Last weekend’s birthday festivities turned out to be a non-stop, action-packed gauntlet of celebratory chaos. We opted for a change of venue for this year considering Steve and Stella were both hitting one of those multiple-of-five birthdays. Essentially, we didn’t think we already had enough going on during the busiest and most expensive month of [...]
Dear Stelly, This week, you turned 5. Five. Years. Old. It is exciting, nostalgic, almost surreal to realize that it has come this far this quickly. I don’t want to be the cliché mom who tells you how it all went by so fast, but IT ALL WENT BY SO FAST! I am torn between [...]
We are back from our 5-day birthday extravaganza, unpacked-ish, laundered-ish, and very sleep deprived. I am now facing a barren Christmas tree in my living room, Thanksgiving decorations scattered throughout the house, various memory cards to be emptied and uploaded, as well as a couple of blog posts to write (sorry Stel, your birthday letter [...]