i wanted to find a fun way to help encourage my son to keep practicing his reading and writing through the summer months. inspired by all those blogland postcard swaps, i decided to set up a summer swap for him. i thought this was the perfect way to keep in touch with friends, be creative, [...]

i’ve been…

getting more sleep than expectedloving being a baby momma againwatching my first enjoy being a big brotherplanning for 10 relatives to stay and visit next week
so excited to join leah and jenn for this upcoming creative workshopcreating e-vites for a 6th birthday partytrying to stay cool in hot and humid weatherenjoying lot’s of family [...]

almost 2 weeks…and we are slowly waking uphealing and resettingfinding our new rhythmof days and nights melting togetherand simply being togetheras a new family of four

a little brother is here!
born july 9th at 2:30amtwo weeks early and a healthy8lbs. 5oz.
we couldn’t be more in love.

lately i have been tired and slowly chipping away at my to-do list without any real sense of urgency. yesterday though, it hit me… i have two weeks left and still lots to do! so with a burst of energy (i guess what they would consider a true nesting instinct) i spent the day busy [...]