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andrea (scout)

i'm andrea. just a girl looking for beauty in every day life.

Interests: friends, and family., whiskey, porcelain, photography, baking, libraries, mockingbirds, plaid, art+craft, curiosities in bell jars, my chef husband

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'She wasn't doing a thing that I could see, except standing there, leaning on the railing, holding the universe together.' J.D. Salinger I've been coming here for a few weeks now almost every night after you go to bed, only to stare at the blank screen. It's a new thing,... Continue reading

Posted 2 days ago at book scout

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Well, that about sums it up. 52: A Portrait A Week Continue reading

Posted 3 days ago at book scout

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I do not know if there is anything in the entire world better than a nine month old baby. Seriously. Continue reading

Posted 6 days ago at book scout

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You try to eat her paws and still she licks your nose and you play tug of war in the mornings with the hanger/blanket/towel/stuffed toys. I'm not sure what I expected, way back when before you were born, but nothing could beat the reality of it. You two are inseperable.... Continue reading

Posted May 3, 2013 at book scout

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Some weeks it's hard to choose just one. These feel like the last days of your babyhood to me. It seems crazy but I can't shake the idea. You hover on the edge of mobility. So close. Anxious to explore, out and away. Always away. And I knew that, knew... Continue reading

Posted Apr 26, 2013 at book scout

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Daddy carried you on his shoulders. You picked me a flower. You crawled backwards. The tooth came through. You discovered cheerios. You were cautious of strangers. The cat decided you were okay. You kissed everything in sight. You laughed so hard you cried. 52: A Portrait A Week Continue reading

Posted Apr 18, 2013 at book scout

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You turned eight months old. We celebrated with motrin. The teething fevers had run their course by the fifth day, but I was mindful of how little you seemed to me again, asleep in my arms like a newborn. 52 : A Portrait A Week Continue reading

Posted Apr 12, 2013 at book scout

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I wish you all good things.

So sometimes you sit around on a Saturday night with your fevery, teething baby, thinking about Terry Gross. Because Fresh Air is often on in the car in the morning in the only half hour you have to yourself each day, and she has become something of a friend, that... Continue reading

Posted Apr 6, 2013 at book scout

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Ewan, nearly 8 months. Because it is all going too fast. Because I want to remember. I am joining this project: 52 portraits of my child, once a week for a year. I assure you there will still be books--there will always be books. But this child? This child will... Continue reading

Posted Mar 30, 2013 at book scout

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Good People Everywhere

One of the things that has surprised me about parenthood is how emotional I've become. Captain obvious, I know, but bear with me. It's more like a kind of rawness. And it is all the time. As someone who once took pride in being pretty level headed, this is a... Continue reading

Posted Feb 18, 2013 at book scout

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Good People Everywhere

One of the things that has surprised me about parenthood is how emotional I've become. Captain obvious, I know, but bear with me. It's more like a kind of rawness. And it is all the time. As someone who once took pride in being pretty level headed, this is a... Continue reading

Posted Feb 18, 2013 at book scout

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A few days ago, Ewan turned six months old. You guys, that is half a year. Incomprehensible. I don't even know how to begin writing about it. I want to write about his smile. And how, like a muppet, it involves nothing less than the unhinging of the entire lower... Continue reading

Posted Feb 12, 2013 at book scout

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photo by my lovely friend, Hannah The days are passing at lightening speed like everybody said they would. One day you're holding a newborn and then you blink and you're blowing raspberries behind the ears of a giggling 5 month-old. E will nap only on my chest these days, which... Continue reading

Posted Dec 31, 2012 at book scout

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The famous red chair, and my crazy tights, respectively. You can follow me on instagram as @andrea_bookscout as long as you don't mind a whole lot of gratuitous baby photos.) So I woke up one morning a few weeks ago said to myself, Hey, Wordstock is this weekend! And then... Continue reading

Posted Nov 5, 2012 at book scout

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Gratuitous Baby Photo!

Hey, it's been awhile since we've had any gratuitous baby photos, hasn't it? 'Braaains! BRAAAIINS!' E. is eight weeks old today. This was taken two weeks ago, which of course is one hundred seventy billion light years ago in newborn time. But still. Look at that chin. LOOK AT IT.... Continue reading

Posted Oct 4, 2012 at book scout

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Kate Beaton is my hero. Oh my gosh, you guys, I started reading some of the GoodReads reviews of titles I linked to in the last post and they are HILARES. I love that a book like Where The Wild Things Are, which I would probably consider to be one... Continue reading

Posted Oct 1, 2012 at book scout

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A Year Is No Small Thing

I really and truly cannot believe that one year ago I wrote this post. There is a part of me that really wishes I could be at KidLitCon in New York City this weekend... attending the awesome pre-con, hanging out with this amazing lady again, visiting my favorite places, and... Continue reading

Posted Sep 28, 2012 at book scout

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Books for Giving

a little part of the growing collection. (framed polaroid is this one, and bear print is here.) So. I'm trying to remember what I talked about before this adorable little person came and ate my brain. I'm drawing a blank. It was something to do with books. Not that you... Continue reading

Posted Sep 26, 2012 at book scout

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'That cake's my most bestest creation.'

Oh my god you guys I am dying. DYING. (pun completely intended) Via Bookshelves of Doom Continue reading

Posted Sep 19, 2012 at book scout

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Gasping Into the World

Source: FuckYeahMoleskines (from The Beatrice Letters) So this is pretty wonderful.You can find the full quote here. I think Lemony Snicket (a.k.a. Daniel Handler) is one of the most underrated children's authors out there. Not because he isn't famous and award-winning and hasn't made heaps of money over the years... Continue reading

Posted Sep 17, 2012 at book scout

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What I have to Offer

Exibit A: Baby Placostomus We are smack dab in the middle of a nasty *4-week growth spurt with Ewan (SWEET MOTHER OF GUMBY the child outgrew his newborn car-seat setting in one single day and I have the ruptured eardrums to prove it), so I've got nothing of the literary... Continue reading

Posted Sep 12, 2012 at book scout

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One month ago, on August 9 to be exact, a couple of book-scouts became a family of book-scouts. Meet Ewan. He shares a middle and last name with his Scottish grandpa. He was born with a full head of auburn hair, which is slowly being replaced with blonde fluff. His... Continue reading

Posted Sep 10, 2012 at book scout

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from www.thepicturebook.co And that, my friends, is an epic list of signatures. To quote Laurel Snyder, can I get an AMEN?! Continue reading

Posted Oct 22, 2011 at book scout

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Have a Sexy Little Halloween, by illustrator Jillian Tamaki. Get updates on her (truly gorgeous) illustrations and subscribe to her blog feed here. - - - - - While I am partial to Sexy Virginia Woolf, Sexy First Edition of 'Old Man and the Sea' is probably worth a fortune.... Continue reading

Posted Oct 19, 2011 at book scout

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A very nasty cold knocked me clean on my butt this week, and although I managed to hang on and not call in sick to work, I'm positive that there was at least one day (or maybe three) where I wore my clothes inside out on accident and/or forgot to... Continue reading

Posted Oct 18, 2011 at book scout

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