January has been a sick month at our house. Throw-up sick, cough sick, headache sick, snot sick. I do believe, however, that we’re on the up-and-up. We’ve been to the doctor 3 times in one week. The first was for Annie’s 4-month well baby check-up. Passed with flying colors. The second time? Benjamin’s cough that [...]
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31 Dec
Happy New Year! For real.
Happy 2010! Here’s to a wonderful new year filled with surprise, blessing, fun, and love. Let’s recap the last two months of 2009 with some pictures, shall we? Much love, from our family to yours!!
7 Dec
Catching Up
Life is full. In just about every sense of the word! For many weeks, obviously, I’ve had just enough energy and motivation at the end of the day to put both kids in bed, throw a load of laundry in the washer, straighten up the living room, lock the front door, and maybe change into [...]
16 Jan
The Tootsie Roll Man
I’m backtracking to Christmas, I know. Ok – early December even. Benjamin’s godmother, Ali, sent him a very cool homemade Christmas countdown filled with tootsie rolls. Before this fun countdown calendar, we hadn’t realized how much Benjamin enjoyed tootsie rolls (probably because he really hadn’t eaten them all that much). His daily ritual became quite [...]
1 Jan
Fireworks & James Taylor
Happy New Year! The first day of 2009 is nice and sunny here. A cozy fireplace and the smell of freshly baked spiral ham (kudos to Ryan!) is delightful. Last night the three of us spent the final hours of 2008 in the living room. Benjamin fell asleep on me around 10:00, and I was [...]
18 Dec
A Conversation
Katie to Ryan: “What should we put in Benjamin’s stocking?” “How about tootsie rolls?” “Yeah, and gummi bears.” “He doesn’t like gummi bears.” “Yes, he does.” “No, he doesn’t. All he does is suck on them and spit them out.” Katie looks at Ryan. ”Like the ones on the table today?” “Yeah.” Pause. ”You didn’t eat [...]
3 Nov
Playdough and Fingerpainting
A collection of random updates… Well, Thomas was finished in time for Halloween! I stayed up until almost 2am on Wednesday night, painted Thomas’ stripes and number 1 on Thursday, and Grandma Marilyn finished the last few details on Friday afternoon. I was accompanying vocal students at a collegiate competition on Halloween evening, [...]
12 Oct
Top Ten Foods: A Reprise
10. Green beans (especially from Outback Steakhouse) 9. Peach yogurt 8. Cheese sticks 7. Cheerios 6. Chicken 5. Animal crackers 4. Dum-Dum suckers 3. Peas 2. French fries 1. Raisins Benjamin is not picky about trying new foods. We visited a Mexican restaurant while we were in Des Moines last weekend, and though the [...]
14 Sep
The Result!
Remember that church directory picture? We got our free 8×10 this morning… Awwwww.
