As easy as Anna's birth was, managing to get her home was a completely different story. We informed the nurses that we wanted to leave after lunch on Sunday. We had our bags packed, baby ready and by 3pm we were STILL waiting for the doctor to check her out. As it...
Well, according to my due date (December 17th), I should be right in the middle of the uncomfortable anticipation of pregnancy week 40 right now. Instead, I've been blessed to have little Anna Marie in my arms for 3 1/2 weeks. Yep, Anna made her entrance 4 weeks early...
I just have to start out by saying that I have the best husband in the world! I've been avoiding thinking about my 30th birthday, which hasn't been too difficult considering how crazy busy we've been lately. To celebrate the big milestone of being 3 decades old,...
One of the main attractions at our annual church fair was a 22 foot inflatable slide. After doing the rounds of small-child-friendly-games, we asked Audrey if she wanted to go down the slide. The first 2 times she went up with Aunt Nora and Aunt Alicia, but after that...
A few weeks ago, my parents spent the weekend with us. In addition to the usual house cleaning they do while they are here and keeping Audrey occupied so we can actually get house projects done (BLESS THEIR HEARTS), they actually STEAM CLEANED our carpets! To give you...
Labor Day has never been at the top of my list in terms of memorable holidays. It's nice having the day off, but to me it's always been more about the end of white shoe season, closing of pools, saying bye-bye to summer, and yet another excuse to BBQ/drink beer, than...
Audrey's singing debut: A lovely rendition of Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star.
We celebrated Audrey's 2nd birthday with over 30 family members & friends (including Aunt Amy all the way from Pheonix)! When I originally took her to the party store to pick out a theme, it was a close decision between Strawberry Shortcake, Elmo & Winnie the Pooh....
