Holiday parties.  Christmas cards.  Gifts.  Festival of Lights.  Stomach bugs.  We have survived so far.  Just wanted everyone to know that we are still doing ok here.  We expect to give a full report after the New Year!  Here is one special anecdote: We decided to do an Advent Wreath this year, and from day […]

Yesterday, I had some haphazardly connected thoughts that I deemed worthy to spend a little time to think through.  Forgive the stream of consciousness here… Colin and I were giving Daisy her bath, and I noticed her scars, two of which have been added this year.  The one on her back from where the mast […]

Today, we celebrated Thanksgiving as just our little family.  I was excited to break out some of our entertaining stuff, which hasn’t gotten much use in our small apartment thus far.  Through several exertions of self discipline and a few charitable donations, we were able to clear out a lot of the extra stuff in […]

First, I will quote Pete the Cat by saying, “It’s all good.” Recent events.  So many thoughts.  But before your expectations get too out of line with reality, know that I make it a policy to abstain from most all political discourse online… not because I’m afraid to share my point of view, but because I […]

Our last week has been packed full of quality time as a family!  Life with two kids seems to fly by a whole lot quicker than I ever remember it doing so before.  I realize it sounds cliche, but it “seems like just yesterday” that we were moving here!  This time of year is actually […]

We are so glad to have another visitor this week, Oma!  She has already made herself quite handy, coordinating two meals and helping to nurse Colin back to health when he was suffering from a little stomach bug yesterday.  He was quite pathetic, yet adorable: He woke up feeling terrible, threw up a few times, […]

Today at church, we ran into one of the moms whom I met at a More Moms group meeting!  

Last week was my first week to start really phasing back into work and Lydia’s first week to start going to school.  I only worked 12 hours last week, but that was enough!  We are figuring out new routines.  On Monday and Tuesday, I just went with Lydia to school, and we hung out for around […]

Lydia brought her hands together today!  With just a few more weeks left for maternity leave, I’m trying to celebrate these little moments that happen spontaneously.  It’s amazing!  Part of me really wants her to hurry up so that she can play more with her brother.  Then, I catch myself and *try* to remind myself […]

I will not lie.  Today was hard.  Colin’s school was out because of Labor Day weekend, so I got to be a single parent of two for a day.  Yikes!  Besides the fact that this is hard anyway, today was my first time to attempt it for so long.  Originally, we were going to hang […]