January Burns

Since moving to Minnesota, I knew that January would be a difficult month when it came to weather. Actually, it’s January through May with February or March being the really difficult months. It’s spring, and snow is still falling. That’s hard to swallow when all your friends in ALL THE OTHER STATES are out having read more »

19 Months

(Somewhat late, but we were in Kauai and I’ve been slow to get back into the groove of life.) Your love for trains has grown since you got a Thomas the Train set at Christmas. We have it set up in your room where you spends about 30 minutes playing quietly. Then you come running read more »

In That I Have Nothing to Say

Really, nothing since December? Sad, but actually a lot has happened. Maybe it was the post-holiday blues or the amount of eating that has me now 10 lbs heavier (suuuuuucks), but I just didn’t feel like anything was worth writing about. Wait, now that I think about it. It’s the month of January. Does it read more »

2nd Christmas

This was such a different year compared to last year. Baby Jules was just a small 6-month-old who really didn’t know what was going on. This year, while he still didn’t know what was going on, he was into opening gifts. Especially when it’s a Thomas the Train set. Poor kid, he had to wait read more »

18 Months

The reasons why I haven’t done an 18-month post until now. You are 23 pounds, petite, cautious, a singer, laugh at everything, love cars and trains, becoming a picky eater and can’t sit still long enough for a photo with Scully. We’ve been singing a few songs to you for what seems like forever and read more »

Mind Blown

I was cleaning out my coupon book and, in my head, it made sense to keep all coupons that were 11/1 and beyond. This was 2 days ago. So that’s where my heads been. Not with it. Not realizing November is over. It’s not like life went fast. No, there were plenty of slow days. read more »

17 Months

17 months gives us a little boy who adores cars and anything with wheels. You see a car on the road, on tv, in a magazine, in a book and you go nuts. You sign “car” and say “nuh!” Over and over and over. I have a feeling cars and anything with wheels are an read more »