Every woman needs one.  My sweet daughter is very much interested in childbirth. She talks about having babies constantly. Pretends to be pregnant. Pretends to give birth. Pretends to nurse her babies. She has been known to give birth up to 10 times a day. It's really pretty impressive.  She asks me questions about home births too. She's my girl!   ...Read More

Not yet one....the countdown is on, though. Next Saturday, March 3, my Dorien Valor will celebrate his first birthday! So, he's been practicing walking. He's not proficient yet. But every day he walks a little more and a little more. And one of these days he'll abandon crawling. But not yet. And for that, I am very grateful. ...Read More

I can't tell you the last time Kyle and I had a real date. We were way past due. So, last night, we actually hired a babysitter and went out on the town. Well, sorta. We didn't follow the typical date mold, which I think is pretty boring. Dinner and a movie? Nope. Well, it has its place, but it just didn't feel...Read More

This past Saturday, February 18, my firstborn turned 6. Wow. I vividly remember the day of her birth. Hard to believe my IttyB is now 6! Rather than have a party with lots of other people, we celebrated the entire day as a family. One of those "family parties" I mentioned in an earlier post.  The Birthday Girl, feeding her cat, Ingrid. Looking...Read More

Wonder if I'd ever grow up and be rid of my smelly little bothers (aka brothers)...and now I'm 34 and they're big grown up smelly men and I love them so much it hurts. Not to mention how much I love their wonderful wives and their little rug-rats. I'd kill for any of them.  Think the time would never come when I could...Read More

Love this goofy little man... I made a late night run to Target yesterday to grab some Valentine goodies for my kiddos and a card for Kyle. I found myself thinking that I should have perhaps made the trip earlier as the aisles were clearly combed over and I was left with candy scraps...aka...not much. I did what I could and brought home...Read More