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30 days. 30 posts.  A snapshot of our everyday life.  I got the idea from a really wonderful blog I follow called SouleMama (http://soulemama.typepad.com) I feel like so often I try to cram 3 weeks worth of highlights into one little post.  Meanwhile all these … [Read more...] about A New Project

Eli was 6 months old on Sunday.  A very exciting day for him - half a year old AND his namesake became a Super Bowl champion and MVP.  Elena(!!) took this fabulous picture of us a few days ago. So how does Eli measure up at 6 months?  He's 20 lbs and 28 inches … [Read more...] about 6 Months

Call me superstitious, but I can't help but feel like we pissed off the football gods somehow by going back on our (okay . .  . MY) name promise.  You see, about this time last year, finding myself pregnant on the cusp of the playoffs, I made a promise.  Should my … [Read more...] about What Have We Done??

Yesterday was my birthday.  Yes, I've finally turned 24 :)  When I woke up yesterday morning I could hear Elena in her room.  She was busy making a surprise for me:  "Top Ten Resons Y I Love You!!"  (And NO!  We don't let her stay up to … [Read more...] about Best Birthday Present Ever!

or how Elena almost got a time-out for reading The Secret Garden. I've been reading The Secret Garden to Elena.  If you've read it, you might remember that it's filled with characters speaking in a Yorkshire dialect.  Not to mention that it was written in the early … [Read more...] about The Perils of Speaking Yorkshire . . .