After moving Kate down the hall to her new “big girl” room, and with no plans for Baby #2 in sight, we decided to turn Kate’s nursery into an upstairs playroom! After all the work I put into creating Kate’s colorful tree on the wall, I wasn’t ready to take it down – which
Mother’s Day
Grateful every day for this amazing little girl who made me a mom: Happy Mother’s Day everyone!
Kate: 34 Months
Kate has really been into running lately! It’s been slowly coming on as she often sees me lacing up my shoes to go for a run, but ever since she was part of the cheering section for mine and Jill’s half marathon, she’s been all about it. She runs circles around the main floor of
Our Seattle Family Vacation: Part 2
Catch up on our Seattle Family Vacation by checking out Part 1 HERE! Saturday Lesley & Ben’s wedding day! After a full day of travel, followed by a day of hitting the tourist sites plus a party, we decided to lay low during our second full day in Seattle in hopes that Kate would make
Our Seattle Family Vacation: Part 1
A year ago at this time G and I took our first trip to Seattle to visit his sister Lesley and her then boyfriend (now husband) Ben…which reminded me that I have yet to blog about the trip we made back to Seattle a few months later with the whole family! (For those of you
Photo Recap: March 2013
I’ve said before that when I take a break from blogging it’s usually because I’m too busy living my life to stop and blog about it. Boy has that been true over these past few weeks! Lately I’ve been working on designing and creating Kate’s new playroom, updating our guest room, getting ready for my
The Making of Kate’s Cars Birthday Party
By now you’ve seen all the Cars-themed party fun of Kate’s 3rd birthday party, and now here’s a behind-the-scenes look at how it all came together!






