When Betsy told me she was pregnant earlier this year, I couldn’t have been more excited for her family.  And then, when she announced that baby #4 was a BOY, I squealed….out of sheer excitement, and a tad bit of jealousy!   I kind of really love the idea of having 4 boys.  :) Henry, [...]

Can’t believe it’s been another year already.  This is my 3rd Mother’s Day with Burke and now I get to celebrate with TWO little wonderful boys.  It’s crazy how these yearly events really show how much the little ones grow.  Looking back at last year, Burke was just one and seems so little compared to [...]

Dear Blake, You turned three months today.  While it did go faster than I’d like it to, this last month with you in our family was super fun.  You’re a very chill baby, but I guess that is how many second children are/have to be.  We don’t really have any kind of schedule, other than [...]

It was so hot today in SB, in the 80s for sure.  When Burke woke up from his nap, it was still so warm outside that we decided it’d be fun to get into our swimsuits and play outside.  He loves to play with “wadder”! Blake started to show signs of being warm too, so [...]

Our favorite toddler turned TWO today!!  He woke up this morning to a room full of balloons…and he loved it way more than we thought he would. We spent about 30 minutes in there with him just running around and throwing the balloons back up in the air. Such a happy, happy, little guy!  The [...]

Today was Brett’s 34th birthday and it was a day that we’ll never forget. Ma came in last night to spend a few days with us, and was a happy grandma to hang out with Blake this morning. We hung around the house for most of the day, since we needed to stay close, and [...]

Back in January, a few of us got together for a Friday night dinner with some friends. We had been hanging out at the Gathering, at MOPS, at the zoo, with our kids, getting to know each other better…or as well as you could with little ones interrupting conversations every few minutes. So, when it [...]

A few weeks back, our dear friend and favorite photographer, Emily, came over after church to fill this Mommy’s plea to capture some family images of us before Blake was a giant.  We took our first family pics with Burke when he was 2 weeks old and he was still super tiny.  Well, Blake was [...]

At a little over 9 weeks old, we introduced Blake to the shower.  This will probably be the main way that this little guy gets cleaned, as it’s much easier this way on Mommy and Daddy.  He didn’t seem too bothered by the water, and actually liked it! Yay for fresh, clean, cute and cuddly [...]

There are a few friends that are expecting baby girls in the next few months.  So, when I went to peruse through my fabric stash (I actually have one now) to see what fit the bill, I found these beautiful fabrics from the Kumari Garden collection and couldn’t wait to get started. I’d been wanting [...]