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Saturday night after supper Kevin, Grandma Marilyn, Derek, Sophia and I loaded in the car and ventured down to Jolly Holiday Lights. Sophia was in awe of all the lights. She really seemed to have a great time! We might have to make that a new family tradition!

Due to all the babies […]

Grandma Marilyn and Grandpa Steve showed up Tuesday afternoon and they have been keeping us all really busy. Sophia has been showing off her new vocabulary, which has multiplied quite a bit over the last week. I think something just clicked in her head and she all of a sudden copies everything!!

Over the […]

Two weeks ago Sophia had an ear infection. I called the ENT and they said to put the ear drops in her ears and just keep an eye on it. She’s had a runny nose and has been very clumsy, but I thought it had cleared up.

On Saturday after lunch, I […]

Every year, my work has a Holiday party for the kids, where a certain “jolly fellow” makes an appearance. Not knowing what to expect, we decided to take Sophia to get her picture taken with Santa.

As you can see in the picture (right), Sophia didn’t quite make it to anyone’s lap, but her daddy’s. […]

Funny story.

Last night, after putting Derek down in his crib, I was preparing to get to sleep (teeth brushing, pajamas, etc.). When all of a sudden, Lexi who had been in bed for quite some time, started bark and snarl at the bedroom window.

At first, I was yelling at Lexi to shut her yapper, but […]

It wasn’t exactly our #1 parenting rule, but Kevin and I felt very strongly about our children not sleeping with us. We’ve always heard about the people who have all their kids in bed with them for years and never get their own space. We always said that would never be us. […]

Friday night my work had a Christmas Party at Prairie Meadows and I decided it was time to get out of the house. So I got out of my pajamas for the second or third time in the last couple of months and threw on some make-up. I’m not sure that Kevin actually […]