Empty Inkwell

So it’s true what they say about babies and lit­tle kid­dos… they’re so much more inter­ested in the “non-toy” (the bag, the card­board box, the shoe sit­ting right next to their pile of toys) than the real thing. A few weeks ago, Cora was play­ing with a Rex (from Toy Story) stuffed ani­mal that her Uncle Jonathan […]

Yes­ter­day was a good day, filled with a few fun “firsts” for Cora. After a lazy morn­ing of soc­cer, cof­fee and clean­ing, Matt, Cora and I went to the mall to buy Cora her first pair of (wear­able) shoes. She has a few pairs that she received as gifts, and though they say six to nine months, they are still […]

I began this post prior to the start of today’s match against Ghana, but between my six-month old lit­tle one and other to-do’s on a Sat­ur­day morn­ing, it didn’t get fin­ished by game time, so I told myself: win or lose, you will fin­ish (and post) what you began. So although we now know that team USA […]

Think about the one sound that you absolutely can­not stand… it sends chills up your spine, shiv­ers to your shoul­ders, and makes you grind your teeth (when it’s real bad). Are you think­ing about it? Maybe you have more than one? Ok, now stop. If you’re like me, you shook your head just think­ing about […]

Cora is six months old today! I can hardly believe how quickly the time has passed. I still think about the day Matt and I brought her home from the hos­pi­tal (I’m sure I always will—I don’t think you for­get moments like those). She was so tiny, so del­i­cate, so beau­ti­ful. Cora has grown seven and three-quarter inches and […]

It is my husband’s first Father’s Day! Because I was preg­nant last year, Matt and I semi-celebrated Mother and Father’s Day with soon-to-be mom and dad cards. But this year, offi­cially being par­ents and being able to snug­gle up and squeeze lit­tle Cora, has been noth­ing less than amaz­ing. It’s been a lazy Sun­day, just as Matt wanted […]

Here’s evi­dence to my enjoy­ment of nice weather (in addi­tion to crummy weather) and appre­ci­a­tion for our beau­ti­ful San Diego cli­mate. It was GORGEOUS today! Absolutely gor­geous. Per­fect tem­per­a­ture… not so hot that your clothes stick to you and every minute spent in the sun is also spent search­ing for the next patch of shade, […]

I pur­chased earth­quake insur­ance today. I’ve been mean­ing to do so for about the past two months now—ever since an offer for the pol­icy showed up in my mailbox—conveniently around the same time San Diego started rockin’ with earth­quakes. Lately it’s been almost a daily occurrence—okay maybe not that much. But seri­ously, when you’re talk­ing earthquakes—natural […]

We fed Cora rice cereal for the first time today! Matt and I have been itch­ing to do so for weeks and weeks now. We had already set up her high chair, bought the rice cereal and a super cute bib, picked out spoons, bowls, and even a travel meal dish set (can you tell we are excited?!) […]

Don’t let any­one look down on you because you are young, but set an exam­ple for the believ­ers in speech, in life, in love, in faith and in purity. This morn­ing my church held a spe­cial “Pro­mo­tion Sun­day” ser­vice to honor the high school seniors as they “grad­u­ate” from the youth pro­gram, and to wel­come incoming […]