Happy New Year, blogosphere! I've decided to give another go this year to Project 365 and am really hoping to see it through this time! So, here's my first entry! Look at what I walked into the guest bedroom and saw this afternoon . . . I love that Nathan was eagerly sharing the story of…
2009 As 2009 draws to a close I thought I'd reflect back and share some of my favorite posts with you from the past year. Enjoy! Soaking it all in Pregnant! World's Most Perfect Food! Disney 2009 Jiggle Jam – A family fave! I'm Officially a "Boy Mom"! Mommy Madness – Kansas City School Supplies shopping…
How time has flown! My little Jakers is three months old and is quite a chunk! Here are just a few things that make you, YOU, Jacob: I love how you wake up so smiley without even crying or fussing in your crib. I walk in and and start wishing you good morning and you open…
Nathan lost his FIRST TOOTH today! It had been loose for a few weeks now but this morning he woke up and it was super wiggly! I knew it would be either today or tomorrow that it would come out. I jokingly told him while he was brushing his teeth this morning that I wasn't sure that Santa…
As the holidays are just a few days away, I thought I'd share a great resource that promotes healthy holiday strategies. California Raisins have always been a part of our holiday traditions here since I am giddy about oatmeal raisin cookies, so imagine my delight when they contacted me about sharing some great info with you,…
One of the most fabulous things EVER about my family (namely, my mama) coming to visit for the holidays (or any reason, for that matter) is that David and I can get the Grammmy World's Best Babysitter to watch the kids if we want to catch a movie (that's not rated G) or go out…
This past week was full of wintery type stuff. So. Not. My. Thing. But, I made the best of it. We got a nice dumping of snow so of course the kids wanted to go outside and play in it. Thankfully they are of the age where I really don't need to be out there…
This past weekend I took my two oldest boys to the Nutcracker Tea Party – what has surely become a fun tradition for us this time of year and we had such a festive time! They were the handsome-est boys in the place and had the attention and admiration of all the young princesses at…
With the arrival of Advent this year, my boys are so excited to begin with our usual traditions and even introduce a couple of new ones. Our staple Advent activity has always been our Jesse Tree. The kids LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this tradition of doing the daily reading and the anticipation of getting to the…