• Pearly Whites

    Bean almost has all of his teeth already.  He got his first one when he was about four months old and since then he’s pretty much always been cutting something.  Unless he’s cutting…

  • Fort Bean

    On Tuesday morning, I was doing some writing and Beaner was playing in the living room.  I heard all kinds of bumping and moving and dragging of toys around and so I kept…

  • Clingy Beanie

    Bean has never really been a clingy baby.  He has always gone to other people pretty well after he has a chance to warm up to them a bit.  He’s never been one…

  • Bean Speak

    Before I had Bean, I would hear moms talking about how much their young children talked.  They’d say things like, “…And then little Johnny said he wanted to eat Goldfish for dinner!  Can…

  • Growth and Maternal Instincts

    Thanks to everyone who left comments and feedback on transitioning from the bottle to a sippy cup and ditching the binky.  I always like hearing how changes take place in other houses.  I…

  • Birthday Presents, Part One

    Bean has some pretty wonderful and generous people in his life and so his first birthday party was like a mad dash through Toys R Us.  I don’t know about you, but I…