Category Archives: The Kids

My son, Jett, is known for his hair. He came out with a full head of spiky black hair which was lucky because we had imagined him as a rockstair in utero and had his name picked out for months. It just fit him. We couldn’t go anywhere without being stopped so that people could question, comment and even touch his hair. I got
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Where oh where did my baby go? It has been almost a year since he first entered the world. I used to think that the days passed slowly even though the weeks and months flew by. Now even the days seem to be gone in an instant. In the first few days, weeks and months of having a new baby, so much of it
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Four years ago, my husband blogged about taking your baby to restaurants.  We used to take our kid everywhere we went. Now that we have two and our newest baby (who is really not that new anymore) has always had a really early bedtime, we just don’t do the same things that we once did. This summer, however, we are going on a road
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Half the time I’m complaining that I never get any peace and quiet at home. If I don’t have a four year old asking me to play zoo or cars or get him something to eat, I have an 11 month old tugging at my pants, slapping my chest, slobbering on my face or whining about whatever. Don’t get me wrong, I love my
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Having a mobile child is quite the experience. Especially the ones that are so curious that they literally get into everything, including your appliances.

My 4 year old son had recurrent ear infections for a year. The fluid was not draining from his ears and almost every month we were at the doctor’s office with a pretty severe infection. Almost every time they gave him antibiotics. I was getting increasingly alarmed and after having a hearing test performed on my son with the results showing that he had
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How is it possible that my baby is seven months old today? Where did the time go? Seven months ago today, my life changed in a big way.  I never could have imagined the powerful love I would feel for another child. Everyone said that your heart just grows bigger with each one. They were right.