I love the fact that I can use cliches for blogpost titles . . . and no one can yell at me. Last week, I got home from a relaxing, mostly rainy, writing retreat with my wonderful writing buddies, who happen to know how lousy...
Camilla: Mommy, you making Annie's cake?Me: Yep!Camilla: You made Daddy's cake.Me: Yep. I'm the designated cake baker.Camilla: Why?Me: I like to think it's because I'm good at it!...
Today is Todd's 34th birthday. Since I'm now twenty weeks, we had our "Big" Ultrasound two days ago. Let me first say that I absolutely love having a girl. Girls are wonderful and Camilla is the sweetest, most precious girl ever and so much fun...
We just got back from the Outer Banks where Todd, Camilla, and I had a much-needed time of togetherness and relaxation. We spent a weekend with Todd's sister in Jacksonville, NC, and then headed on to the town of Avon for a week. The day...
It's been four months since my last blog post. I've never gone this long before, but then I've never had a good reason to cease blogging. So far, the year 2009 has been one of the hardest of my life. It may be cliche, but...
I just thought that would be a good title for a book. Our Christmas tree did fall over, five days before Christmas. Several cheap glass ornaments broke, but no serious damage was done. We set it back up and tied it to the window frame....
Camilla has taken up some new pastimes. One of her favorites is piano.It's amazing to watch our girl learn and grow. Sometimes I look at her and wonder where this huge little kid came from. We have our moments of frustration--and seconds later sheer joy...
One day in October, Camilla's cousin Logan came to our house. Usually, Logan goes to Grammy and Grampy's, but since they were busy that day we got to play with Logan. Camilla had so much fun with her cousin and it was a gorgeous fall...
So last year, when Camilla turned one, we invited LOTS of friends and family for a big party at our house. I think we ended up with around fifty in attendance. This year, I decided to keep it small--we only had forty. Since our local...
It took me a month to recover, but I'm finally getting around to posting pictures of our birthday celebration. I still can't believe my baby girl is two. Here are some photos from the actual day, October 3rd.I attempted to make Camilla a heart-shaped chocolate-chip...
