This has been one of those weeks that I’m definately glad is over. We ordered the wood floors almost a month ago and were supposed to have them delievered to the house on Monday. We are doing a lot of renovations and are doing the work ourselves to save...

There is a little park in our neighborhood about 1/4 mile from our house. It was one of the added bonuses with the house when we bought it. When looked at with a child’s eyes, its a little piece of heaven – twisty slide, fun climbing stairs, fireman’s pole,...

So Jon and I are talking in the kitchen Saturday morning and in mid-sentence he goes – “Look at the fox!” So we both go rushing to the sliding glass door and sure enough, there is a red fox about 25 feet from our house! I grabbed the camera...

I’ve never really been much of a napper – I’m the ‘sleep-in-late’ girl. I’ve always joked that Jon is the “Good Morning, Day” kind of guy and I’m more of the ‘Leave me alone” kind of person when it comes to mornings. Madelyn is definately a ‘Sleep-in Late’ kind...

We are embarking on the Great Home Renovation of 2011. It actually began a few weeks ago and will continue for about the next month and a half. It involves about 5 ‘phases’, with the first 2 phases actually complete, and 3, 4 and 5 on deck almost simultaneously....

There comes a point in every child’s life where their fun-loving, slightly immature parents spike their hair at bath time. While most of this humilation goes unrecorded, there inevitably will be the picture that is taken and saved as evidence of how cute said child used to be. This...

I’m at the very beginning of my journey as a parent and have come to realize a few things: 1. I have the most amazing daughter in the world that I look forward to seeing each and every day 2. I have the most amazing husband in the world...