At 16 months, our youngest son Robert is not saying any words. Not Mama, not Dada, not bye bye, nothing. We thought he’d said “kitty” one day when he looked at pictures of cats on a towel and said, “Diddy!” but that was a month ago and he’s never said it since.
His lack [...]

Our little Robert took his first steps today! He’s been standing – very proudly – for two months but finally got brave enough to step, step, step. Enjoy this video!

Toy departments can be overwhelming – and I mean for adults! Cheap toys abound. Even those that aren’t priced so cheaply sometimes prove to be made cheaply within a week or two. The shelves are filled with overpriced toys, scary-looking toys, under-dressed toys, useless toys… ahh, it often seems pointless to [...]

Most little ones like stuffed animals, and my kids are no exception. I was delighted to receive a Moonman lovey from ee publishing to review. We gave him to Robert for his first birthday, and I must say little Moonman has been well loved over the last month.
Moonman is about 12″ high when [...]

Years ago, when I was newly married with no children, my sister in law had a baby. I hadn’t been around many babies since I’m in the youngest in my family and never had any younger cousins. The first baby I ever held was one of my cousin’s babies who was born when [...]

I love birthday parties. We never do any huge bash, but we make the day fun and memorable for the honoree of the day. I’ve made the birthday cakes for each of our kids’ birthdays every year except when Nicholas turned six. He wanted an ice cream cake from Dairy Queen that [...]

Erin over at The Mom Buzz posted an entry on miscarriage today. I started to post a comment about my own experience, but it got so long I decided to make it a post here instead.
I miscarried my second pregnancy in 2002 when Nicholas was two years old. Jon and I had been [...]

When my oldest son, Nicholas, was a baby we planned to wait until his first birthday to cut his hair for the first time. I remember it was getting close to his eyes by six months, but it was never too bad. Another baby at our church was two months older than Nicholas. [...]