Goodbye dear friend... 9 Jun 2009 | 01:00 pm

I'm referring to the end of a chapter of our lives and the start of a new one. I'm talking about saying goodbye to this blog that I've had since 2005. This blog that I've posted all my thoughts and fe...

Untitled 2 Jun 2009 | 02:30 pm

Baby, your Elmo is showing... Whoops, momma's busted! The rear view is much cuter at this age, don't ya think?

Untitled 1 Jun 2009 | 04:01 pm

Just time for a quick post tonight. Joe and I met a family from our China travel group for lunch on Saturday. They were in town for vacation and it was SO great to see them again and catch up a little...

Elmo love... 27 May 2009 | 02:28 pm

Update... 26 May 2009 | 05:24 am

We're still hanging in there, but Lauren is having some difficulty with the adjustment of me going back to work. It mostly shows when she gets up from her naps and someone she wasn't expecting is ther...

I'm hanging in there... 14 May 2009 | 09:07 am

but it sure is HARD going back to work! On Monday morning Lauren woke up before I left at 6:15am, so I was able to hold her for a few minutes before I left. I told her that Baba was going to watch El...

Mother's Day... 11 May 2009 | 01:29 pm

I hope everyone had a great Mother's Day, especially those celebrating their very first one! For me there were some tears, but they were happy tears. As I was holding Lauren this morning I thought abo...

This week, blog makeovers, and Blogville... 8 May 2009 | 11:11 am

Thank you all for your well wishes and encouragement about heading back to work next week. We've been taking it really slow and savoring every minute of this week, and it's been very nice. As we get ...

Last week at home... 4 May 2009 | 05:43 pm

When I wake up in the morning I start the week I've been dreading since we brought Lauren home. It's my last week of maternity leave and I have so many mixed emotions about it. After being with Laure...

Drumroll, please.... 2 May 2009 | 08:19 am

I had Joe draw the names since Little Miss is napping... After I took this pic, I thought of "Thing" from The Adams Family (wasn't that the hand from the show?)... and the winners of a new blog head...