Holiday Traditions Festival

Another holiday tradition is the opening of gifts. We do ours a little early since we have a blended family. Jeremy usually spends Christmas with his dad, and Christopher and Anthony will be with their mom. So we opened a couple gifts Thursday night, and the rest were opened Friday morning. We had originally [...]

Happy 1st Birthday, Preston!

I had already posted how I found out I was pregnant with Preston in this post, but I never really told his birth story.
Throughout my pregnancy, we had planned on a December 22nd birth. I had a doctor who liked to schedule inductions, but wouldn’t if the mom was against it. Being that both [...]

It’s Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas

Gabi is loving her time with Nana and Papa being here. She is constantly sitting right between the two of them making sure she keeps both of their attention. My mom even tried to ask Gabi if she could give Preston a hug or a kiss just to see what she would say, and her [...]

From Baby to Boy In Minutes

After much contemplation, we cut Preston’s hair. My mom is gonna freak! I still hear it to this day about when I cut off Jeremy’s curls at 1 year old. Yes, 14 years later and I still hear it. But really, we had to. Preston’s hair was much longer on the left side than [...]

Holiday Traditions Festival ~ Week 2

I remember every year, my mom and I would go shopping and we would always pick up a few new ornaments to add to our tree. Sometimes the ornaments were reflective of ourselves, sometimes reflective of the holiday, and sometimes just because we thought they were beautiful.
Usually, our ornaments each have a story behind [...]

Time Travel Tuedsay ~ Thanksgiving Edition

Today we are traveling back to Thanksgiving Day!It shouldn’t be a difficult trip given it was only a few days ago.What was your favorite part of the day?What was the best thing you ate for dinner?What are you most thankful for this year?
As many of you know, on Thanksgiving, we were at my aunt’s [...]

Are You Wondering About Us?

It’s been three days since my last post. Hard to believe I went that long without updating. It’s so easy to do on the weekends, though. You may be wondering how I’m doing in the old dieting or lifestyle change (whichever word you like best) department. I’m sticking to my plan and certainly making much [...]

Wordless Wednesday- Cannibalism

If you like your Wednesday a little less wordless, you can read the story of this picture here.
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Do you know what this picture is?
No, it’s not the view from my front door (well it is, but that’s not my purpose in showing it) or to show you that [...]