I can’t believe we are already celebrating one week with Leslie! I am surprising myself with how much I am adoring the newborn phase. Yes, we are feeding constantly, or so it seems. Yes, I’m tired (what else is new?). But she is so soft! I can’t stop rubbing my face on and kissing her soft hair and cheeks. And she smells so good....
Sleep for our little guy has been a challenge for the past month, we’ve tried a few different methods to help him quiet down and fall asleep. Tyler started reciting poems to him (I love this side of my husband, my Renaissance Man). A few days into this new attempt Tyler called me in “Michelle, listen to this” and he started the lines of...
It was March 23, 2010 when they told us our baby would have Down syndrome. I was 4 months pregnant. The news was devastating. It’s very fresh in my mind still, what it felt like. I can go there, my heart wide open. It was a season of mourning – grief for the typical baby I thought I was having, as well as a...
My kids LOVE the iPad. Often, when Whitney is still groggy and disheveled from her nap she’ll Frankenstein to the office (where inevitably one of us is working) and walk straight up to the iPad without so much as an acknowledgement. She’ll filter through apps like it’s her job. While the naturalist in me is constantly considering putting more and more limitations on “screen...
Our sweet little girl is three today! Whitney loves…. hugs and kisses singing Old MacDonald, Wheels on the Bus, and any other song with motions books Signing Time and other movies petting dogs sand at the beach playing with clothes and dress-up the piano smoothies, cereal, noodles, cupcakes, graham crackers, milk copying her brother (especially if she hears “no”) swinging, jumping on the bed,...
This smoothie formula (not really a recipe but a collection of principles) is decades tested and brother-in-law approved (he still talks about when we first met and I made him a real smoothie).ESSENTIAL INGREDIENTS (2 modest servings) 1 Banana (sweetness and texture, can be fresh or frozen) 1 (6-8oz) Yogurt (vanilla & fruity taste the best, but plain can work with enough flavor support...
Today’s Favorites…. Michelle: the Waffle Maker – I love this thing! We had waffles today and they were just great. As usual. And left us wondering why we don’t have waffles more often?! We like to eat them with syrup or yogurt, or even freeze them for a quick and easy meal or snack. I want to try dipping them in chocolate for a...
