Our 4th Of July Weekend Recap

For lack of a better title. This weekend is always so busy for us, and this year was no exception. Luckily, Olivia is a little older and that just makes it more fun, now that she is noticing more things. Saturday Saturday has historically been our annual pool party at…

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Olivia at 19.5 months

I’m not sure if there will be pictures of her with her elephant side by side anymore. This was ultimately the best I could do, because Home Girl is apparently a blinker in photos. See? Perfect shot. Blinking. Still. She’s pretty adorable. So 19 and a half months. Wow. Wasn’t…

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“Right Now” June 2017

Reading:  I’ve been on a bit of a hiatus from the Outlander series, since I will be starting book 6. In the meantime, I just finished reading Jodi Picoult’s Small Great Things, which was fantastic, as well as A Dog’s Purpose, and now I want to see the movie. Both…

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Father’s Day 2017: Seems about perfect

Olivia decided that she would celebrate her daddy this year by not smiling at all for the camera. I (read: Chris) got Chris an Amazon Fire Stick for his Father’s Day gift, but since he opened it as soon as it was delivered last week, Olivia and I also got…

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My kid is driving me to therapy

I’ve been on a weird hiatus from all this. Blogging, social media, my freelance work. Even sitting down to write this is hard. (Ok, that could be because I’m trying to watch Orange is the New Black before Olivia wakes up.) I’ve disappeared from writing before, when I just don’t…

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