Dear Brett, You’re 33 today. The last year has gone by so fast. Last year for your birthday we were busy trying to get our baby out so he’d share the day with you. Too bad the little guy had his own plan. In the end, I’m glad that you still have your own day. [...]

When we knew we’d be making a trip to TX, I hoped that we’d be able to make some time to get to Austin to visit with some of our friends there too. Well, it was a quick one…just a tad longer than a 24 hour round trip….but it was worth it. We left Katy [...]

Well, we got a decent night’s sleep….well, from 1am to 9am.  Lucky for Mommy and Daddy, Burke let us sleep in a bit which was super nice!  My Mom, Burke and I went to visit with Auntie Taylor for lunch at school.  This is Burke’s 3rd visit to her school and he always has such [...]

Burke has graduated once again at SB Community College. Since he’s now walking, we have moved from Infant Times II to Toddler Times I. This one meets on Tuesdays from 930 to 1145am – perfect timing for Burke’s new naptime routine. We were the first ones to arrive so Burke had first dibs at all [...]

I don’t want to jinx it but today was the 5th day in a row of predictable sleeping, which means that Burke went down super easy for his (only one now) nap right at noon. I anticipated him to sleep at least an hour, so I got started on a project that I hoped I’d [...]

Over Christmas break in Las Vegas one night, when I was Pinterest or blog surfing, I came across a technique called Stack and Slash, and was intrigued. I have dreams about things that I find online and they don’t go away until I try them. So, while I was there, I picked up a few [...]

My Mom made this rug for me when I was born. Her Mother helped finish it up with her before I left California (to go home to Iran where my parents were living at the time) at 6 weeks old. This is the only picture of me taken on my rug when I was a [...]

This morning was a bittersweet PEP meeting. One of our dear moms is leaving us. Emily and Jack are moving up north, so we gathered today to bid them adieu and well wishes for their new home. Erika was able to get a lot of us to sign a sweet card for Emily, and picked [...]

Yikes!! This morning, I looked over at Burke and he had both hands up on the railing of his crib. We just figured out that we could put the mattress higher than we had it (when we moved it to our room), and it looks like we might be lowering it a lot sooner than [...]

After being up way too late last night chatting, this morning’s wake up call at 7am came a little early…..however, it was kind of nice to get up and get a start on the day. By 730am, Burke was fed, I’d been in the kitchen sauteeing veggies, cracking 18 eggs…… ……and putting this in the oven, and [...]