Pickles and Onions

Heidelberg rolled out the red carpet recently for its weekend-long, extremely full Fall Festival called "Heidelberg Herbst." Basi...

Little man appears to be teething again, which means less sleep for us all; a little more crying; and a greater amount of ' Mommy-I-n...

These days I'm cooking a lot of dinner and while doing so I'm trying hard to make it colorful and healthy. For example, tonight we...

Wow is this blog really overdue.  A few weeks ago, like, before Halloween (cough cough), we got to meet a beautiful new addition to this wo...

Last week I realized I hadn't gotten my hair cut in about six months. Six months. With long hair that means: tangles, tangles, and even ...

PJ is Four Months today! One-third of his first year is already over - remember when it all began ? This weekend I closed up the first ...

Little man and I were hanging out recently and I grabbed a quick picture. That's my little sweety-pie! xo

You guys loved the video yesterday - so here is another one! There is sound in this video as well - so don't open at work with the speak...

PJ has made 10 new friends: his toes! Turns out the biggest one is also pretty yummy. Who knew? And a video too! xo

Last night mommy had another first: she left the house without PJ for over 45 minutes. The Mothers of Pre-Schoolers (MOPS) group that is ...

Drum roll: At this very moment I am not in the very same physical location as PJ.  About 30 minutes ago the Mr. took him off to his work for...

The above picture is the final proof that PJ has taken over our lives. Its a little difficult to see but if you spend too much time looking...

PJ was born in July 2011 . It is now September 2011. Between then and now – and unlike the mythology of motherhood – there have been more ...

I am in the double digits of motherhood: Friday PJ turned 10 weeks old. In the past 10 weeks I’ve learned a lot about myself, my husband, an...

Everyone told us before PJ arrived how important sleep was going to be. At the time I recall getting annoyed with how everyone (it seemed) a...

Get milk drunk! PJ is such an active little guy that from the 8-10 times I feed him every day, he only gets "milk drunk" and...

Little PJ played with his first toy today, a little silver rattle we got at our family baby shower . First he followed the rattle while the...

This picture pretty sums up week one: exhausted, confused, and overwhelmed with theory crashing into reality. Because theoretically I'm ...

This weekend the Mr. and I ran out of real maple syrup. I picked up this bottle while in Vancouver last year for business. The quality of...

It isn’t much of a secret that I’m (a little more than) ready for the Worm to arrive and the heartburn; cactus-y attitude ; extra pillows ;...