Breanna Sykes

Hey there! I never really know how to introduce myself properly but here it goes. I am originally from New York but when my husband joined the Marine Corps we had to move to Jacksonville, NC. I absolutely love the south. The people are nicer, the weather is better, and it's a great place to raise a family. Which is why I'm here. My husband and I have a beautiful daughter Abigail Yvonne. He has been deployed for her first year but will be coming home shortly. It will be an interesting transition that I look forward to sharing with you! My life might not be all that interesting but being a mom sure is! Follow my blogs and see what I'm talking about.

Brynn Reese

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’m looking forward to sharing life with three active little ones with you.

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Saioa’s a Mover and a Shaker!

Look out world!

Saioa is now three months old and I can’t describe the joy I feel to see her reach new milestones. Nowadays she wants to become more and more mobile and she’s constantly grabbing at anything within arm’s reach. For example, when we set her down on her play mat, five minutes later she’ll be facing the opposite direction. Sometimes she’ll end up way over on the other side. She scoots herself all over the place now and you can tell she gets frustrated when she can’t do more.

When she’s in her bouncy seat she arches her back trying so hard to rollover and escape. It’s just so gratifying to see them doing and discovering new things everyday. It’s almost happening too fast if you ask me! It feels like just yesterday when we brought her home as a tiny peanut of a newborn, and now look at her!

I feel like this time around it’s going way faster than it did when Serophina was a baby. It’s so true what they say about the first one. You’re so intensely focused on them all the time, you take thousands of pictures of them, and you record every little milestone. With the second one you’re lucky if you have time to do even half of that stuff.

Not that our love or attention for Saioa is less than what it was for Serophina, we’re just much more laid back with her. I guess it’s part of the “been there, done that” mentality.

Do you feel it’s similar for you and your second child?

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