We’re having a good time celebrating Valentine’s this year.  I do the same thing my mom used to do, and leave little goodies on the breakfast table for the kids to wake up to.  And we’ll have our 4th annual Valentine’s meal for dinner: Strawberry Soup Chicken Parmesan with Angel Hair pasta House Salad with…

Associated Press LOS ANGELES – The Los Angeles Zoo paid $4,500 to an expert in the ancient Chinese art of feng shui to ensure three endangered golden monkeys on loan from China can have a strong life force. "It’s very experimental," Mainini said. "We don’t have any books on feng shui for monkeys. We just…

Samuel is 6 weeks old today.  On Saturday he gave me 5 big grins.  They say that smiles at this age are imitative in nature, rather than emotional.  But isn’t imitation the best form of flattery?  I’m flattered, indeed.  We’ve caught him smiling at lights and shiny objects…hmm, what does that mean?  He has to…

So glad it’s Friday!  Felt like I should share some pictures…sadly, I haven’t taken as many this week.  Samuel is growing so much and is filling out all over.  He’s such a good baby…very consolable and easy to please.  If only he’d sleep longer. I guess I can’t have it all! He was on my…

Did you know… …that re-runs of the Cosby Show are on at 2:00 and 2:30 am? …that Family Ties is on at 3:00 am? …that absolutely NOTHING good is on at 3:30 am? …that Dawson’s Creek is on at 4:00 am?  I had never seen it before now.  …that the national ABC early morning news…

I saw the most beautiful hawk perched on a wire yesterday…he was huge and had a white and brown belly.  I LOVE looking for hawks and my boys do too.  Luckily, we live in an area where we see lots of them.  It’s so funny, because I remember my mom coming home from work telling…

This little angel is one month old today…unbelievable. If only one month of my pregnancy would have gone this fast. It’s been a month of "mother" help, recovery, lots of feedings, sleepless nights, staring and smiling at a baby, quiet times, crazy boys and pure bliss.  There’s nothing like having a newborn in the house. …

I’m addicted to Golden Oreo’s.  I can eat 5 at a time.  Love those things. Ok, so this post is not really about Golden Oreos, but I am running out of good names for post titles…Samuel 1, Samuel 2, etc, etc. 🙂 Here are some new pictures that I love: Caleb will be so thrilled…

you guessed it…Baby Samuel. It’s too hard to e-mail these to family, so I feel obligated to put a bunch here on the blog for all to see!  The story of our life right now (as you can plainly see)… Hold the baby, Love the baby, Feed the baby, Change the baby…Repeat. (yes, we realize…

I’ve determined that I need Rosie. Remember her? The maid from the Jetson’s.  Yep, that’s what I need…a Rosie.  Or at least an extra pair of hands…one to hold the baby while the other pair is chasing after the boys, cleaning the house, etc. Derek goes back to work tomorrow.  I’m so sad about that. …