On Saturday night, Corinne had a dream that Grandma Ann died (sorry, mom), and Corinne got to be the one to hold her hand as her spirit floated to heaven. She woke up in a panic that Grandma Ann was indeed dead. Tony comforted her. Corinne said a prayer and went back to sleep. Next…

I have taken all accessories out of the living room. I decided it looks better empty than with the items I was trying to pass off as stylish. Man, what was I thinking on some of this stuff! After painting, it’s always painful to put a nail hole in the wall anyway so I’m taking…

So everyone is posting their resolutions. I guess I’ve never really gotten into doing this much in the past. When I got to thinking about it, I thought of a few things I would like to work on: 1. More patience with the kids. Sometimes I get upset too quickly. 2. Play with the kids…

Okay. I know I said that I was looking forward to reading and maybe taking a bubble bath. However…. I was at my friend Steph’s house, and we started talking about home decorating. She urged me to paint while the kids were away. Well, I did. It took about 6 hours. I wanted a grayish…

Ethan is growing like a weed. He actually slept from about 10 until close to 8 o’clock this morning. Yipee! He is also working on sitting up. He slowly bends in half and falls over. No signs of crawling yet, but he rolls around and scoots some. He’s never in the same spot when you…

I love silence. I don’t get it very often. However, this year for Christmas, the kids are going on an extended trip to both sets of grandparents’ houses. My parents (bless them) drove 3 hours to Columbus this morning and spent the day with us opening gifts and just hanging out. I packed the kids’…

The kids are finally starting to relax six hours after opening presents. We had a fun Christmas Eve last night. Tony and I decided to do egg rolls with steak stir fry for our dinner. Perhaps a tradition is born… Afterwards, we started a fire and turned off all the lights. Each of us took…

One of Tony’s favorite milestones is when the kids have started holding their own bottle. Ethan doesn’t get a bottle too often, but the kids are thrilled when he does. They take turns holding the bottle for him. Now they love to see Ethan hold it himself. He can’t do it until it’s almost empty…

The weather here has been really crazy. It goes from feeling like fall to the freezing cold chill of winter. I think we’ve already had more snow this year than we had all of last year combined. Anyway, it dumps snow then melts within a few days when things warm up again. The kids have…

From the look at some of these pictures that title could end, “One fell off and broke his head.” Mason has taken to climbing into Corinne’s bed after she has fallen asleep and dozing off himself. I move him back to his own bed before I head to sleep. Whenever I get up to feed…