It never ceases to amaze me how quickly the holidays fly by. I almost wish we had a few more parties coming up but it is over for us. The Christmas treats are almost gone, the presents have all been unwrapped and played with multiple times, the stockings are empty. With that said, we did [...]

I had my 24 week check-up with the OB today. To my surprise, I actually got to see the doctor today. Usually I schedule with one of the nurses because, even when I do schedule my appointment with the doctor, he’s usually out delivering babies and I see a nurse anyhow. This time though he [...]

We were watching Kitchen Nightmares a few weeks ago and Gordon Ramsey told a restaurant owner that he should not put pictures on his menu.  I agree, partially.  I love pictures on the menu because I am a visual person.  I need to see what a dish looks like to really know if I’m going [...]

We really don’t get out to the movies all that much since having a child.  Which is unfortunate because we used to go to the movies all the time.  Now it just seems that when we do actually get a babysitter, it is because we need to attend some sort of work function, adult birthday [...]

I’m going to make this short and sweet because I’m so freaking tired right now.  I believe that ‘second-trimester’ burst of energy is on its way to empty.  Or it could be the fact that I am running back and forth to the bathroom with Abbi 75 times a day!  But chances are, it is [...]

I’m done with Christmas Shopping!!!!!  Well, aside from Tim’s and Abbi’s gifts.  I was actually done last week but I just got them all wrapped this afternoon.  Now I need to package up those that are getting sent elsewhere and get them in the mail.  It is such a good feeling to have that done.  [...]

I was looking at some pictures of Abbi from the past year and decided to compare photos from her 1 year birthday and this birthday.  Here is how she has changed:

Saturday was Abbi’s 2nd birthday and I must say that it went much better than birthday #1.  Although she was cranky most of the day, she was suddenly in a good mood when her birthday party arrived.  She loved having everyone sing to her, she loved blowing out her candle, she LOVED the cake, and [...]

It’s snowing right now. Granted it isn’t snowing enough and won’t snow enough today to have any accumulation on the ground but it does make the realization hit that winter is here. Before we do get some snow on the ground though I do need to get Abbi some snow pants and boots. I should [...]

I did it. I got up this morning at 5:30am and was shopping by 6am. I tried to prepare myself for the madness and chaos and masses of people, but really, could anyone be prepared for this? I swear those women could sense that I was new to this whole thing. They could tell that [...]