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Welcome, Baby McClure!
What an exhausting couple of weeks. Mostly emotionally, despite my best tries to keep an even keel. BUT! There's someone I'd like you all to meet. Welcome to the center of my universe, baby girl...
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Mother's Day, First Edition
I was bursting with love this Mother's Day. It was my very first as a new mom to this sweet little girl, my own mom has been able to drop everything and come take care of my little family and...
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Flashback: Maternity Dress
Before we get too far along, I have a few maternity styles to share with you guys that I never got the chance to post. Not many, but a few fun looks that we're nice nods to springtime. This dress was a...
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Flashback: Too-Small Tops
Oh, Kate, you shoulda stopped trying to wear your shorty shirts. You wore this when you still had 5 weeks until your due date. There was a decided lack of shirt stretch happening. Good try, lady. Next...
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Flashback: Scarf and Chucks
If you're thinking my foot and neck gear looks familiar, you're right on. Lazy dressing and accessories at its worst. Recycled scarf and Converse pairing, because the casual grey is oh so good. And...
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Flashback: Maternity Buttondown
And one last maternity look. My drafts folder is cleared out after this! It's kind of fun looking back on my bump and fondly remembering what it felt like to have Violet in there, squirming and...
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Violet's Birth Story: Before Delivery
I think I'm finally ready to tell Violet's birth story. Her delivery itself was fairly anti-climatic. As expected, we had no real choice but to give birth to her via C-section since she never budged...
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Violet's Birth Story: Delivery Day
4 am on Wednesday, April 30 rolled around and I impatiently waited and stretched and arched my back to work out the 6 ½ day kidney stone pain with no success before the nursing staff came to prep me at...
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Violet's Birth Story: The Next Few Days
Part 1 and Part 2- in case you want more of the saga.We made it back to our room and, somehow, Rob convinced the nursing staff to unwrap her from her absurdly thick bundle of blankets to get a little...
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The First 60
Sweet little Violet is at the two month mark. I can't believe how quickly the time has gone, and I am loving mommyhood as much as I imagined I would. It's definitely not been all sunshine and bubbles...
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Bonding
I mentioned in my last post that bonding ended up being a little tricky for me and Violet, and I wanted to share a little bit more about what the journey was like. I've wanted only to be a mother since...
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Life Lately
Wow. Lots has happened. Nothing much has happened. Anyway, a quick synopsis:1. China doesn't have reliable formula and I'm not paying double for imports. So, we breastfeed because it was always my...
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Baby Blue
My grand return to blogging what I've been wearing and this lame little number is what I open with?Yes. Big, fat yes.Because my version of "style blogging" is all about accountability for what I wear...
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Swing Dress and the Swing of Things
Shocker. Another no-bra, dress, and scarf combination.I can't tell you all how much more of a joy life has been the last few weeks. We ironed out a system of overnight pumping (Violet has been sleeping...
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Long, Lean, and Green
Speaking of post-partum wearing of maternity dresses: kindly refer to Exhibit C. My husband's Bromance sent a package before Violet was born, including a teething bead bracelet, hilarious pacifiers...
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Basic and Loving It
The summer weather is starting to wind down over here, and it's really been nice to toss on a pair of jeans and a short sleeved top and pop out for the day. Violet is a little heater in the sling, so...
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Obnoxious
I made a big mistake wearing these amazingly absurd gold shoes. I've spent 97% of the summer season in either my Chacos or barefoot. Because I don't leave the house often enough and I have no shame...
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Making Buddies
This kid is so her dad's clone. Blonde, blue eyes, and really loves going out. I'm a homebody, no question, but Violet is so nosy and happy to spend her days walking around Suzhou making friends. It...
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Casual Fall and Life Lately
It's the peeeerfect weather in Suzhou right now. We're in the midst of sunshine days with a nip in the air- perfect for jeans and something with long sleeves during the lunch hour. And, for the most...
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Seasonally Inappropriate
I have a pair of great new black skinnies (P.S.- why is shopping for jeans such a nightmare lately? Must everything be loose on my tush and sausage-casing tight on my calves?!) that have, admittedly,...
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A Weekend Non-Adventure
Over last weekend, we had the opportunity to join several Expat teachers affiliated with the university (all from other departments- what fun to meet new people!) to go visit a "new style" modern...
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Duuude.
I've been really out of my own blogging loop for a while. I've been sort of keeping up with some reading, mostly keeping in touch through Instagram, but what I've gathered is that Capsule Wardrobes are...
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In Anticipation
Oh, good, a Canadian Tuxedo.Friends, I can't wait for Saturday. Over here in Suzhou, Thanksgiving is just a Thursday, BUT, many of our friends here have spent time in the USA and were really looking...
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Oversized: Then and Now
The last time I wore this camel sweater, I was getting near the end of baking this kid. I must say, there was a certain charm about the way it fit over that little bump, but there's something equally...
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Graphic Print Critter
I wasn't joking when I said I was wearing a ton of stuff from the Men's department- WHY would I pass up this sweatshirt?! I'd be a crazy person if my new utilitarian-slouchy dressing didn't include a...
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