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@brooke_vdk // milwaukee by way of chicago. my life goal is to appear on Jeopardy. advocate of properly placed apostrophes & alliteration, collector of Topps baseball cards from '87-'89. Everything posted on this blog is my personal opinion and does not...

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Maternity leave. 👍🏽❤️👶🏽 (at Bradford Beach, Milwaukee WI)

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Little dude is excited for Milwaukee's PrideFest this weekend! #babyfeet @mkepride

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One month! Little Otis has managed to grow a cool rat tail/mullet, is able to roll over (!), and enjoys listening to jams from The Lion King, Aladdin, and Beauty and the Beast. As for Brooke milestones, I've managed to maintain my sanity (I think - someone should confirm this with Tim), shower every day (!), and re-learn the words to all of my favorite Disney songs. We are both killing it.

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New shoes, sleeping baby. #sundayfunday

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Otis James! (Good luck getting me to post pictures of anything else for another few weeks.)

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Day 5. The sheer number of questions I've googled in less than a week is absurd. It's pretty clear that I have no idea what I'm doing but I can honestly say that I've been overwhelmed with the amount of joy, care, help, and love that everyone has shown our tiny little family. Thank you, thank you, thank you. Happy Mother's Day. ❤️👶🏽

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We housed two churros within 12 seconds of the plate being set down. Really really ridiculously good. #xoco

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I don't have the heart to tell Richard that he has only a couple more weeks before he's evicted from his favorite sleeping spot. Poor guy. 👶🏽🐱

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Formal living room is still a work in progress but we found this neat three seater from a MCM warehouse sale today! Loving the green! 😍 @bc_modern_furnishings #fixerupper

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Sold out @leonbridgesofficial show at the #riverside tonight! #jams (at Riverside Theater)

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Mamaroo! 😍 Thanks, @jennlada!! Between this thing and his Snugamonkey Swing, my little munchkin will have no reason to ever cry, right?! Right?!

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Baby papa! 😍👶🏽❤️ (at Milwaukee Art Museum)

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IKEA trip today yielded the perfect table for our #hermanmiller chairs (found on Craigslist!). Loving the final look. 🍴#fixerupper

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Weekend project #847462552 compete! (Painting brick is not nearly as easy as it probably looks.) On to the next one? #fixerupper

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Found the perfect fixture for our foyer! 💡😍(Lighting shopping wasn't nearly as boring/terrible as I thought it might be.) #sundayfunday

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Pretty good run, 2015. It's pretty obvious though that you guys only really like the pictures I post with @tvandekamp. Well that and when I get new haircuts. And babies. Can't wait for 2016. 🎉👶🏽🏠

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After months of planning and countless hours watching @hgtv, we decided to go full on Chip and Jojo. Welcome to our #fixerupper! (Now accepting applications for painting help!)