It’s really hard for me to believe Walt is three years old. What a great age where he’s still little yet has independence (stubbornness??), yet he’s not old enough to be in big-boy school yet. I know that life has a tendency to speed up as we get older, but I think adding a 2nd…

I just wanted to document Oscar’s stats, as we took him in for his six-month visit today: Weight: 20 lbs 2 oz (88%)Height: 28.0″ (92%)*Head: 18.3″ (+100%) *I swear the nurse said 29″ when she measured him, but I was juggling baby at the same time, so I could be off and that seems like…

Christmas is full of memories for us. Even before we had kids, this was a special day. Chris even proposed on Christmas Day way back in 2008. Here we are five years after that moment and celebrating our second baby’s first Christmas. While it was a momentous day for Oscar, there is no denying that…

It’s a really busy time of year, but I definitely couldn’t overlook marking the six-month birthday of our littlest guy. As I’ve made nauseatingly clear in all my post about Oscar, I use the word “littlest” oh-so loosely.  This kid is a beast.  I was reading back at how I described Walt (who is also…

Something happens when your kids turn two (or at some point in that year). They stop learning words and start learning meaning.  Walt’s ability to understand context, humor, and timing when he speaks is embarrassing hilarious genius astonishing.  It’s only fair (for future ammunition, of course) that I do a better job of documenting his language….

What a crazy past four days. We had one of the worst ice storms I can remember. We had a pretty active winter three years ago when Walt was born. There were two weeks in February where it basically snowed the whole time. I remember Chris being home from work for a week. I remember…

It’s time for another monthly update. I have to admit that the pending holidays and my being back in the work groove is making these pop up faster and faster. So, what has this little stinker man been up to in the past month? A lot!!  I don’t have height/weight stats because he won’t see…

Several weeks ago, after several drinks and a little trash talk, our neighbors decided we needed to do a Chopped competition. Since Chris and I weren’t in on the original conversation, we were immediately nominated as judges (read: taste testers).  With little debate, it was decided this was a boys versus girls competition. For those…