. . . because sometimes some new rain gear makes the day a little more merry.

I’ve often wondered if we become who we are because of our surroundings, or if we are born with some innate qualities that shape us without us having a say in the matter. Because I wanted to make sure that I knew everything that incompassed innate-ness, I googled it. I have learned that a simple […]

I never know how to start a blog post. I always try to come up with some witty first line or a clever beginning of some sort. I usually sit in front of my screen, with a blank stare, knowing that I have a million things that I can talk about, but not knowing exactly […]

Today, there was a breakthrough in our household. Something that made my life easier. Something that made me smile. A big, genuine, happy smile. As I sat on the couch nursing Carter, Brayden actually played . . . alone. Without asking me every two minutes if I wanted to do something with him. Or if […]

If you were here, in our house this week, you would see a boy who is very interested in the hat collection that his mama has been adding to when visiting various past garage sales. You would see him carefully make his selection before walking out the door, to wherever we might be going. You […]

Thanks to our friends Jami and Rod, we have this amazing new Keurig coffee machine. We will forever be grateful . . . I am in love with it. This may sound silly after the statements I just made, but I actually do not like coffee. I’ve always loved the smell of a nice pot […]

The promise of the beginning of spring is such an uplifting time in my little world. With the unseasonably warm few days that we’ve had, my bones start a tinglin’ and my soul longs to absorb every fleck of sunshine that has been blessing our week. Out comes the nail polish, to touch up my […]

This picture, taken by my mom, encompasses the general feelings that I wanted to talk about in this post. She took this picture at the hospital, when her and my stepdad came with Brayden for the first time, to visit us when Carter was born. When I look at the picture and study Brayden’s face, […]

I admit it. I am in need of a therapy session right now, so I turned to my pictures. I didn’t have much of a break today–Brayden’s nap didn’t line up with one of Carter’s sporadic is-that-what-you-call-a-nap? bits, so I wasn’t able to let my brain run away at all. When Carter does actually sleep, […]

I thought time flew by with my first child. We made it through the first few hard months, took a few deep breaths, reassured ourselves that we were doing just fine . . . the next thing we knew, he was about to turn three in a few months. Nothing compares though, to how fast […]