Dear “Rora,”
I can’t believe 10 months has passed since we first welcomed you into our lives.  You have grown so much — and time has passed too quickly!
Your favorite toys are NOT baby toys.  You love Little People and baby dolls and some of the most random toys like Lala’s “robot” - a McDonald’s type [...]

It must be a funny (pitiful) sight to see me “running.”  Really, it’s almost amusing at how quickly I become out of breath as I try for the first time in my life to really start running.  I was told running would be hard, that it’d take months - if not years - for it [...]

Lorelei,
You are 2 years and 9 months old.  You’ve mastered the fine art of dressing yourself (except for shirts, they’re pretty confusing).  You adore watching shows and have somehow developed a little smarty pants attitude.  And then, there’s the whining.  Somehow, you instinctively know that if you repeat the same word in the same whiny [...]

1.  Regardless that you never stuffed your bra in highschool, you might suddenly find yourself doing so.  You may even want to buy stock in nursing pads, I’m just sayin’…
2.  My number one requested item on my baby shower list POST-BABY?  Fitted sheets…because um, yeah.
3.  Right after that?  Towels.
4.  Cabbage leaves?  Don’t work.  Unless you [...]

Lorelei has become more and more interested with the potty - from shouting that she needs to go in the middle of Walmart to wanting to chill out on hers for periods of time.  She wants to.  Really wants to.  The only thing missing?  Being able to summon the great yellow and …yeh.
For some reason, [...]

“Mama!  Rora bites you!  No, baby!” Lorelei said with great worry as she came into the room, seeing me breastfeeding her baby sister.
“No, sweetie.  Rora isn’t biting mommy.  Mommy is just nursing and Rora is eating!”
(Pause with Lala still looking concerned.)  i realized quickly that I’d used the term ‘eating’ which sounds a lot like [...]

Thought this was pretty great (from an email forward)…
The Window Through Which We Look

A [...]

This past week has been a WHiRLWIND.  CrAzY!  We’ve been trying (to no avail) to get the house cleaned up and ready just for Sir to leave again.  A little frustration came when 2 out of 3 of my Pampered Chef parties canceled very last minute, but I guess that’s how it goes.  In hindsight, [...]

Dear Rora and Lala,
Your daddy and I couldn’t imagine our lives without you both in them.  You are both growing so much and we love watching you both develop into your own little persons.
Lala, you are about 2 1/3 years :)  You are learning about MINE - but, you’re also learning that not everything is [...]