Fresh from her bath, nearly three months old. I can’t believe how fast it’s going by. I walked into her bedroom tonight, as my husband was cuddling with her in her chair, and I heard him say to her, “feel free to stop growing so quickly.” Why must this first year of their lives just [...]

I am a sucker for beauty products. I keep lists, very detailed lists, of products I’d like to try. Summer in Texas is something I’m not sure I will ever get used to, and it’s been a challenge to find products that will help me make it through an entire day without feeling like a [...]

Pea is supposed to take a lunch with her to camp. It’s so hard to pack her anything exciting because the school manual specifically states that all foods must be non-perishable and the packaging needs to be such that the kids can serve themselves. Apparently, it’s some sort of a Texas state law that the [...]

A couple of times now, I’ve tried to get Pea interested in Thomas the Tank Engine. She’s only allowed two programs a day: one episode of Sesame Street and a Barney. She doesn’t always watch them both, but we know they are there, on our TiVo, if we need them. Personally, I get bored with [...]

Pea had her first day of “camp” today. I dropped her off at 9 am sharp, and as soon as we parked and got onto the grass, she took off from me, running to the front door of the school. She never looked back. Never. She grabbed her teacher’s hand, and off she went, disappearing [...]

We took Pea to a local nursery school this morning to meet with the Director and possibly enroll her for the fall term. She seems so ready to be in a classroom with other children, learning and growing. It shocks me somewhat that they are enrolling children so early these days. I remember when I [...]

Pea’s second birthday party was a monumental success. She ate jelly bellies (a no-no in our house on any other day of the year) and popsicles and blew out the candles on her birthday cake (how did she just know how to do this?) and opened presents. There was a lot of oohing and ahhing [...]

Pea is out with my mom, GiGi, and her partner Bear for the day. They went to the zoo, then out to lunch and are now back at GiGi & Bear’s hotel swimming. All of this was of course so that they could spend some special time with Pea, but it also afforded me the [...]