Dear Owen and James, On your birthday you woke up to find … a new train table from Mommy and Daddy in our living room (it’s now in your bedroom). You both love it but Owen, you, especially do. (James, you’re more into taking the track apart right now.) Nini, Pop Pop, Grandma and Paw [...]
“Thirty is the new 20, unless your 20, then it’s the new 40.” —Dane Peddigrew
My best guess is that now that it’s near the end of spring and it’s supposed to be in the 90s this weekend, the universe realized we weren’t sick enough this past winter (and really, we luckily, were not) and so it’s making up for that now. Owen got pinkeye, too. This, however, transformed Sophie. [...]
It seems like it was only a few weeks ago I was driving, in the middle of the night, alone, to meet my first niece—to meet you, Colleen. And here you are! With your amazing Mama and Dada, eating a cupcake. I left my home with Nini and Pop Pop, after putting your cousin Sophie [...]
‘Twas Easter-Sunday. The full-blossomed trees Filled all the air with fragrance and with joy.” —Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
I feel like it was just yesterday when we were tromping around a hilly field, looking for the perfect Christmas tree. And just like that, on Monday we dragged what was left of it in our backyard to the curb (I know, I know, it’s March and we should have recycled it with the rest [...]
We also celebrated Christmas with my mom’s side of the family and my dad’s side of the family. I was so busy chasing the kids around and talking to family I hardly took pictures! Mangan family Christmas Gebhart family Christmas It’s all I’ve got. But I cherished both days—some family members I see hardly ever [...]
balled-and-burlap Christmas tree handmade gift wrap + tags glass snowflakes and reindeer hanging from chandelier gifts! playing with gifts Mom, Dad, Katy and Tom My mom made one of these dolls for each of the children. I love them, the kids love them, anyone who comes to our house loves them. Thanks, Mom and Dad, [...]
Dear Sophie, I dreamt of days like these, before you were born. Days when gummy candy was served on fine china underneath a homemade fort with your favorite stuffed baby lamb as a guest. Days when my childhood bear (made by my mom, your nini), was dressed in a dress you had outgrown and crowned [...]
Christmas evening my parents and brother joined us for a delicious meal, which my in-laws cooked for everyone. It was our last evening to see Kyle, so I was grateful for the time together. Sophie “reading” to Kyle Kyle brought our children gifts, including a “band in a box” for Sophie. I told him I [...]
