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Dear Ethan,Today you are one month old.  I know it's a cliche, but I still can't believe how quickly it has gone by.  Tomorrow will be the start of my 5th week of maternity leave.  Only 7 weeks left to stay home with you full-time.You [Read More]

Hey housebloggers - If you love my son Mikey in this picture:Than you need to vote for him as your next Baby Idol!Yes, our Mikey is baby #197 in Fun 107 FM's Baby Idol contest - and he needs your vote to win! CLICK HERE TO PLACE YOUR VOTE!Ok, so it's [Read More]

Ethan is now almost 3 weeks old, and I've been on maternity leave for a few days more than that. Since then (aside from pushing the not-so-little guy out!), I've accomplished pretty much nothing. I have cooked one meal, vacuumed a few times, mopped t [Read More]

What do you know...  I actually finished a project for once!!Ethan Edward entered this world on 9/29 at 1342 hrs.  He weighed 9 lbs 7 oz and is 21" long, and I delivered him completely drug-free!I wanted to type out the story of his birth w [Read More]

In the spirit of fall, I made some beef and barley stew this morning to put in the freezer for after baby arrives (assuming he ever does...).  We're trying to get several meals stored so that we don't end up eating Chinese take-out or pizza ever [Read More]

Well today is the day (hopefully) that I find out if my baby is a boy or a girl. I'm hoping for a boy of course and my wife wants a girl. I think I have the edge because I had a weird dream that my baby was a boy, so I'm hoping I have future seeing t [Read More]

While I was painting the baby room, I started thinking of all the great times I had in there.This was of course, the room we slept in and ate and cooked for a few years. Now everything has moved out. Now I have a master bedroom (though still cluttere [Read More]

Yes, we're finally under 20days remaining. Under 15. It's now officially day 12! And I'm proud to report that things are moving along just swimmingly.On Monday the guys were even more productive then I could have imagined! And I knew it the moment I [Read More]

With our baby being due yesterday or March 5 (depending on which due date you go by), we think we finally have everything done! And while it seems like I have been nesting since Chris and I got married (home=hobby to me, but not so much to Chris!), [Read More]

Saturday….I have five hundred things to do and what do I do?  Sew a dress for a baby doll.  How can you resist the: “Mommy, my baby does not have any clothes, can you make her some?”  Vivian was looking at me with such faith in h [Read More]

This room has been a haven for my craft messes for awhile now, but soon we will start making it into a nursery for our baby that is on the way. I am not sorry to give up this room, it's for such a good cause, but where on earth am I going to put all [Read More]

Ginger's room Ginger has finally moved into her room, just in time for her first birthday!  It’s not *quite* finished as it still needs closet doors and a wall sconce,  but it’s definitely functional.  I’m a bit frustrated by [Read More]

Ava's Uncle Bob visited us over the Memorial Day weekend. We had a fun time at the Kinetic Sculpture Race start and Bob got to meet Ava for the first time. He was incredibly sweet with her. I think she was a little confused since she had never seen s [Read More]

Our little Jacob Ryan was born today. He weighed 9lb 5oz and was 21.5" long. He is our perfect little chubby buddy. [Read More]

Grace's friend, Lucy, has a new baby sister. And her poppa just posted this video of Lucy, well, you just have to see it for yourself. And my heart melted and my ovaries throbbed and STOPPPP! The CUTENESS!!!!!!! Maternal Instinct [Read More]

Click here to see photos of the most awesome thing in the whole world.I'm still having difficulties being out of bed for too long, so the story is going to have to wait.It looks like Kerri won the baby pool... congrats! (We'll figure out a prize soon [Read More]

Today's the due date. I know today isn't over yet, but I really doubt I'm going to have a baby within the next 4.5 hours. I can't wait to see if the widget says "-1 days to go" tomorrow.I've been having contractions all day, but they're totally irreg [Read More]

The baby widget says "1 day to go" and I roll my eyes and shake my head. I doubt it.At yesterday's doctor visit, I had my membranes swept. (Google it if you really want to know what it's all about. I'm not going to get that personal here.) It's a pro [Read More]

Our new bean arrived Tuesday April 1, after 25 hours of labor. Trust me, there is a reason they call it labor and not tickle party. Phew. Hopefully we'll be able to keep on the green track while raising this little guy. So far so good: used baby clot [Read More]

Thursday, April 3, 2008 4:30 am: Stumble out of bed at in-law's house to go to crying toddler, tripping over the suitcases that we have been living out of since March 12th. Excellent time to experiment with toddler-friendly swear words interjectio [Read More]