Clik here to view.
three things: watching movies with the emmy kay
We don’t go to the movies as often as we would like. Even before kids, we just didn’t make the time to see a flick in the theater. We have friends, no joke, that would do three movies on a Saturday,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
peace
Let me just preface this blog post with the caveat that this is more of a “stream of thought” post. So, you know, definitely more messy than usual. “Let there be peace on earth and let it begin with...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Christmas in pictures… with a score card
Anyone who tells you they aren’t keeping track of who is winning in this game of parenting is a liar. I’m keeping track. And based on the results of this Christmas season, I don’t think I’m playing...
View ArticleClik here to view.
hello? hello? is anybody home?
I’ve been trying to write a blog post for like, weeks. I start. I stop. I think about it. I remember I have an episode of Property Brothers or Love it or List it. I realize the DVR is a hot mess and...
View ArticleClik here to view.
a love song
Ten years ago this month, Frank and I enjoyed our first Valentines Day as a couple. It was death defying. No, for real. Frank had a test flight in a multi-engine plane and there was an issue with the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
three things: me in high school
OK, so I’m totally on a writing frenzy, so I’m going with it. A few days ago my girlfriend from high school sent me a note that I wrote with her when we were seniors. It was a list of things that I...
View ArticleClik here to view.
a requiem for diet coke
Subtitled: A Eulogy of a Love Affair Like all classic love affairs, it began innocently enough. A glance across the room in high school. A night at the movies in college. By the time I graduated from...
View ArticleClik here to view.
twins turning two
Today the twinsters are two. TWO. Like every parent that has come before me and those that are surely following after me, I am in awe at my ability to keep the children alive. And, not only alive, but...
View ArticleClik here to view.
produce
I have issues with produce. I wish I didn’t have these issues. I have friends who love produce – who cannot get enough of berries and apples and veggies! But I… I have issues. Confession time:...
View ArticleClik here to view.
words
Words give shape to this life, to feelings, to experiences. I remember going through the end of a relationship, and just deciding that it was just a “thing” that happened and one minute it existed and...
View ArticleClik here to view.
wednesdays
It is Wednesday night in the suburbs of Chicago. Specifically, it is 7:45 p.m. on a Wednesday night – the time when the somewhat late Chicago commuters are briskly walking to their cars in a twilight...
View ArticleClik here to view.
an open letter to other twin-to-be parents
Congratulations! And, yes. Twins are hard. I want to be all like, “what? twins? hard? for you, perhaps…” But that’s not true. Twins. Are. Hard. Know it, love it, live it… and then get your peace with...
View ArticleClik here to view.
updates with parenthood
I loved the 1989 movie Parenthood. I would categorize it as a movie that I loved when it came out (I was nine) and love even more now that I’m a parent – especially since I get the jokes (which, side...
View ArticleClik here to view.
three
We are pleased to announce that we are expecting our third baby in May 2014! Having children is certainly an… adventure… for us and for a long time, we weren’t sure if we’d have any children, let alone...
View ArticleClik here to view.
viva las vegas
Also titled: What I learned About Myself in Vegas. And What I learned About Vegas in Vegas. Subtitled: Don’t Eat at Sketchy Buffets >>First: I am a diva. While I grew up with a family that tent...
View ArticleClik here to view.
baby fever
Let’s be real: the reality of baby #3 has not totally sunk in. You’d think 15 weeks in, post morning sickness, post exhaustion, post first trimester, I’d be all like, “Woot, woot. We gotta bay-bay...
View ArticleClik here to view.
contextual learning
***DISCLAIMER: THIS IS A PG-13 POST. PLEASE READ WITH CAUTION. PLEASE DO NOT READ IF YOU ARE NOW OR EVER HAVE BEEN A PASTOR OF OURS (HI BILL). OR IF YOU ARE MY MOTHER-IN-LAW. INSTEAD, READ THIS.*** As...
View ArticleClik here to view.
year in review
In short: It was winter & it was cold. The girls turned two. We bought a house and sold a condo and moved. Everyone knows that the actual moving part is the worst part of any home purchase. It was...
View ArticleClik here to view.
three things: sociology 101
Frank and I were lying in bed, writing a grocery list and figuring out what needed to be accomplished an afternoon last weekend when he squinted at my (mostly) dark brown hair. The following...
View ArticleClik here to view.
three
The twins are three years old. Three years ago, almost to the day, we were bringing our tiny babies home from the NICU. Three years from now, we will be sending our girls off to first grade. It’s...
View Article