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Elise’s First Christmas

December 28, 2010

This was Elise’s first Christmas, and aside from a minor (and first!) ear infection, it was a success! She opened only two gifts from us and decided they were so awesome she needed to play with them right away. She’s been opening the remainder of her gifts since Christmas——maybe she’d prefer Chanukah? Some of her [...]

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Top 13 Baby Products: From Zero to Four Months

December 28, 2010

When you’re planning for a baby to arrive in your home, you quickly realize that babies come with A LOT of gear. They require diapers, blankets, strollers, bathtubs, carriers, places to sit…. and the list goes on. And on. And on. When you live in a small apartment, as many urban parents do, you start [...]

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Just add glasses and you have an Alex costume

October 22, 2010

From the most recent mailbag, check out this description of how one might dress up like Bill Simmons. Sounds like someone I know, right down to having no butt and the constant glancing at the mobile device: Q: I want to dress up as Bill Simmons for Halloween. Can you give me some tips (dress, [...]

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Elise is 4 months!

July 27, 2010

Elise turned 4 months on July 14th! Happy 4 month birthday, little girl! Elise is no longer the sleepy little peanut she was in her earliest weeks. She now weighs over 13.5 lbs and everyday cracks us up with some new “activity”. Whether it’s with her big smiles when we come in to get her [...]

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Brooklyn Moms: Where You At?

May 21, 2010

Before I had Elise I didn’t know any Moms in our neighborhood. Sort of surprising considering we live in Park Slope, perhaps one of the most kid populated neighborhoods in NYC, but I suppose our focus was more on eating out, happy hour, traveling, work and our dog (Hi, Sash!), so we didn’t really have [...]

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Does Elise Need Denim Diapers?

May 19, 2010

Marisa just sent me an email she got from Target featuring baby denim diapers. For serious. How hilarious are these? I’m pretty sure they are 100% ridiculous, but is there any chance they are at all cute in person? I can’t tell from this photoshopped baby image below.

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A Street Fair for Foodies

May 16, 2010

As we’ve said before, the 5th avenue street fair in Park Slope is one of the best street fairs in NYC. It’s not of these zeppolle, mozzareppa disgustingness street fairs (well, it is a little bit, but not totally), it’s a street fair for people who love food. And thanks to all the great restaurants [...]

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Little Peanut at Two Months

May 15, 2010

Elise is two months old now! I can’t believe how fast time has gone by so far. It feels like it was just last week that we were driving over the Brooklyn Bridge to get to NYU to have this cute little peanut. But now she’s 8+ weeks old and she is doing great. She’s [...]

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The Meaning of a Name

April 10, 2010

Lots of folks have asked us the origin of the name Elise Ariadna and I realize I didn’t mention in the last post why we picked that name. We picked Elise, as it’s a derivative of my Mom’s name: Elsie. My Mom was actually named after her Grandmother Elise, so we decided to go back [...]

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Introducing our Newest Team Member: Elise Ariadna Rainert

March 28, 2010

Two weeks ago, on March 14th (Pi Day!), we welcomed our daughter Elise Ariadna Rainert to our family! She weighed 8 lbs 2 oz and measured 20 inches when she arrived at 11:09 a.m. We couldn’t be more excited to have such an awesome addition to our family. If you’d like to see more photos [...]

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