Our Evelyn Claire, You are ONE! We can’t remember our lives before you, and we can’t imagine our lives without you. Your sweet smiles, squeals, arm squeezes, eye squints, and sloppy kisses brighten our days. And every cliche about time passing too quickly? Is completely true. I can still feel the warm weight of you laying on my chest for... Read more
Dear Evelyn, I suppose that I should start to say “almost one” when someone asks your age. But how is that possible? Weren’t you just a tiny baby, sleeping in my lap, while I sat cross-legged at the pool, watching the big kids dump buckets of water onto each other’s heads? Yet here we are — just a few short... Read more
Tuesday, April 18, 2017 Emily: 34 | Nick: 34 | Sam: 5 1/2 yrs | Nora: 3 yrs | Evelyn: 10 mos | Lucy: 4 yrs 5:22am | Evelyn is whimpering, so I tip-toe into the girls’ room and lift her out of her crib. I nurse her and lay her back down in the pack’n’play in the corner of... Read more
Dear Sweet Evie, I have had these photos on my camera and my phone full of notes since you turned ten months old almost two weeks ago. You are learning and growing and changing at lightning speed that it’s hard to keep up with each new milestone! You are crawling all over the house, exploring everything from the insides of... Read more
Hosting a St. Patrick’s Day party in your 30s is quite different than hosting a St. Patrick’s Day party in your 20s. While the kids watched our neighbors roll a keg onto their front porch at 7:30am, I started to prep meat and veggies for Guinness Beef Stew. Then Sam helped to cut fruit and assemble a rainbow on the... Read more
We spent the Monday before Valentine’s Day signing cards for the kids’ classmates. We were all perfectly satisfied with our non Pinterest worthy Valentines from the good folks at Target. Nora chose Paw Patrol, and Sam chose Star Wars. After signing, stuffing, and sealing 30 cards, we moved on to creating Valentine’s treats. We placed kisses on pretzels, dipped strawberries... Read more
Dear Evie, Nine months old and fast approaching ten. At least I’m consistent with the belated monthly posts! It has become increasingly more difficult to entertain three children in three very different phases of life. You are no longer content to sit through basketball practices and gymnastics classes. When we pick up the big kids at preschool, you fuss if... Read more
We kicked off Christmas 2016 in New Jersey. We had asked Santa to make a special early visit to our house since we would be in Pennsylvania on Christmas Day (and since Santa’s bag, a.k.a. our minivan, would likely be too full to transport a dollhouse, a bow and arrow, blocks, books, and new pillows for each kiddo). Sam was... Read more
Because I’ve recorded the past six Christmases on this blog, and I couldn’t let the streak end just yet … I give you, Christmas 2016 (written on a 55 degree day, two months later). Breakfast with Bobby the Elf Bobby the Elf arrived on December 1st with festive cookies and a Star Wars LEGO Advent calendar (that we bought at... Read more
Dear Evelyn, I have several excuses for this month’s belated letter: your constant runny red nose, gray days that do not lend themselves to pretty pictures, and a busy schedule that keeps us out of the house most mornings. But here we are, little lady. Eight months old! (Plus nine days closer to nine months.) You are busy, busy, busy.... Read more