I’ve joined Facebook. I vowed that I wouldn’t… I mean I have a Myspace account that I haven’t touched in months… in fact I’ve been meaning to delete that account… I should do that… maybe later. I am addicted to blogging and have joined the Twitter-verse as well as many other social media sites (that […]
Someone… and I’m not naming names here, but someone has decided that he does not like to see anything lined up or stacked. If we even so much as start to stack blocks… and I’m talking just putting one on top of the other… this little destruction machine makes his way over to where we
If you haven’t read any of the prior editions you can catch up by reading this, this, this and this. When we left off I had just moved back to IL after spending almost 7 years living in Germany. I moved back Feb. 12, 2004… I wanted to be back in time for my little
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Today is National Endangered Species Day!!! I wanted to spread the news and awareness by sharing the following from Kiss My Face: Celebrate National Endangered Species Day (May 15th) with Kiss My Face by visiting http://www.kissmyface.com/kids/index.html, where kids and parents can learn about endangered species and partake in great kid-friendly activities including a coloring page,
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So reading over the post I finished last night, I realized that it may have sounded like the decision we made to let our son “cry it out” was purely for selfish reasons (ie more sleep for us). While that is an added benefit… one which I may add has made me feel even more
Do you remember the letter I wrote to my son? Well he listened and answered in a way that was favorable to me, but not by his choice… you see finally, after months of getting up at least once (most nights twice), he is sleeping through the night. We had his 9 month appointment with
Happy Mother’s Day to my Mama!! Thanks for teaching me how to laugh and have fun… … and thank you for teaching me how to be a great mama too!! Happy (late)Mother’s Day to all Mama’s, Mama’s to be and also to the Mama’s with empty arms. I hope that you all enjoyed your day!
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A few weeks ago we decided to take Noah out on his first hike. It was finally dry after a rainy week, so we pulled out our new book “60 Hikes Within 60 Miles: Chicago” and looked to see what was fairly close to us. After seeing that Marengo had some trails we packed up the new stroller and Noah and headed out
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At this time 9 months ago I was recovering from what turned out to be a very quick labor and delivery. Just the day before I had my 38 week appointment and was given the news that no mother wants to hear… “Your baby stopped growing at 35 weeks. We don’t know why… it could
Our dear little stinker is nine months old today!! I can’t believe how fast the months are flying by!! We had his nine month check-up this morning. Everything went well… he weighed in at a healthy 19lb 15oz (he’s in the 70th% there), he’s 28 3/4 in long (45th% there) and dum dada duuuum… my