After all of the dress up and diaper changing this morning, I took the kids out to the lake to play in the sand.  It was a bit rainy and overcast, but there are days when I just can’t stay inside- no matter how pregnant I feel.  So off we went and we had a [...]

This morning as I was checking my email, Amai yelled to me that Asher had taken his pajamas and diaper off and was running around naked.  So I said I would come put one on him in a minute, and then I heard a glorious sound.  She went into his room (unprompted), got a diaper [...]

We got to go out of town this weekend to celebrate our niece Sadie’s first birthday.  Chris’s sister and brother-in-law live in Austin and it’s always a lot of fun to go visit them.  We don’t get to see them enough, but will always leap at the opportunity that birthdays present.  We had a great [...]

Asher, after his nap: “Uh-oh mama, I pooped.” I share his sentiments more than he could possibly understand.

We had a good weekend and I actually feel a little more rested than I do most weekends.  We spent some great time relaxing with family, and today we took the kids to the Dallas Zoo.  For the record, about half of Dallas had the same idea and were also in attendance at the zoo.  [...]

Our little man likes to eat dirt and I thought this time it looked like he had facial hair.  :)  Time to shave, Ashe? I’m going to be ten weeks this coming week and the morning/allday sickness hasn’t loosened its grip on me yet, but we are surviving.  Yesterday, Aunt Patti sent a marvelous package [...]

Our friends Jami and Matt invited us to a weekend at their uncle’s ranch. It was loads of fun- we thoroughly enjoyed ourselves and I finally completely got over the sinus infection that seemed to go on forever. The kids had a blast too- they both got to ride a horse and swim in the [...]

Compared to last Monday, this one has been stellar.  Amai started swimming lessons this morning and we arrived early, and at the right place!  She did great, Asher did pretty well (despite almost scaling the upstairs balcony railing and trying to jump over), and I behaved myself as well.  I’m super tired this morning with [...]

See that sweaty woman?  With dirty hair, last night’s make-up, and a toddler on her hip who is furiously pulling on said dirty hair?  That’s me.  Running late to drop off sweet Amai at gymnastics camp.  The camp that she loves- the camp that almost cost me my sanity on Monday.  And I gladly deal [...]

Well, well, well.  It’s Monday, and last night I thought I would get ahead of the game and finish all the laundry, put all the dishes away, have the house tidy, and just generally have things in order before the week started.  I thought that would help me not have to stress out this morning [...]