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Welcome to my blog! I started it in the spring of 2008 when I found out I was pregnant with our first child, mainly so that my friends and family could hear all the gory details about my pregnancy.  Since those early days I've expanded to blog about quite a smorgasbord of things, including but certainly not limited to photography, secondary infertility, parenting, sewing and random tidbits.

I'm Pennsylvania born and bred, yet somehow ended up living in the land of the Boston Red Sox and married to a Yankees fan... I met my husband on Match.com (yes, it works- if you're single and don't want to be give it a shot!) in February of 2005 and we got married in October of 2006.  My husband and I have a little boy who was born in November of 2008, a baby girl born in August of 2012 and two dogs, an English Springer Spaniel named Socks and a Miniature Dachshund named Gabby.  Until the end of 2012 I was both a stay at home mom AND a working mom- working four days a week in and out of the office.  With the new year came a new career for me and I'm now adjusting to life as a full-time stay at home mom!  Recently I've started up my own photography business- visit my website at emilylebaronphotography.com!

We're constantly in the middle of renovating and redecorating the house we bought in October 2007. As for hobbies, I'm into photography, sewing, baking, craft projects, digital scrapbooking, Martha Stewart, reading and travel, depending on my mood... So you can expect some posts on here about any and all of the above- a regular old hodge-podge of stuff! And if you're wondering where Emskyrooney came from- when I was little my dad used to call me Emskyrooney-Girl. The nickname stuck and some of my friends even call me Emsky!

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February: What Shadow Looks Like

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A Bit of Sewing….

I’ve been on a sewing kick lately- made a few things for Eliza that I thought I’d share (of course, I also have a list about a mile long of things I really need to get working on for Christmas, but bumped them all to make these little, totally not needed but too cute to resist, pieces…). First up is another Geranium Dress from the pattern by Made by Rae .  The pattern is for a sleeveless dress or one with cap sleeves but I really wanted long sleeves so I drafted my own and they worked out perfectly!  The fabric is a super soft baby corduroy.  I made a mistake and sewed the skirt on the wrong way- instead of picking it all apart though I decided to just cover my seam (which should have been on the inside- whoops, distracted!) with a  fabric band.  I used the same fabric for the lining in the bodice. On the patch pockets I stitched Eliza’s name- it says “Eliza” on one pocket and “Rose” on the other.. I wish I’d used the polkadot pattern for the pockets as I thi...
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PAIL Vlogiversary

I haven't mentioned PAIL  much lately but am still very much a part of this great community.  For those of you not familiar with it, PAIL is a resource/community/support group for people who are Pregnant and/or Parenting through Adoption, Infertility and/or Loss.  One of the things about going through infertility is that it isn't suddenly all behind you even after you become a parent.  I still have secondary infertility even after having another baby.  It's something that changed who I am, how I view life, and how I interact with other people.  Knowing that there's a group of other people out there who understand all of this from a first person point of view has been very helpful to me throughout this journey. And so PAIL is celebrating it's six month anniversary!  They've asked us (if we'd like) to submit a Vlog answering a few questions.  All of the Vlogs will be linked on the PAIL site on Saturday, December 8.   I don't normall...
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