.vox.com/library/post/proud-mama-moment-we-made-the-news.html?_c=feed-rss http://searchingforhappy.vox.com/library/post/proud-mama-moment-we-made-the-news.html?_c=feed-rss Tue, 05 May 2009 22:31:00 -0400 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 ... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://searchingforhappy.vox.com/library/post/proud-mama-moment-we-made-the-news.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2252b5d6e8e1d011016804a00860d?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> hellomelissa.net http://searchingforhappy.vox.com/library/post/welcome-to-milestone-population-flora.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(melissa) http://searchingforhappy.vox.com/library/post/welcome-to-milestone-population-flora.html?_c=feed-rss http://searchingforhappy.vox.com/library/post/welcome-to-milestone-population-flora.html?_c=feed-rss Fri, 20 Mar 2009 22:57:42 -0400 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://searchingforhappy.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c2252b5d6e8e1d01101638056d860c.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a5.vox.com/6a00c2252b5d6e8e1d01101638056d860c-50si" alt="Messy baby" /></a> <a href="http://searchingforhappy.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c2252b5d6e8e1d011015f33c17860b.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a7.vox.com/6a00c2252b5d6e8e1d011015f33c17860b-50si" alt="Not too sure what to think" /></a> <a href="http://searchingforhappy.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c2252b5d6e8e1d01101672dee5860d.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a5.vox.com/6a00c2252b5d6e8e1d01101672dee5860d-50si" alt="Daddy feeds Flora cereal" /></a> <a href="http://searchingforhappy.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c2252b5d6e8e1d0110181287be860f.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a6.vox.com/6a00c2252b5d6e8e1d0110181287be860f-50si" alt="New highchair" /></a> <a href="http://searchingforhappy.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c2252b5d6e8e1d01101672df16860d.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a6.vox.com/6a00c2252b5d6e8e1d01101672df16860d-50si" alt="Sitting up and smiling for the camera" /></a> <a href="http://searchingforhappy.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c2252b5d6e8e1d011017b38a1e860e.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a6.vox.com/6a00c2252b5d6e8e1d011017b38a1e860e-50si" alt="Holy crap! I&#39;m sitting up!" /></a> <a href="http://searchingforhappy.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c2252b5d6e8e1d01101672df19860d.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a1.vox.com/6a00c2252b5d6e8e1d01101672df19860d-50si" alt="Giggling" /></a> <a href="http://searchingforhappy.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c2252b5d6e8e1d011017b38a22860e.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a2.vox.com/6a00c2252b5d6e8e1d011017b38a22860e-50si" alt="Okay, stop licking me now" /></a> <a href="http://searchingforhappy.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c2252b5d6e8e1d011015f33c4a860b.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a2.vox.com/6a00c2252b5d6e8e1d011015f33c4a860b-50si" alt="Dude! No way!" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> 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... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://searchingforhappy.vox.com/library/post/welcome-to-milestone-population-flora.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2252b5d6e8e1d01101672df69860d?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> family fun baby flora milestone