What is a daddy?

While we were out running some errands today, I was listening to the backseat conversation between my two oldest boys, ages 6 and nearly 5. My oldest asked the younger one “when will Mommy run around the house and rowdy with us?” To this, the younger one responded, “maybe when she turns into a daddy.”

Standing up

In the last few weeks, my eight month old has started standing up in his crib. When I lay him down for a nap, he crawls to the rail and pulls himself up. He’s excited and proud of himself for a moment, but soon he realizes that he doesn’t know how to get down. Then the crying begins. If I [...]

It’s a boy!

From the day we found out I was expecting our third child we knew what her name would be - Olivia Ann. As the pregnancy progressed, it was very different from my other two, and so I knew it was a girl. After my second son was born I had prayed long and hard that [...]

Why?

When the idea of starting a blog began to mingle in my mind, I had to ask myself “why?”. I had been reading my friend Kim’s blog for several weeks and I started to get a few ideas about things I could write. But why would I take the time to post my ramblings on a [...]