In a surprise, coordinated attack, the boys tricked me into getting them $20 haircuts (each) that should have cost us nothing at all.  Someone in Walt’s class had lice and shaved his head. Walt decided that he too wanted to be bald.  I thought I had the situation contained to just the big one, but…

This week was a tough week. We had an unexpected death in the family that was very difficult for everyone. But, as the universe usually works, it dealt us some pretty cool surprises to offset the sadness. We were able to host Chris’s Aunt Bernadette and Uncle Bruns (from Austin) along with his cousin, Allison,…

Every year, my sister, Michelle, and her husband, Rusty, host a fabulous crawfish boil in Houston.  Every year, for the past 6 years (it feels like), I’ve been pregnant or had a small child (or was overrun with sports). As luck would have it, the stars aligned this year and I took the boys down…

Our sweet, chunky baby sister is 8 months old!  Here’s what the little lady is up to these days.  Eating: Don’t let her size fool you.  Mama likes to eat.  I nurse her in the morning and she’s doing 3 bottles (6 oz) the rest of the day. We are closing the breastfeeding chapter as…

Happy spring, everyone! By happy, I mean terrifying.  I’ve lived in North Texas my entire life and have become very accustomed to the stormy spring.  I’m not above grabbing a bottle of wine and waiting it out in the bathtub.  Tornadoes and hail are our biggest threat, however despite countless tornado sirens, we’ve never come…

I’ll be honest. I saw this day coming from a mile away. How’s that for a near-sighted joke?! It seems I have passed along some pretty amazing genes to my kids. First the asthma and allergies, and now terrible eyesight!  I started wearing glasses at the age of six.  My mom and my sister’s eyesight…

We are celebrating a victory in our house tonight!  Oscar not only survived an egg challenge, but passed with flying colors.  If you’re wondering what an egg challenge is, read on! If you’re not wondering, you should read anyways 🙂 Several years ago, when Walt (yes, Walt) was merely 18 months old, we discovered he…

Another month has flown by. It was an especially insane month between moving, every sickness known to man, and just general adjustments. But, we can’t skip over Vivian’s 7-month milestones! Viv continues to be a pretty rockstar baby.  As it goes, her personality is shining every day. While she’s pretty laid back, she definitely enjoys…

We made it!! We managed to move our family of 5 into our beautiful new house. We are SO happy and blessed to finally be here, but God bless it — this was not an easy week. Luckily we had started the packing process when we staged.  This also means that we’ve been half packed…

Our baby sister is halfway through her first year of life. It sort of doesn’t seem possible. But, I also am having a hard time remembering life before her.  It was this week last year that we found out we were having a girl.  Of course we were excited, but I was so expecting her…