five years.

in january, ike turned five. every year, we get further and further behind in scheduling his checkup. for shots and/or insurance, they have to be a full year apart and usually we go about a year and a few weeks… so, my point is, we went for his checkup on wednesday. may 9th. 🙂 i […]

the annababy is two!!

happy birthday to the annababy. at this time, 2 years ago, i was just waking up from a little rest, afforded to me by my good friend the epidural. within the hour, however, you’d be here, changing our little family forever… the first year flew by. we had a rainbow-rific bash for your first birthday. […]

annababy is (almost) 2!!

anna turns two on tuesday. we celebrated today with a couple of friends and family. at a mexican restaurant. so, yesterday, we made a cake. the kids, as always, “helped”… anna ate her weight in frosting while i crumb coated. but, she was exceptionally cute while doing so. i decorated last night (detailed pics to […]

old friends.

two years after leaving the greater winston-salem metropolitan region for the rocky mountains of colorado, our friends, the raperts made a triumphant return. except that it was only a two week visit, and not a forever stay. so, we hung out a few times and the kids played like old times and all was well… […]

childrens museum.

back in the day, when isaac was a wee toddler, we had a season pass to the winston-salem childrens museum. for that year, we really got our money’s worth. then, i got pregnant with anna and subsequently bore anna, and the children’s museum didn’t seem as surmountable a task as it once was. now that […]