17 May
2012

my gift

These past 2 years have been hard. I think our families have experienced more in 2 years than most do in 10. When I name the events out loud or even in my head it still shocks me as to [...]

15 May
2012

8 months

Our boy is 8 months old! Still silly and goofy. So happy he doesn’t know what to do with his little self. He must be happy because he knows he is so cute. And because his ears stick out in [...]

7 May
2012

Harper and Brent

This is our friend, Brent. He is a very talented musician and songwriter. John has known Brent since he was 12 before Brent ever picked up a guitar. I met him much later on, but his family treats me as [...]

28 Apr
2012

toofers!

Phinehas got his bottom teeth! There have been several false alarms with the teething, but this week they meant business. All week he was drooly and had a runny nose and watery eyes, unusually fussy and even had the rosy [...]

22 Apr
2012

my brown eyed girl

Harper leaves us reminders of herself all around the house. Guess she thought my sunglasses and her toy needed some cleaning. I wondered why a load of towels was so noisy… She gets my pump and says eeee-ooh, eeee-ooh, eeee-ooh [...]

21 Apr
2012

the good stuff

Remember my amazing experience being present at my friend’s birth of her daughter? Well, another friend of mine was there and she is a photographer. If you wanna see the story told in photo form, go here   …and listen [...]

17 Apr
2012

lucky number 7

On Friday, master Phinehas was 7 months old! He is scooting, on his back, because he still loathes being on his stomach. Harper was crawling at this point. He shows no interest. Although he does showa whole heckuva lot of interest [...]

12 Apr
2012

deuces are wild

Most bath times go off without a hitch. It’s 30 minutes of splashing, bubbles and toys-you know, typical bath time stuff. Since my time is already pretty slim, I give them baths at the same time. This particular bath time [...]

9 Apr
2012

Day 6

High: Picking up John from the airport! Low: It was another headbutting day for me and Harper.girl. I had a moment where I actually thought “if you ask why one more time, I’m taping your mouth shut with duct tape.” [...]

8 Apr
2012

Day 5

High: I had a really good day. It started off with both my babies in bed with me watching cartoons. Then we had brunch with the Vollaires and Kyles and an easter egg hunt for the kiddos. My parents came [...]

8 Apr
2012

Olive

Since Becky and I found out Holly was pregnant we have been so excited to throw her a baby shower. We were even more excited when we found out the little baby inside of her was a girl. We bought [...]

7 Apr
2012

Day 4

High: Oh man. Where do I even start? I got to witness a new life come into this world today. My friends, David and Holly asked me and Becky to be there at their daughter’s birth. And needless to say, [...]