I took the littles to their annual well visits last week. Why on earth I scheduled these things in the height of flu, vomiting and step season, I really can’t say. At any rate, I wanted to take a few minutes to dazzle you with some of the gems coming out of our excursion. Just… Read More
As y’all might recall, with both boys celebrating birthdays in the month before Christmas we forgo the mess of toys and give them one nice item on their birthday that we hope they will have forever. They have received house portraits, John Derian plates, mini oil paintings, sterling silver baby cutlery, professional portraits, Sugarboo Frames… Read More
We’re on our second “snow day” of the week down South. And, sadly, this is the extent of the snow… I’ll go ahead and state the obvious – there aren’t many snowmen being built with those ten flurries. Rather, we’ve spent the last two days bundled up inside watching cartoons, playing games, trading football cards,… Read More
I vividly remember the moment I fell wholly in love with John. He was four days old, up at three a.m. and swaddled like a little burrito. He looked straight into my eyes, and it was like he could see to my soul. I whispered “I love you” and all was right in the world.… Read More
After over a year’s worth of preparation and anticipation, John completed the sacrament of First Reconciliation tonight. It was remarkable to stand just outside the heavy wooden of the doors of our beautiful church and quietly observe him return from the vestibule, light a candle and pray for God’s mercy and forgiveness – he seemed… Read More
John has been attending an etiquette class after school for the last month or so. I threatened to send him last year but he begged and plead and promised radical things (like to eat with a fork and wipe his mouth on a napkin) so, against my better judgment, I held off and hoped for… Read More
Somehow in the midst of life, the PCP’s first flag football season came and went with nary a mention of it on the little blog that is supposed to serve as a our “virtual memory book”. So here goes… After much begging and pleading to play tackle football, we ended up compromising with flag football. … Read More