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Gear Up! | 0-3 months
Below is a list of some of the essential items we needed at home with a newborn. Whether these were items we registed for one of our showers or things we picked up on our own when we got home, I think its safe to say all of them were things we could not live...
Mommy Report | 3 months
You guys, these months are flying by. Y'all weren't kidding with all the warnings. How did another month and a week pass and I haven't given and update on little man? His personality is really starting to show. Just look at this and see if you disagree. This past...
10 years around the track
One of the great honors I have in life is to serve as a Hero (now Voice) of Hope for the American Cancer Society. This group of survivors and caregivers go through a several month training process and then spend an initial year traveling all over their home state...
Keeping Organized in the Kitchen
I’ve often heard my mom say, “The key to cooking anything on a weeknight is just a little organization.” And believe me, my mom could cook just about anything on a week night including a fancy dinner for 8 (but that’s a different post). Now that I’m in a “mom”...
Earth Day | Energy Usage Survey
As mentioned here and here, one of the common debates at our house is how we could decrease our carbon footprint. Of course I don’t present it in those terms, but what could we do to reduce trash and consumption in our home? This new stage of life really has me...
take them a meal
I can think of nothing more that a family with a newborn needs (maybe besides some extra cash and sleep) than to have meals covered the first couple weeks they are home. And that same philosophy applies when people have had surgery or a stressful week. We have been...
10 years as a Cancer Survivor | What I know now
10 years ago, I started this blog. My first post was the first weekend I had been diagnosed with cancer. I knew I had a lot of people in different states who were starting to hear about my diagnosis and wanted to know what was going on. Many were afraid to ask,...
Miracle Man
After all that, I did have to make a decision with one fact in mind - To save my life might mean I never got to make his; my own little miracle.
MOMMY REPORT | 2 months
Dude, where is the time going? You are already 2 months. I refuse to even say 9 weeks because that sounds so much longer. You are the sweetest little thing and I'll record it since we are all saying...and oh so pretty. Your face screams peace, you know except when you are hungry!
KCD: Baby gift items
Thankfully we are coming out of flu season and all the winter weather, but its spring and that has its own new set of things to keep away from little man. March wind is still blowing, germs are still swarming, but pollen has entered and April showers are just around the corner.
Hopping Down the Bunny Trail | filling Easter baskets with more than eggs
What about you? Was there anything growing up that was always in your Easter basket? For us, it was the Eggums – the little carton of egg shaped bubble gums. And of course Reeses eggs…still as grown ups, we get both of these in our “Easter basket”.
Jonquil Festival at Old Washington
This past weekend, we took Little Man for his first big outing to the Jonquil Festival at Historic Washington State Park. It might have been too early, but we kept him close in the Ergo baby, and not too many extra fingers touched him. It was just a perfect spring...
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