parenthood

  • Childlike Wonder: Questions from the Backseat

    Skyler and I spend around an hour in the car together each day during the week for our commute. And to date we’ve had some of the funniest, most random, most annoying, most logical, most illogical, and memorable conversations. She’s full of questions, and her questions usually beget more questions. I guess it’s probably her…

  • Out with the old…?

    Skyler’s been obsessed with Mickey Mouse Clubhouse for several months now. Even though we cancelled cable and no longer have every episode on DVR, we bought one DVD with 4 episodes and she is still happy to watch those same 4 over and over and over. She’s got them all memorized. Luckily, her birthday is…

  • Needy

    I need more of these things, at least… – Naps – Favorite jeans – Quiet time reading a good book – Date nights – Long runs – Time and scenery to take photos – Time to download photos – Long vacations – Three day weekends – Time to paint – Decorations for this house –…

  • It’s the Little Things

    Our household has faced a few hurdles these past couple weeks, mostly related to household appliances. First was the thermostat that we thought had crapped out on a nearly 100 degree day. Luckily it was just batteries, but we didn’t have it totally figured out till after my brother, who works for a KC heating…

  • My Fabulous Life

    Almost three years into this chapter and role of my life, I still question myself if I was cut out for this parenting thing. I figure I always will. I never wanted kids that bad. It wasn’t a 100%, but I knew I wouldn’t have ever missed it had it never happened to us. I…

  • Planting Flowers by the Moon

    Skyler asked the sweetest and oddly profound thing to me last night. I asked her if this weekend she wanted to help me plant some flowers outside. She said yes, and she wanted some “owange fwowers and pink fwowers!” Then, ever so seriously, she looked at me and asked “Can we plant them next to…

  • Love is a Battlefield

    (For the record, I am not a fan of the Jordan Sparks pop song that has a similar name to the title of this post.) It seems like our home these days is one big warzone, between Skyler and me. And by these days, I guess realistically it’s only been the last two or three…

  • One of Those Nights Again

    If it’s not the annoyance of a whiney child, it’s the monotony of just another typical evening alone at home with a toddler. Ronnie has worked till eight the last two nights, and OMG are these some looooong evenings. And it’s not the kind of boredom because there is nothing to do, it’s because all…

  • Conversations

    Skyler has become quite the little blabbermouth, and I think her voice is the most adorable sound ever. She’s always woken up in the morning singing or babbling in her crib, almost since the day she found her voice as a baby. But now a lot of it actually makes sense. She might be politely…

  • Back to Reality, almost

    Yesterday I had to turn in my Chevy Traverse since the 8 week test drive promotion was over. I was slightly relieved to not have the extra responsibility of blogging about it so I could better keep up with this blog, but I was more dreading going back to driving the Jetta. Today, getting Skyler…