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My sister-in-law, Tina, gave birth to a baby boy on June 30th. She and my brother, Jonathan, named him Wyatt Allen. Wyatt weighed 7lbs. and 10 oz, and was 21 inches long. Isn’t he absolutely adorable?! It was such a bless­ing to be at the hos­pi­tal with Jonathan and Tina and share in the mir­a­cle of baby […]

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 […]

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, […]

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 […]

I have a small, ok, decently-sized prob­lem with mak­ing deci­sions. If you asked my hus­band what quirk of mine frus­trates him the most, it would undoubt­edly be my lack of abil­ity to decide… to decide where to eat, and what to order once he’s finally cho­sen where, to decide what to wear and what to dress […]