Why Walk When You Can Fly?
LC...where is the sky? The "Cutie with a Booty" looking at "FEESH" down below... I thought I might share the face I get when I ask her to do something she doesn't want to (see below). Lovely. Like...
View ArticleThere's No Crying In Baseball...
Recently, we went to our first minor league baseball game in the Barons new stadium with our friends, Stephen and Amber, and their son and LC's best buddy, Z. LC and I met DW after work for dinner and...
View ArticleDaddy's Lil Helper...
Over the weekend, DW tackled a project in the yard that he's been wanting to finish for a while. We have this "ditch" of sorts between our house and our next door neighbor and its right next to our...
View ArticleZoo Babies...
Yesterday my friend, Jessica, and I took our girls to the Zoo while she was here visiting. We got there just in time to feed the Giraffes and, since both of the girls are under two, we had to go into...
View ArticleSunbathing with our Cuties...
On the second full day of Jess and Liv visiting, we decided to take the girls to the pool for the afternoon. It sounds fun - and it was - but don't mistake it for being a relaxing trip. It took 8X...
View ArticleEvery Day Happiness...
Last night as the steaks were cooking on the grill, LC and I made a couple trips up and down the driveway. Although you can't tell, it's a fairly decent hill and it tires the tireless out. While I was...
View ArticleMovie-fied Motherhood...
I don't know what's considered "normal" as far as striking the balance between having that first child change your life from an "us" to a "we" or, for that matter, changing it to a "her and I" from a...
View ArticleCountry Girl...
Our wild and crazy weekend was spent mostly with animals and outside. On Saturday morning, we met friends for breakfast and then went to a petting zoo to let the kids play... This photo was shot about...
View ArticleGood At Depending, Bad At Praise...
I don't have many prized possessions. Don't get me wrong, I love our house and all of the things in it, but you know those trulyspecial things you would run for if ever there were a fire? Our...
View ArticleIntervals and Stairs...
DW and I went to the track a couple nights ago for an interval workout and, of course, took LC. It's a great way to get a workout in if you don't have a gym membership or just don't want to go to the...
View ArticleQ&A?
I've had a friend or two recently ask me if I've ever done a Question and Answer session on the blog and, it occurred to me that in all of the almost 8 years I've been blogging, I haven't. I'll be...
View ArticleGet Lost...
Let me just hit the point of this post head on: I am finding that it is a daily battle for me to be a "PROactive" parent instead of "REactive"one. Don't get me wrong, we have lots of good days. But...
View ArticleYou Asked For It...Health, Exercise, & Work.
I decided I probably needed to break my Reader Q&A into a few posts just because this, if nothing else, has made me realize how wordy I am. So yeaaaaaaaaa, sorry about that... EXERCISE and...
View ArticleWork Weekend...
This last weekend was a lot of fun...actually, it was just a really good week in general even leading up to it. LC was consistently in a great mood and was super talkative and engaged...which I love....
View ArticleYou Asked for It... (Part 2)
FAMILY STUFF:Q: How is LC's grandmother's name pronounced? Is it pronounced like the letter "G"? (Alyson)A: It is pronounced like the letter "G" or like "Gee" Whiz. :-)Q: Being a fellow dog lover, I...
View ArticleBecause You've Asked Me To...
Stop trying. Those two infamous words people, who are having difficulty getting pregnant, always seem to hear from the well meaning. There were times...many, many times...when someone would utter...
View ArticleYou Asked For It... (Part 3)
LIFE Q: Do you feel like Alabama is a place you guys will stay long term or do you see another move in your future? (Sassy Amie)A: I sure hope that Alabama is "it" for us. I spent the majority of my...
View ArticleAnd Then Some...
LC,When I think of your Daddy on this Father's Day, there are a million things I could tell you about him, especially how much he loves you. By the way your eyes light up when you look at him, I'd say...
View ArticleIllegal...
Yesterday, DW started working on these planter boxes I've been asking him to build out of old pallets. I saw this idea at a local arboretum and DW noticed he had a really large one that was in great...
View ArticleCreeckin It
When I imagine the way that I want LC to describe her childhood...I want her to use the word "out" a lot. Those "out" kind of memories are important to me because I made myself a promise that, if I...
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