admin | July 21, 2008
Kate tagged me a long time ago, and although this one should be easy, I just haven’t gotten to it. I had planned on doing it in honor of Brenden becoming a father again, then in honor of father’s day. Now I am trying it for his birthday ( a little late, honey, but I [...]
admin | July 18, 2008
Never before have I even dreamed of bringing a 7 week old baby into a swimming pool. Never before have I had a 7 week old the size of a 4 month old or access to a pool the temperature of his bathtub. So when the baby started fussing last night while we were all [...]
admin | July 18, 2008
Happy Birthday, Brenden!
admin | July 18, 2008
Early in my parenting career I was looking at a scrapbooking magazine, and there was a page that someone had done about her child who liked to line everything up in a straight line. It didn’t matter what it was – food, animals, dolls, etc, it was always in a line. I thought, “I would [...]
admin | July 18, 2008
At almost 7 years old, CJ’s 2 bottom teeth have FINALLY gotten loose! He has worked on those little teeth for the last couple of weeks to get them more and more wiggley, and finally one was ready to come out. Daddy has asked him for the last couple of days if CJ wanted him [...]
admin | July 11, 2008
I really never imagined that I would spend a day appreciating a cow. However, today was Cow Appreciation Day at Chick-Fil-A and we went all out to celebrate. The basic premise is that if you dress like a cow, you get a free meal, get to participate in their events, make lots of memories, and [...]
admin | July 11, 2008
Our second annual 4th of July party was so much fun! Totally a different crowd than last year, but still tons of food, friends and fireworks. Never in my life have I seen fireworks like we had that night. Not only did we have our fireworks going off, but neighbors all surrounding us were doing [...]
admin | July 11, 2008
Brenden and Kate participated in the YMCA’s Sprint Triathlon on Friday morning. It included a 12 lengths of the pool swim, 5 mile bike ride, and 1 mile run. It was just a fraction of the race that they are preparing for in August. They worked hard (mostly trying to beat each other) and both [...]
admin | July 8, 2008
At six weeks, Matthew is doing lots of smiling and talking. He loves to be sung to – and tries to sing along. He is getting better at being held by anyone other than Mommy, although it is best if Mommy is really close, just in case. He is working out his belly aches, and [...]
