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Things I want to remember
The way his arms go flying up over his head as he stretches in the morning. Or the special grin on his face when he sees Ben walking into the room. The way he falls asleep in the crook of my left arm, like he has done since he was three days old. His chubby
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A Surprise Birthday Picnic in Belem
(I feel like I’m going to gush so much about this lovely experience that I should point out that this post is in no way sponsored and that nothing was comp-ed). For Ben’s birthday this year, I thought it would be fun to try and find something we could all do as a (very new) family. I
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Comforting Reads for Early Motherhood
“You’re not doing it wrong. It’s just that hard.” During these newborn days of endless trial and error, it’s easy to feel alone (especially if, like us, you’re away from family and friends). It can be hard to remember that the mountain of self-doubt you find yourself climbing every day is a very normal part
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Ari Marquez Keenan
From the first moment, we were both new. Meet Ari. It’s been one month since our boy came into the world and all the cliches about time moving too fast are proving very true. He was born a healthy 7.7lbs at Hospital Garcia Da Horta at exactly sunset on August 5th after about 12 hours
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Saturday strolls: Ela Canela, Campo de Ourique
Campo de Ourique is already one of our favourite Lisbon neighbourhoods and last weekend we found one more reason to love it in the form of Ela Canela, a lovely local brunch and lunch spot. We’d passed Ela Canela a couple of times, en route to the wonderful Campo de Ourique food market, and had kept
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