My Optimistic vs. Realistic Weekly Schedule
I’m schedule oriented. If I don’t put it on my calendar, it won’t get done. In order to make myself a better mom and wife, I created a schedule for each day of the work week leaving nights and weekends open for family time with Charles and some alone time for myself. This schedule allows [...]
Friday Fun Spot: Life Is A Highway
My mother and Grant sent Hudson a card-that-plays-music for Valentine’s Day. It’s a Disney Pixar Cars card with a Valentine’s message. When you open it up, it plays Life is a Highway. And as you can see from the video, our life at home is somewhat like a highway: full of fast turns, changing lanes, wrecks, disputes, [...]
Feeding Issues: Our GI Visit Today
Ellisa has always had feeding issues. In NICU she would spit up most of what we would get down her. Once home, we struggled constantly with bottle feeding and unfortunately breast-feeding didn’t last too long before she refused that too. For probably close to half an hour, Charles used to walk her around the house with [...]
Friday Fun Spot: Ellisa Can Throw, Watch Out!
Ellisa has begun throwing objects behind her, a precursor to forward throwing. It’s adorable not just because she’s as cute as a button (which of course she is), but because she is so determined to whip that block as far and hard behind her as possible. Advice: Don’t stand behind this little girl or you’re [...]
100 Posts of Love!
I started this blog one year ago today to document the lives of my little peanuts and our family. I wasn’t sure I could keep up with it, but I’d say having 100 posts to-date makes my first year a success! Let’s hope we have another successful year filled with health, laughter, growth, fond memories, lots [...]
Ellisa’s Nicknames
Nicknames come and go here almost weekly, however, here’s a list of the more frequently used nicknames for Ellisa since birth. These are in order of usage. • Little Bit • Snatch (Charles came up with this classy one. She’s a professional when stealing toys from Hudson so it’s fitting.) • Liss-ah (This one seems [...]