An eventful weekend March 29, 2009

Some of you already heard but for those who hadn’t I figured I would post a picture of our latest excitement:
Yes, that is our new car and yes, it has a lovely crunchy new dent in the back of it. Friday around noon Ethan and I decided to go run some errands. We needed to go to the post office [...]

A squash March 28, 2009

Baby’s energy is surging, thanks to the formation of white fat deposits beneath the skin.  Baby is also settling into sleep and waking cycles, though they don’t necessarily coincide with your own. Also this month, all five senses are finally functional, and the brain and nervous system are going through major developments.
Just a quick baby [...]

What’s in a name? A rose by any other name would smell as sweet… March 12, 2009

  Well, I think we have finally decided on a name for Baby Girl. It took a little doing to talk Jake out of Anastasia but we have agreed on Olivia (which is what I wanted all along, but don’t tell Jake, I like to let him think he chose it). I think we are [...]

Superior! March 11, 2009

That is right, my husband is superior. Or at least his musical groups are.  Every year we take his school music groups down to a competition. For those in Utah (I don’t know about other places) it is like the state competition for bands and choirs but Nevada doesn’t actually have a “state” competiton so [...]

Pocket Change? March 9, 2009

I never realized how much pocket change can accumulate. Ethan has a little bank that we have been putting change in since he was born. It started out just being change here and there if I had some. Then when he started walking he would pick up everything he found. Jake’s students would also give him their change if [...]