Joshua, Caleb, Daniel, and John David all at 6 months old Somewhere during that whole Christmas schmorgasborg, John David turned 6 months old! Oh, he is such a SWEET, sweet, sweet little thing. I would say he favors his brothers, wouldn’t you?? I was so excited to finally figure out how to make that collage! I learned about picmonkey.com from a fellow blogger: www.doofydizee.com. Her name keeps coming up on here! I promise I’m not stalking you, Di! She […]
» Read moreno make-up, no nice clothes, no contacts…..no problem. Saturday. Don’t you love Saturday? Here in suburbia, Saturdays are kind of stressful for many. That’s the day of kiddo ball games, birthday parties, scout events, just a constant string of commitments. This was another Saturday that we were thankful we skipped sports this fall! The only commitment we had was Cub Scouts. It was a pretty busy cub scout day, but there was plenty of down time too. […]
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This past week was a seriously crazy one. Monday: We drove into the city for Daniel’s “My ears hurt” doc appointment. It turned out his ears were totally fine. If only I knew how to check for ear infections! I could spare myself so many doc appointments! Then we came home, picked up Joshua from half day school, and stayed home until Monday night Yoga class. I squeezed in laundry and household chores where I could. […]
» Read moreI am very excited to have learned a new skill! Digital photo labeling! I asked our friend Jamie, who blogs at joshandjamie.com, and she said she uses Picasa. She said she can do it “real quick.” I’m not so sure I was “real quick”, but I’m excited to finally know how to do this!! I love Sundays!!! Things are almost perfect here right now. Alan is passed out beside me, getting a Sunday afternoon nap, John David […]
» Read moreMy friend Amy and I had a great time pulling off a surprise baby shower for our pal, Betsy, this weekend, at Amy’s house. This is Betsy’s second baby, as well as her second boy. Somehow I still do not know what they are naming this little bundle of joy! Surprise! Margret, Catherine, Susie, and Pam sweetest mother/daughter picture ever! the food Betsy and Pam Betsy, admiring the little bitty clothes…..Enjoy it Betsy! They grow so fast! Oh, and […]
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Jellystone Time! So Nonna and DaddyO left on Wednesday, and Friday we planned to head out for our biggest family vacation yet: Jamestown, Williamsburg, and Jellystone Park. The boys were so excited. Alan and I were so exhausted, but somehow we pulled it off –sort of…. We called it our Williamsburg trip, and we totally thought we’d get to see Melody while we were there, but we knew we couldn’t commit, our tribe being what it is… And we […]
» Read moreIn the interest of documenting all four of my “birth stories.” This is the story of my very first baby. Joshua’s delivery was my most normal, uncomplicated labor and delivery of all. He was also the only one that was not induced. I got to go into labor, on my own, three days before my due date. That was truly an exciting experience. I can’t help but wonder if his labor and delivery was my most successful because it […]
» Read moreLook who’s 8 weeks old!!! weight: 14 lbs. height: no idea We got back from vacation Tuesday night. Wednesday and Thursday we got a few things done, such as Daniel’s physical/ 2 year old check-up. We finally got around to it because he has to have it to start preschool! He did have to get one shot, which left a big fat bruise, but he handled it very well. Dan’s stats: 30 lb. 37 inches. Just a few months […]
» Read moreDay 2: Dutch Wonderland Toy Train Museum and the Baltimore Aquarium Our plan for day #2 was to take the kids to Dutch Wonderland. Instead, we woke up to rain and flash flood warnings. (I was secretly excited to not have to walk around a burning hot theme park and breast feed a baby there every three hours. I think theme parks are the hottest places in the world, thanks to all that asphalt.) We searched the […]
» Read moreFamily Road Trip Day 1 Lancaster, PA Alan and I really wanted to give the boys a taste of vacation fun, while doing something that is not just fun for them (like a theme Park), but also fun for us. Alan knew that after reading one too many Wanda Brundstetter novels, I was longing to visit Lancaster and get a peek at those Amish folk. We knew that any road trip/vacation we took needed to be short […]
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