Celebrating our daycare transition

Dominic started at the new daycare this week. We celebrated. Nathan and I spent much of the previous weekend contemplating the opportunity to enroll Dom in this new daycare. As mentioned, we had been on the waiting list for about two years. It was a comparison of two good things: his current daycare and this …

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Happy Birthday Natalie… And Gwen!

Gwen was born today. Gwen is Natalie's newest great niece! Maren and Dustin are the happy, proud parents and C will be the funniest big brother, I'm sure! Today is also Natalie's birthday. She would have been 56 years old. Nathan and I took Dom to Olive Garden for dinner tonight because soup seemed appropriate …

A Visit With Auntie N

Yesterday evening, Nathan was at class until a little after 9:00 p.m. so Dominic and I were on our own. We went on an outing together. We went to visit Aunt Natalie, our Auntie N. The problem, though, was that she wasn’t really there. When we first arrived, a friend of hers was just inside …

The Babies In The Pool Go Kick, Kick, Kick

Taanya reminded me that it had been a while since I posted anything. I am TERRIBLY sorry. Please forgive me. Here is a video in an attempt to appease you. This is from Good Friday when Nathan had time off for spring break and Dustin had the day off as well so the dads took …

Conference Weekend Cabin Contentment

We have officially taken our first trip with Dominic. At the wise age of 4 and a half months, he has now slept somewhere other than the hospital or his home. We spent a night at my parent's cabin in Midway with some family. That night was a bit of a disaster. Little man went …

A Couple of Firsts

Friday was a day of some firsts for Dom. Imagine that: Dom did some things for the first time. Wow. He's four months old and that boy has LIVED. Okay, so many of the things that he does each day are firsts. And it's the best, as his mom, to experience those with him. When …

Blessed

Nathan blessed Dominic in church today and little man was very reverent. This time, I remembered to take pictures (unlike Christmas, but I suppose I blame that on being really sleepy after a very rough night). Mom and Dad Elkins are up here for the week for the holidays and to spend time with their …

Wisdom Teeth

I've been thinking today about my senior year of high school when I had my wisdom teeth removed. I remember having to schedule it in between the end of a fall basketball league and before tryouts started for the high school team.  I was a little worried about this because I needed to be in …

Thanksgiving Confession: I Ate Sugar

You knew, didn’t you? You knew that I couldn’t quit sugar during the holidays. But you didn’t say anything. You just waited… knowing. I ate sugar on Thanksgiving. So kill me. And do you know that it tasted delicious? Deeeeee.lish.us. It is NOT physically possible to turn down Grumma’s pumpkin pie. And Maren made pear …

I Survived Labor Day Weekend

I was sure we were going to die. Totally. My last ditch effort to live was going to be to grab my car keys and press the panic button. But I didn’t dare to move. So I lied there, warm in my sleeping bag, listening to Nathan breathing evenly as he slept and tried not …