Annabelle's Montessori Setup

Before we had Annabelle, I had of course heard of Montessori schools, but didn't know a whole lot about them or the theory behind them. ...

Attempting to take a good photo with babies...

Nope! Not quite... Close enough. :)

Annabelle's Birthday!

Today my sweet, precious little girl is one year old. The past 24 hours have been full of quietly reminiscing for me, thinking about my la...

Trigger Warning: There is a Spider Photo in this Post.

There are huge spiders around our house. As far as we can tell from Google, they are wolf spiders. Which apparently means they are very slig...

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May-may = I want to nurse Bebell = Annabelle Dada Mama Tay = mimicking "stay" to the dog

Today was a day of firsts.

1. Annabelle drank breast milk from a cup. Like, really drank it...didn't just play with it. It only took her 50 weeks of her life to fi...

Annabelle's First Word

Dah! (Dog.) We went to the dog park today, and she was pointing at all of the dogs saying, "dah! dah! dah!" Every morni...

The Toy Shelf

It's done! 3 cans of made-for-plastic spray paint (since the wood is particle board covered in what is essentially plastic), and the pin...

Mid-Project: Toy Shelf

I have always loved these cube shelving units at Target: But, alas, they are at least $50, plus the baskets, and there is no way we coul...

Project: Laundry Room

We moved into our new house on March 9th. Unfortunately, we have not gotten anything  done around the house that we have on our list. There ...

Attempting a Hike

Jason took the day off yesterday, so we went for a hike. Well, we attempted to anyway. We drove down the road to Lake of the Woods in Mahome...

New Car Seat

Annabelle has basically out grown her bucket seat (well, close in height), and we were feeling like we were ready for something a little mor...

Cousin Judy comes to visit!

My dad's cousin Judy (my 1st cousin once removed) came to visit us last weekend! She and I have always had a great relationship, since m...

Annabelle is 11 Months Old!

AHHH! My baby is (less than) 1 month away from her first birthday!! ::tear:: Likes:  Oh my gosh, what doesn't  this kid like?! She...