It has happened again. That million-things-to-do rush that leads up to Christmas has come to an end only because the days hours until Christmas are so short. Those items on my list that I just didn’t get around to (gosh, I say that so casually as if I haven’t been up until 2 am every [...]

Friday. We’d been working on our costumes for about a week and got them to a wearable state (a few hems remain unfinished- notice the strings hanging off the bottom of my dress) and packed up the car and headed for downtown. The businesses along Palafox Street were handing out candy and there were hundreds [...]

There were tons of gnome sightings this weekend in Pensacola. I’m in the process of sorting through the photos now and will post ‘em shortly. Happy Monday everyone.

It is hard to sit on Mom’s lap and be still. There is so much to see and do elsewhere. And it’s hard to take direction (“hold this sign”) from Mom when there’s a new way to answer “no” to practice (which looks like a referee calling a ball “safe”). And it’s hard to hold [...]

So I’m a big believer in the magic of fair food. I mean, what is it about taking fresh cut curly fries, caramel apples, funnel cakes, and cotton candy into one place and charging a 500% markup on it makes it taste so darn delicious? I LOVE those fries. My mouth is watering now just [...]

We spent four days in the city where we fell in love. We went to a few (not nearly enough of) our old haunts (which were much harder to navigate with one wiggly squirmy toddler and one newborn). We spent much of out time hanging out with our dear friends and walking through Balboa Park [...]

Woke up to a crying baby at 7:30am. Fed her. Got Jack his morning sippy cup of milk and watched him run around the house clad in the bottom half of his new skeleton pajamas. Felt special when Jack cuddled onto my lap. Adored his baby curls and mourned that they’ll have to go soon. [...]

Sorry for the silence. We are enjoying being a family of four and doing our best to hang on for the ride (and keep ourselves fed and clean and rested). Ginger was blessed in church last weekend and then we took some photos in the park. Then we came home, took our pants off, and [...]

You are now one month old! The time has really zoomed by and you are growing so fast! Just about everything about you is perfect and sweet and precious. We love watching you watch the world. You’ve already been so many places and done so many things. We took you on a plane when you [...]

You are 18 months old today! So much has happened since my last little letter to you- you are growing up so fast and have become a big brother! Your eating habits have improved ever so slightly. We have added rice, chicken nuggets, cheesecake, chex mix, nilla wafers, and my cereal to the list of [...]