I Love Coffee

I think it all started with a Swiss Orange Mocha from Gloria Jean’s Coffee.  YUMMMM.  I remember it well. I was with my mother and instead of getting my normal hot chocolate, I ordered that mocha.  My mom is a “coffee junkie” and insists on stopping at pretty much every coffee shop we drive by.  [...]

Turn that frown upside down….

Ever have one of those days, when by 9 am you wish you would’ve stayed in bed, pulled the covers over your head and stayed there ’till the next day?  Welcome to my day. I’m pretty sure it started when I DIDN’T SLEEP LAST NIGHT. At least not that I can remember. I only remember [...]

Brooklyn Gets Baptized

Yesterday morning we had Brooklyn’s baptism!  It was rescheduled twice now (curse you, Fargo flood waters!) and a bunch of our family was out for the special day.  Both sets of grandparents made it, and uncle Eric. Unfortunately, Leah, Maddy and Conner weren’t able to come due to the twins being sick, so they stayed [...]

I’m SOOOOO Big!

For those of you that don’t know how weird I am about taking pictures (like, I take tons of them), you might not know that I take pictures every week of the kids.  Then for their first year of life, they get a weekly album. Wyatt’s was the Friday album (he was born on a [...]

The Wheels on the Bus Go Round and Round

When Wyatt turned three years old and started going to “big boy” preschool, they informed us that a bus service was available to pick him up in the morning and bring him from school to daycare in the afternoons.  I quickly said, “No, that’s ok.  I’ll bring him in the morning, and on my lunch [...]

Happy Mother’s Day, Part 2

Just so you don’t think I had a bad Mother’s Day (my last post was a bit sappy, I know) I posted some new pictures under the May2009 tab in the photo album… Here’s a few of my favorites: We  ended up missing the rain showers and going to the zoo later in the afternoon [...]

Happy Mother’s Day

As this “day for moms” came around again, I am reminded of how great it really is to be a mom.  My plans for the day (in my mind) included sleeping in, breakfast in bed, scrapbooking, watching a movie and early to bed.  My day is not quite shaping up “as planned”.  Brooklyn was up [...]

It’s all in the details

This weekend we had big, fun plans.  Chris’s parents came to watch the kids so we could go to one of Chris’s friend’s weddings on Saturday.  We got a hotel room at the Radisson and were planning on having a great night out, just the two of us. Solo. No kiddos.  One problem. The wedding [...]

Back to Reality

I can’t believe how fast my maternity leave went. When I started, I thought that 12 weeks seemed SOOO long. But now that it is over, I realize how short that actually was.  With two very busy weeks back at work under my belt, things are getting back to, well, normal. Wyatt developed an upper [...]

Potty Training is for the Birds

To whom it may concern: It’s kind of  embarrassing to admit that our almost 3 and a  half year old is STILL wearing diapers. Size 4 diapers – one more size and that’s it – it’s the biggest I’ve seen.  When he was two and other kids were starting to go potty on “the big [...]