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Laura Waller

My name is Laura Waller and I attended Appalachian State University. After college I moved to Washington DC where I taught Kindergarten. The best part of my time in DC was meeting my wonderful husband Jacob. After enjoying all the excitement of DC, we moved back to Eastern North Carolina, where I continued teaching. After trying for a while to get pregnant and meeting with infertility doctors, we welcomed our first child, Elliana, into the world. Elliana means “my God has answered” and she certainly is our answered prayer. We decided that I would stay home to be with Elli full time. When Elli turned one year old, I decided to cheat a little on the “stay at home” gig and take a part time job working with refugee families in the school systems. That job will end in the Spring of 2012 and, as timing would have it, our second baby is due in May. At this point in time, my days are consumed with keeping up with Elli (which is harder than it sounds), working, trying to find exciting activities around Eastern NC for our family to experience, an occasional work out, and honestly - an occasional nap. I know things are certainly going to change in our house and in some ways that makes me a bit nervous so I am always excited to get advice from experienced moms!

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I grew up in here in North Carolina and attended Duke for my undergraduate and UNC-Chapel Hill for my master’s degrees. I moved up north to Boston after completing school and worked there for five years as an inner-city middle and high school history teacher. While in Boston, I met my husband, Chad, who was there for school, and we were married the summer of 2004. 2007 was a big year for us – we welcomed our son, Nathan, Chad finished school, and we moved to Jacksonville for a great job opportunity for Chad. Nineteen months after Nathan was born, our daughter, Emily, joined our family. Twenty-two months later, Joshua came along. I’m now a stay-at-home mom to my little brood, having “retired” from teaching after Nathan’s arrival. When I’m not busy feeding, cleaning, dressing, and keeping up with Nathan, Emily, Joshua, and their dad, I enjoy reading, quilting, and going to the beach. I also still cheer for my beloved Blue Devils whenever the opportunity arises and thoroughly enjoyed last season’s national championship. Go Duke! Life can be a little busy around here (hello – three kids under the age of four!), but I enjoy the craziness!

So long, farewell

September 20th, 2010 Brynn Reese

So, this marks my last post on the TummyTime blog. Sniff, sniff. When I started writing here, I was nineteen weeks pregnant with New Baby. The first trimester ickiness had passed, and I was feeling pretty good. We weren’t sure …
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He moves! On purpose!

September 18th, 2010 Brynn Reese

When Nathan was a baby, we were still living in Boston, the world of tiny, expensive apartments. My friend Stephanie had had a baby about a year before Nathan was born, and her daughter was the first grandchild on her husband’s side. Grandma was very excited about the new baby …
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Sleeping Babies

September 16th, 2010 Brynn Reese

One of the hardest aspects of having a newborn is the accompanying lack of sleep. Circumcisions and belly buttons (unless you’re Joshua) usually heal in about a week. The feeding difficulties are usually ironed out in the first few weeks …
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Joshua at Playgroup

September 13th, 2010 Brynn Reese

The sunburn

Our church organizes a playgroup every Wednesday morning, and the kids and I are faithful attendees. Nathan and Emily have a blast playing with their friends at different parks around town, and I enjoy talking …
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The Ugly Lamp

September 10th, 2010 Brynn Reese

The lamp and poster in the living room. Don't let the picture fool you - the lamp is much uglier in person.

You may not know this, but babies have very poor sight at birth. Typically, …
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