Mothering Emma Kate and Jack…

Play Ball!

Emma Kate participated in her first soccer class Monday afternoon. She had a lot of fun! She had a cute question for the coach: she asked, “When are we going to play soccer?” Emma was disappointed because she had been waiting the whole class to kick the ball with her knee; this [...]

Happy Valentine’s Day!

My Wonderful Husband

My wonderful husband surprised me with flowers today. He’s the best!

A New Word for Jack

Jack has added the word, “up” to his vocabulary! If he strung all his words together to make a sentence, it might sound something like this: “Uh-oh, Ma-ma, Da-da, bye bye ki-ka (kitty cat) up.” (I guess we need to throw a verb in there somewhere!). Here is Jack going “up” the [...]

Happy 10 Months to Jack!

I can’t believe baby Jack is 10 months old today… it seems like just yesterday that Chris was in a panic (I was pretty calm) to get to the hospital at 3:30 in the morning on April 6, 2005. At 10 months, Jack is super busy. He crawls quickly and with purpose; [...]

Weekend Fun

Today, we took a break from working and relaxed with the kids. We took a long walk this morning (it started to drizzle a bit), went to Barnes and Noble, and hung out together at home. Emma has been entertaining us with lots of Annie performances (she thinks her daddy would make a [...]

Enjoying the Musical, “Annie”

Emma, Mamaw, and I had girls night out last night. We went to Ovens Auditorium to see the musical, “Annie.” Emma loved it! When asked about her favorite part of the show, she said, “Annie’s voice!”

Lunch Anyone?

Jack is REALLY enjoying feeding himself crackers these days. This new-found food has been a lifesaver for me as I use crackers and Os (natrual foods version of Cheerios) to entertain Jack while I try to prepare meals (three separate things for lunch… maybe I should just give in and eat peanut butter and [...]