For those of you not well versed in the art of prolonging birthday celebrations, Kissin’ Day comes directly after Pinchin’ Day.  On the day after your birthday, you get one pinch for every year old you are plus one to grow on.  Kissin’ Day hopes to make up for all the abuse and you get [...]

Last week, this Mama made a break for it!  I ran away for 3 days with my BFF from waaaaay back.  Don’t worry, it was a planned escape, and as you can tell I came back.  I had a training for work in the Washington DC area and I did NOT want to fly.  Tim [...]

Oh my heavens, my son has apparently been studying Houdini in his spare time.  This boy can figure out a way to get hid diaper off in any given clothing situation.  And really, what are diapers if not a straightjacket for your privates? It all started in regular footie zip-up pajamas.  We noticed he would [...]

I have read lots and lots of articles and blog posts about what apps every parent needs on their iPhone.  The apps do seem pretty sweet, but here are the two things 1) I don’t have an iPhone.  I am deep into my love affair with my Droid.  And 2) My toddlers are not old/advanced/patient enough to use [...]

I am not an expert, obviously.  Let’s just get that out of the way up front.  I am not a mommy expert, I am not a product expert and I have not been paid by any of the companies I am going to talk about. *end disclaimer* One of my good friends found out recently [...]

This past week, I utilized some of my leave time from work to spend a week at home with the kiddos.  I like to do this on a holiday week to maximize my time off and minimize my leave usage.  Originally we were thinking about both parental units taking the week off and bumming around [...]

I updated the list of blogs that I follow.  The list is located conveniently directly to your left <–.  These are all blogs I really do read as evidenced by the fact that after coming home from a long weekend that involved no blog-reading, I had over 75 new posts to catch up on.  So [...]

Once upon a time there was a pretty girl named Emilee.  She fell in love with a goofball named Brian.  Her parents dressed her up all pretty and then told Brian, “Here, you take her!” Brian said he would be pleased to have her.  His brother were his best men, and Travis thought they needed [...]

I sure hope late is better than never, because I am pretty much always these days.  I think these toddler times are quite possibly the hardest so far.  Maybe not in the sleep deprivation way, but definitely in getting anything done.   So I’ll use that as my excuse for my horrible bloggy absence. Think [...]

Coming soon: pictures and stories from Easter, cousin Brian’s wedding to Emilee, and the update from the 18 month check up.  Until then a few tidbits: -          Emma has adopted a small black purse of Mackenzie’s that she carries around on her shoulder at home all the time.  Then the other night both the babies [...]