Despite all evidence to the contrary, this is not actually a birth blog. But it does help me vent my impatience by sharing that impatience with you, my friends and readers! So, what's a girl to do when you're just twiddling your thumbs waiting? Well, go outside and distract yourself, for one thing. Which we did by blowing some bubbles. Bailey the dog...Read More

As our weather is apt to do, it got crazy yesterday. The temperature hovered in the high 70's with a sickening humidity cloaking everything. Better to stay indoors... And around 4:00, the sky darkened threateningly and a huge storm blustered its way through our neighborhood. Water pouring from the skies so hard that it literally was a few inches deep on my porch,...Read More

I've spent the last few minutes reading about how other people spent their Valentine's Day. Yeah, I know it was over a week ago. But it got me thinking about how I spent mine. Unconventionally, that's for sure!  My beloved and I had grand plans to go eat dinner at a nice restaurant by ourselves, but as the day dawned, neither of us...Read More

This hat was knit for a 10 year old little girl who picked out the colors. I refuse to take credit for them. They would not be my first choice. I am also not 10.   Using the same pattern from Last Minute Knitted Gifts that I used for Brooklyn's hat, I whipped this out in about 3 hours. I may go into...Read More

You know the drill.  When you anxiously wait for something to occur, it inevitably takes twice as long. Or seems to. That is where I find myself today. 38 weeks pregnant and on the whole, no real complaints beside my cracking pelvic bone (hopefully it just FEELS like it's cracking). Baby seems to be quite happy in there, although from what I can...Read More

Me or the balloon, you decide.At this point, I'm almost 38 weeks and ready to go!  Me or the balloon, you decide.At this point, I'm almost 38 weeks and ready to go!  ...Read More

 I saw the kids moving their stools to the breakfast room, but wasn't sure why until I walked by and saw this. The chair was the perfect height for them both to play Polly Pockets. ...Read More

Ashley - age 5 Brooklyn - age 5 My daughter - so cute!  ...Read More

 Don't mind me, I'm just gonna catch some Zzz's over here under the bench!  Brooklyn was super duper excited to see her buddy, Lake, who is six months older than Brooklyn. B was quick to tell her, "I'm 5 too!!!!" It cracked me up how B hunched her shoulders over like a little old lady! No idea what that was about!  Brooklyn and...Read More

For Brooklyn's 5th birthday party, Kyle and I came up with the idea to hold the party on  Friday night and do a pajama party. Brooklyn gave us no specific directions other than that she wanted both cake and cupcakes. The rest was up to us. So Kyle cut out stars to hang from the ceiling, we made sleeping bag "play" stations, came...Read More

People often tell me that Brooklyn looks like me, but I don't always see it. I just happened to glance over these two pictures, though and a resemblance jumped out.  ...Read More

5 Years old TODAY! Ever the Princess... Newborn Brooklyn - February 18, 2006 9 months old 10 months - her first Christmas!2 Years Old! 3 Years Old! 4 Years Old! This day is an anniversary of one of the best days of my life. When I became a mother to this absolutely perfect, precious little girl. It was the moment when my life...Read More

 This past Sunday, my sweet sisters-in-law, my sister and my best friend, Emily, threw me a baby shower at Anna's house.  It was so much fun! Not to mention - an incredible blessing.  I got tons of much-needed things, including lots of diapers, wipes, onesies, bath supplies, the list goes on! And while I opened gifts, it was so wonderful to see my...Read More