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Tiny Tortured Soul
For years Chris has tormented me. A poke in the side here. A tickle there. A pop with a kitchen towel here. A finger in my ear there. Slowly, little by little, he…
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Bean’s New Toys: Part Two
This year, one of the big gifts that Santa brought Bean was this little scooter. I loved it…er,…I mean, Santa loved it because it has stages to it. For now, we have it…
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Bean’s New Toys: Part One
Last week we were in Florida for Christmas. To get all of our presents home, we shipped them with UPS because it was cheaper than trying to check them on the plane. The…
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Babies and My Fighting Style
So, this afternoon Chris and I got into a big fight. A huge fight. A colossal fight. We haven’t fought like this in a long, long time. I think the last fight of…
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Mommy Needs Some Space
This afternoon as I looked around my house after de-Christmasing, I had a mild panic attack. Not really. But I did stop for a minute and evaluate the situation. Whether it was covered…
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Homemade Baby Food: A Success!
With my mom being in town, I was brave enough to attempt my first batch of homemade baby food. (Full disclosure: My mom pretty much made the food. But I did…
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Christmas, 2009 (in 25 seconds or less)
I have been staring at all my pictures from this past week’s Christmas vacation for several days now, trying to figure out how to organize all the fun we had into a blog…
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When the Baby is Sick on Vacation
This past week when we went on vacation, Beanie’s little cough turned pretty grim and we ended up in the urgent care center. He had been coughing for a week, but never…
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Welcome to the Fam
This past Sunday morning, we had Beanie baptized at our hometown church where Chris and I grew up and were married. I, of course, cried like a baby and Bean – who…
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A Christmas for Two
When Chris and I got married and moved to Connecticut, we began traveling back to Florida every Christmas to spend the holidays with our family. In all the hustle and bustle of…
