Momma’s Favorite Moments

But I will

November 29, 2010

I know she won’t remember that her first smores was eaten from her high chair.  12 years from now she won’t taste the charred marshmallow and creamy chocolate and think back to a rainy Sunday afternoon that keep us stuck indoors and struggling for something fun to do.  But I will. I know she won’t remember what [...]

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Little things

November 3, 2010

Dear C, There are so many things I want you to know about your first few years.  Things you’ll read in your baby book or stories you’ll hear over and over from your daddy and I or your grandparents. Things like when you took your first steps or when you said your first words.  Memories [...]

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A former farm girl goes back (sort of)

August 18, 2010

Growing up my summers all crescendo-ed with the county fair.  A quasi farm girl (meaning I had animals but didn’t actually grow up on a farm… more like the animals lived in my backyard) I got up early to feed; had to make sure water and hay and feedings were done before my social activities [...]

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Hello, Fall!

August 11, 2010

The week that football preseason starts is always a tough week for me.  I get pretty used to having Craig around in the evenings and weekends throughout the year and the second week of August everything changes.  For a few weeks, until the routine of the regular season starts, he puts in obscenely long hours. (although, [...]

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Oh! The games we play!

July 26, 2010

There’s a new game around our house. One that gives me bruised knees and sore palms, but also squeals of delight followed by belly laughs from the little one.  She crawls away from me and looks back over her shoulder.  On my hands and knees, I chase her.  “I’m gonna get you.”  Her eyes gleam [...]

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Good night, sleep tight

July 22, 2010

Most nights I put her to bed awake following her bottle and a book.  But once in a while, she drifts off while finishing her bottle and on those nights it’s hard for me to put her to bed right away.  Like last night.  Her eyes were closing as I was humming songs I learned [...]

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Vacation Photos

July 11, 2010

 Our vacation, in a nutshell, in pictures…. From top left, clockwise:    Craig & C. rocking the Baby Bjorn. What do you do when you forget to pack a bib?  Tie a napkin ’round her neck, of course.  Oh, and Blue Moon.  YUM.  He’s got a stroller loaded down with luggage, a duffel bag on his [...]

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Tickle Monster

June 13, 2010

In almost every way, C is a daddy’s girl.  Just this weekend, he wanted to get a few more minutes in the pool late in the afternoon.  So he handed the babe to me and started out the door.  Until… she screamed.  Big crocodile tears and sobs that said “Daddy, how could you give me [...]

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HELLO! Summer

June 1, 2010

Internet! I haven’t been this excited about summer since the summer of 98, before I went to college and took full advantage of sleeping in until noon, working at MickeyD’s and drinking beers camping in the woods.  If you read the Twitter Home Tour post from a while back, you saw that when we built a house, [...]

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I didn’t know hiccups were funny (& a little promotion for a blog friend)

May 26, 2010

Last night I was getting a rather grumpy baby girl ready for her bath.  I sat her down in the exersaucer while I filled her bathtub and collected her pjs.  And she whined because clearly it’s more fun to try to throw herself off of my bed than be stuck in the exercauser with toys [...]

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