The Week When Time Stood Still
After the initial chaos of bringing Anna home, we quickly adjusted to our new family of four. That first week we had Anna home may just be the best week I've ever had. It was as if time stood still.Justin took that entire week off (it was the week of Thanksgiving, as...
The Odyssey: Bringing Anna Home
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...
Welcome To The Family, Anna Banana!
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 Could Handle Turning 30 Every Year!
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,...
This is What No Fear Looks Like
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...
No Use Crying Over Dirty Carpet
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...
The No Laboring Labor Day Weekend
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...
A Star is Born
Audrey's singing debut: A lovely rendition of Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star.
An Elmo Cake to Remember
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....
I Can Count to 10!
Audrey's Maiden Voyage
Come Sail Away
About a month ago, my Mom & Dad were over to watch Audrey and my Dad says, "by the way, I just bought a sailboat this week." Say what?!? My Dad has never captained a sailboat in his life. In fact, I think he has only been on one or two his entire life and that was...
Behold, The Miracle of Anna Marie
Our ultrasound appointment was exactly 2 weeks ago on August 2nd - right at 20 weeks. The first half of my pregnancy seemed to fly by this time. I remember with Audrey that it seemed to take FOREVER for the much-anticipated ultrasound date to finally arrive. This time...
Running Just to Catch Myself
I know I have not been keeping up with this blog as I intended. I got out of the groove and haven't made it a priority as I should. There's so much to write about and I'm so behind that it's almost too overwhelming to know where to start. My goal is to do one post a...
Back from the Blahs
I feel like I'm slowly emerging from the fog that has been my life for the past 6 weeks. It's hard to explain what it's like for me to exist in early pregnancy. The best way I can describe it is suffering from the morning after a night of binge-drinking only you...
And Then There Were Four…
Well, the chaos I just wrote about is soon to be stepped up a notch! A week ago, I found out that I'm pregnant with baby #2. Audrey broke the news to Justin. When he got home from work, she was wearing a white onesie with the words "Big Sister" written in magic...
Beware of the Easter Hoppy
A few weeks ago, Audrey started saying a word that sounded like a mix between "hoppy" and "happy." I had the darndest time figuring out what it meant until one day I was taking all of the stuffed animals out of her basket. I picked up the bunny and she immediately...
The Great Escape of Spring '06
We narrowly escaped a catastrophe last weekend. Audrey is at that stage where she is starting to be sneaky, even if she doesn't know it, yet. I was pulling out of our garage in the Blazer on my way to run some errands when Justin opened the door and beckoned me to...