Letter to Nora: June 2015
Dear Nora, You are such a big girl! Maybe you seem more grown up because we have been moving you from one house to another... Read more
Author: Emily (The Culinary Couple)
A Fond Farewell to Our First Home
We loved our “house on the hill” since we first walked through its doors three years ago. We looked past the steep driveway and overgrown... Read more
Our Next Big Adventure
It’s finally time to share our big news .. the Wileys are moving to New Jersey! Nick starts his dream job on June 1st. And... Read more
April Catch Up
Continuing to catch up on the happenings in the Wiley home … April We crammed a ton of fun into the first half of April.... Read more
March Catch Up
I do believe this has been my longest blog silence to date. Nearly two months. Yikes! But it is certainly not for lack of content.... Read more
Letter to Samuel: 3.5
Dear Sam, Today you are 3.5! While Nora napped this afternoon, we played “minjas.” We put up the hoods on our sweatshirts, placed plastic tools... Read more
The Evolution of a Ring Bearer
Last year was a big wedding year for us: six total. And Sam was ring bearer in three of them. He matured a lot between... Read more
Letter to Nora: Months 13 and 14
Dear Nora, You are no longer a baby. You are a feisty, opinionated, hilarious little kid. I can’t hardly handle it. And, yet, I love... Read more
Winter Onederland First Birthday Party for Nora
I think I started to plan Nora’s first birthday party in my mind less than a month after she was born. Of course we had... Read more
Christmas Celebrations: Part 2
We spent Christmas Eve with my dad’s family — a tradition we’ve missed for the last three years. We played our favorite gift exchange game;... Read more