Giggles-n-Gulps

G has had problems sleeping in his own bed lately.  Sometimes when our backs are turned or we step out of the room for a moment, he will try to sneak out and lay on the couch to go to sleep.  And sometimes he tries to “hide” so we don’t see him. 
Obviously, he blended in well [...]

This weekend we ventured to our local pumpkin patch.  As a family, we have chosen not to participate in traditional Halloween activities (scary costumes, haunted houses, etc.), but to instead enjoy fall activities.  These are our personal convictions and by no means do we force these on others, but if you ever want to know [...]

We have officially “broken” the pacifiers for S.  I cut the tips off and she threw them in the trash.  Only to try to retrieve them later. 
I promptly took the trash out. 
Naptime and nighttime I had to rock her to sleep, but she slept all night long!  So far so good!
G is doing great with [...]

My brother, Mike and his wife, Kara, and their two girls, welcomed a new little one into their family this past Friday, October 10, at 11:58pm - David Michael.  Congratulations!!!  We are SO excited about having another nephew and especially for Mike and Kara to experience life with a boy.  *wink, wink*  Let the adventure [...]

We took the kids for a walk around the neighborhood on Saturday.  Who needs to go to the zoo to see wildlife when you live in Florida?   (Chris and kids are in the background.)

S will not be two years old for another two months, give or take a week or two. But she has already hit the terrible two’s. Every morning consists of at least two tantrums before Daddy heads to work. The day is not complete without two million versions of “No!” and facial [...]

Yesterday, we were outside doing yardwork when I noticed a large tree limb that had broken off during the recent Tropical Storm Fay.  It had fallen but was stuck way up in the large oak tree in our front yard. 
So Chris monkeyed his way up into the tree, all the while declaring he’d always wanted [...]

Now we see but a poor reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known. -1 Corinthians 13:12
As water reflects a face, so a man’s heart reflects the man.  -Proverbs 27:19 
And we, who with unveiled faces [...]

I am going to summarize our vacation in a list-style post because I am not sure I could write about it cohesively due to sheer exhaustion.  My parents and my brother and his family left for a cruise last Monday, returned Friday and headed straight for Orlando.  We met up with them at Magic Kingdom [...]

A little while back when I was telling ya’ll a little about our house remodel and the progress we had made, I had commented on Pottery Barn and my thoughts on their price range and my dreams on shopping there someday.  It turns out my mother-in-law and sister-in-law have an eye for detail (unlike SOME [...]