Dad’s Wedding

My Dad got remarried over Memorial Day weekend and I can't even begin to tell you how happy we all are about it. Pam is pretty much perfect for him,…

My First Mothers Day

Visiting with family? Check. Breakfast in bed? Check. Using my baby for shenanigans? Check. We also took a nice, long walk along the new bike path near our house. It…

A Weekend with Gigi

This past Friday, we drove down to CT to visit with my grandmother (Lilian's "Gigi"). It was a lovely, low-key weekend. My sister, Allison, even drove up from her job…

Easter

On Sunday Mom hosted a big family dinner for Easter. I don't know that she was planning on hosting a big family dinner for Easter this year. But she invited…

Errata

We were video chatting with my sister Allison the other day and I made a joke about getting a kitten. She was fairly horrified that I would consider adding more…

Grandpa’s Light

This was a bittersweet holiday for me. It was our first Christmas with Lilian. But it was also our first Christmas without my Grandfather. Grandpa loved Christmas, and he and…

A Cozy Christmas

There's something about having a baby that makes Christmas seem extra important. I think it might have a little something to do with the fact that everyone and their mother…

Better!

Two recent developments that I'm pretty sure are going to make my life a whoooole lot easier: 1. I discovered a way to get digital copies of the newspaper archives…