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 […]
lid kid everyday life
children’s museum. again.
on thursday, we hit up the children’s museum again. we’re shooting to really get our money’s worth out of this year membership… plus, i wanted to sign isaac up for a summer camp that they have there at the end of summer. construction junction. :). they build forts and sugar cube igloos and so on. […]
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. […]
a few more bday party pics
bear with me. i posted hastily. derek had some really good pics on his phone and my friend heather emailed me some more last night, and i couldn’t help but post some of them. thanks. 🙂 sweet pic of anna and ike: blowing out candles.  derek’s vantage point. happy girl being serenaded. the cake, after […]
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 […]
the blog post where i actually write words.
i seriously keep meaning for this blog to be more like it was back in the day when i first started it. where i actually posted regularly. and i wrote words. not just pictures pictures pictures all the time. it’s all facebook’s fault. so, here’s a bunch of words, to hopefully bring everything up 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 […]
kristin boone photo preview
my personal photographer (hehe) took some pics of theannababy and ike the other day. she’s amazing. she sent this sneak peak of anna… can’t wait to get the rest!!