Well, here it is- my estimated date of delivery. I was optimistic that I would be holding a little ginger girl by this time, but here I am waddling around the house, wishing that I could choose the time of her arrival. Tonight would be great. Ya hear that ging?
It’s a surreal [...]

love love love this kid.

You are 16 months old today! You have grown so much since your first birthday- your hair is longer, your feet are bigger, your vocabulary has grown (up, down, please, more, go, dance, bath, eat, done, bye-bye, dada, mama, this, and motorcycle), and you are certainly more independent. You are way more little [...]

holy smokes.
This little man is walking everywhere. He’s dropping things into the toilet, trying to grab utensils off the kitchen counters, and relocating items all over the house. He’s fearless when it comes to steps. A whole new world has opened up to him and it’s awesome to have the best seat [...]

maybe ever.

Jack and I spend most of our time in this room- and it usually looks just like this. I find that I can get more done if Jack is allowed to make messes, even though it bothers me that our home is often disheveled. We live 15 minutes away from a stunning beach- [...]

I know that all ya’ll already know that Mr. Jack celebrated his first birthday (really, it’s his second, his birth day was his first birthday, right?) this weekend. We all spent the whole day together as a family. We visited the Gulf Breeze Zoo and it was bigger than I thought a little [...]

happy birthday! It was just a year ago that we were preparing the house for you and awaiting your delayed arrival. You were not in a hurry to leave your comfortable home- but you arrived a mere 2 hours before your visiting grandparents had to leave to catch their return flight. You [...]

Happy eleven months! You’re more little boy than baby, and you discovered so many new things to love this month!

You and I got to visit Washington State and hang out with grandparents, aunts and uncles, and cousins. We both got sick, but it was such a nice trip (and warmer than it was [...]