These periodic updates will serve to fill your baby book some day. They will serve to help me remember the tiny humongous milestones you achieve so quickly. Since summer is upon us and the days are lighter longer we’re keeping you up until 8 PM. This typically means you sleep until almost 8 AM but… Continue reading 17 Months
Summer begins early here in Southern Spain. Long days with orange sunsets lingering closer to midnight every week. Long days full of sand, friends and long lunches under oversize umbrellas perched atop the lolling seashore. Vista Hermosa is a stone’s throw from the Navy base where we do our grocery shopping and Dr. appts. How… Continue reading Summer Begins
Easter in our house means more than chocolate Easter Bunnies, dyed eggs and cheap wicker baskets. It means great things to us about God and resurrection and love and hope. But there are certain childish frivolities that still mean a lot, no matter where the meaning stems from. There’s something to be said about a… Continue reading Eggs and Dye
Some days there was a line but we didn’t care. She would have a half-order of pecan pancakes and I would have silver dollar pancakes or a mushroom and cheddar omelet. The home fries were always the same – perfect – deliciously crispy and smothered in greasy oil and minced onions. We would sit for… Continue reading It Wasn’t Just Breakfast
Mommy brain is strong and your steps and experiences flee from my memory like a quickness. These days you are doing and learning so many new things. You are still sleeping so well. Still at two naps a day, you run to the bottom of the stairs when I say “night night time.” You sleep… Continue reading 14 months
My dear boy, now a smidge over one year, has been testing his strength lately. Hoisting the 12-pack of Charmin’ and dragging the laundry basket around the living room have become his favorite pastimes lately. The tub that holds my flour, approximately 7 pounds at any given time, was perched on Tripp’s tiny white table… Continue reading Grace
How beautiful is this Project Life Scrapbook Kit? I would love one of these. Isn’t this Valentine’s Ribbon Wreath adorable? This mail sorter would make organization much easier. This I Am Painted Wall Hanging is gorgeous. My next baby needs one of these adorable car seat covers, as opposed to a plain old blanket drapped… Continue reading Sunday Links
Head on over to the Let’s Explore Store for their Closing Sale. She has such great educational items over there so head on over and snatch some up before they’re gone. Right now EVERYTHING is 40% off – yes, you read that right.
115 Spilling flour on the floor and playing in it 116 God granting me patience when said flour spilled on the flour 117 Homemade tomato sauce 118 Getting together to create with friends 119 Starting a new Bible Study 120 Beth Moore 121 Making new curtains for my bedroom 122 Actually getting to start and… Continue reading 1000 Gifts
81 Spinach Salads 82 Dancing with my baby in the living room to Raffi 83 Footie PJs 84 Homemade fried chicken tenders 85 Loud rainstorms 86 Playdates 87 Announcing big news (WE’RE HAVING ANOTHER BABY!) 88 Chocolate Chip Pancakes 89 Sunday sermons which speak to you 90 Starting a year anew 91 Christmas cards from… Continue reading 1000 Gifts
Newlywed Nomads 