There are quite a few things that have started to irritate me now that I am a mom — people putting their fingers in my child’s mouth; people telling me my child is fat (you can comment on her chubby cheeks but the girls in not fat); telling me I’m spoiling her because I picked [...]

While we were in Alaska, we met with a photographer (a friend of Kevin) who took some photos of Abbi.  We were so anxious to see the photos because Heath (the photographer) used a lot of interesting angles & lighting.  He never had her pose in an certain way.  He just used whatever she was [...]

She has teeth!  Yup, the Pookes got her second tooth this weekend.  I noticed another little tooth had popped through on Friday.  That would explain why she was unbearably whiney and cranky last week.  I’m hoping, now that this tooth has poked through, that this week will go much better.  However, her bedtime will get [...]

Last night I actually went out by myself!  Quick, make all the “Oh she’s so pathetic” comments you need to….done?  Good.  So, after the Pookes was in bed and Tim got home from a meeting, I went to Barnes & Nobel to pick up a few books — ALL BY MYSELF!  I really can’t recollect [...]

Please people, let’s not get so dramatic!  I understand that the cruise ship tilting 30 degrees is a scary ordeal, but let’s step back into reality.  Do you need to make comments like: “I just knew we were going to die” “I don’t know how I’ll ever get over this”  “Please people, don’t ever take [...]

I just love to hear the pitter-patter of a new hard drive!  Yup fans, that’s right!  I have a new MacBook Pro!!!!  My parents (bless them, bless them, bless them) bought me a refurbished MacBook Pro for my birthday/Christmas/they just love me!  I was so pumped to see the box sitting on my doorstep this [...]

Abbi’s officially on the move now.  She has figured out how to move forward, although it’s not technically crawling.  She gets a good crawl in there every once in a while, but mostly it’s flopping and pulling herself forward as her belly drags on the floor.  She really likes vinyl, tile, and wood floors because [...]

I’m not sure if it is reprocussions from vacation & traveling (which threw her schedule off big time) OR if she has another tooth coming in OR if it is a growth spurt OR if it is just a phase BUT I hope it is over with soon! Abbi has decided that she no longer [...]

We returned home from our Alaskan vacation Tuesday night.  It feels good to be home again.  It is nice to listen to radio stations that actually come in, watch TV, use my computer, have cell signal….yup, we are slaves to technology.  Don’t get me wrong, I actually didn’t miss those things that much while we [...]