family

  • Sick Sick Sick Sick

    Yep, that’s four sick people in our house, starting at midnight last night. Ronnie and I tossed and turned in bed last night when I finally got up to eat some cereal thinking I was too hungry to sleep. It didn’t go down well, so I found myself running to the bathroom to get sick…

  • Self Pity (sorry this is a long one)

    Why is it that even when things are going so well, I still can’t help but get stuck in a rut about stuff? Both Ronnie’s and my jobs are going well and appear fairly secure, which is so much to be thankful for as the rest of the economy falls apart. We own a home…

  • Yes She Can! Change I Can Believe In

    I have no idea if our next President will be able to bring about the “change” he speaks of, but what I do know is that Skyler is changing fast, and she can do new things almost every day now! Where to start? It’s been so long since I’ve updated specifically on her developments, I…

  • Skyler’s 1-year photos

    Rebecca posted Skyler’s slideshow from her photo session last week. Of course she did a wonderful job and I’m looking forward to seeing all the other ones as well!

  • Pinch me

    After weekends like this one, I think my life might be a good dream from which I should be waking up soon. There was nothing spectacular; it was one of those laid back weekends with lots of time spent at home with no major agenda, mixed with some good times catching up with friends and…

  • Catching up – Part II: Skyler’s 1st Birthday

    Skyler’s big day was great! I can’t believe it has actually come and gone already. And, I can’t believe I haven’t done any of the things that I’d planned to do for her birthday, like create a slideshow of her first year for this blog, and write her a letter on that day. I guess…

  • She’s growing up!

    So much about this set of pictures says that Skyler is barely a baby anymore! I know, I know, she’s still not walking, but she’s got so many more skills and so much more attitude now, she’s fast becoming her own unique little self! Here she is in her cute new “big girl” pajamas. It’s…

  • I sense…

    …the relatively calm chapter of life with an immobile baby is fast coming to a close. …using the diaper-changing table is most likely becoming more hazardous to both Skyler and myself. Whether she is flipping to her belly in mid-change, or grabbing a pooh-filled Pamper and shaking it like her favorite rattle, we’re soon going…

  • So far, this July…

    First of all, I thought this photo was really sweet. It was the first night of Skyler’s ear infection, and we rolled her on her side to put antisceptic ear drops in, after which she totally relaxed and fell asleep “playing” with the remote. I just love this shirt I picked up for her –…

  • The Koi and the Lotus

    Tattoos have recently been made more trendy and mainstream with shows like Miami Ink and the spinoff, LA Ink. But my husband is one that had his first tattoo over ten years ago at age 18, got another in his early twenties, has been around enough to realize his first tattoo was meaningless, and a…