The kids will have separate rooms. I was surprised by the responses – they were overwhelmingly in favor of separate rooms for Leah and Riley (almost unanimous except for one “wait and see”). Once we made that decision, everything sort of fell into place into my mind about rearranging furniture and that led to an...
Okay, so I’m now feeling very torn. Originally, we were very insistent on Riley and Leah sharing a room. We’ve been working on spatial arrangements for this to work and since we transitioned Riley to a toddler bed about 3 months ago, we were just going to get Leah a new crib and recycle everything...
2011 was rough. It was a very stressful, loss-filled year and we aren’t sorry to have seen the end of it. Here is our 2011 – a year in review. Let’s Start with the High Points: Watching Riley grow from 10/11 months until 22/23 months. In that time he learned to walk, run, climb, begin...
Andy and I were talking about which teams we thought would make the Super Bowl and (ideally) give us the best game. Here are our picks: Andy: Houston Texans vs. Atlanta Falcons Courtney: Green Bay Packers vs. New England Patriots Who are your picks?
I swear, I haven’t given up blogging. I’m just super busy and exhausted most of the time. Everything since October has been immensely chaotic. Between being miserably pregnant, planning a family vacation for November, hosting Thanksgiving and Christmas, and keeping up with Andy’s work schedule, there just don’t feel like there are enough hours in...
Finally, the evil first trimester is about wrapped up and all I can say is that it was rough. From week six until week 12, I threw up constantly. Not just normal morning sickness, this was all day sickness, all day nausea, all day misery. For about three weeks there, I threw up five to...
Just about everyone knows at this point, but I’ll make it blog official anyway – we’re pregnant again. It was a little unexpected (but not unwelcome) and we’re very excited. I am 10 weeks along and due May 14th, 2012. This pregnancy has been much harder than the first one was. For one thing, I’m...
I have so much I want to blog about this trip, but I’m so tired that I just don’t have the energy. For now, I’ll let the pictures speak for themselves and let you see just how much FUN Riley had. I promise to blog about it when I’m not quite so slammed with work...
When my dad visited over 4th of July weekend, we made a quick trip up to Gatlinburg for some Pancake Pantry, to show my dad the Smokies, and maybe take a quick hike on an easy trail. Sadly, Gatlinburg was totally packed for some lame 4th of July parade so it was nearly impossible to...
The most stressful part of vacation is the last few work days before you leave the office. Everything piles up as you desperately try to clear out the inbox, finish items on the to-do list or in the queue, and prepare people to cover for you while you leave, even though no one in the...
Phobia: def. An extreme or irrational fear of or aversion to something. Emphasis on extreme and irrational. Though I try to keep it hidden, many of you know I have a phobia of snakes (Ophidiophobia). I’m not afraid of snakes – I’m terrified of them in a violently irrational way. I’ve started crying in pet stores....
Better late than never, but we finally had Riley’s 18 month doctor’s appointment. He only had one vaccine today, thankfully, and barring flu shots, is done with the shots for a long time. He was a brave boy and only cried for a about 15 seconds, but still, no one wants to see their baby...
