• You Say Tomato, I Say Banana

    Yesterday I got asked a great question in the Q&A section of this page.  Kara asked how Chris and I make decisions as a couple.  That’s a question I get asked pretty often…

  • Live Video Chat Session!

    We’ve done a few of these live video chat sessions before with readers and Chris and I really love them. It gives us a chance to talk with you directly and to “meet”…

  • Sleeping in the Big Boy Bed

    For Christmas, Santa brought Bean his big boy race car bed.  Christmas night was the first night he slept in it and he was so exhausted from the excitement of the day that…

  • Oh, There You Are, Peter…

    A little over two months ago, I shared on my blog that I was struggling with depression.  2010 was a rough year for my family and all the pressures and anxieties that come…

  • How to Tie a Bow

    Every Christmas, my gift wrapping is put to shame at Chris’s grandmother’s house.  In my family, we use the bag of pre-made bows on our presents.  Wrap the gift, shove the bow on…

  • Pregnancy: Round Two

    This week I was asked about my pregnancy with Gracie compared to my pregnancy with Bean. Was it different? If so, how? In a word, yes. This pregnancy is very different than my…

  • Bean. In Real Life.

    When our house was broken into a couple months ago, one of the things that was stolen was my Flip HD video camera.  I loved that thing and I didn’t realize how MUCH…

  • Blog, Blog, Bloggies

    Oh, imaginary friends. How I hate writing this blog post. But my narcissistic tendencies win out over my hesitations and so, here I am. Asking you once again to vote for me in…

  • 18 Months and On the Go

    Over our Christmas vacation in Pensacola, Florida, with Chris’s family, Chris’ mom, Jackie, took us all to the Naval Air Museum at the Air Force base in town.  Chris and I had been…