Dear Stella,
Today you turn 6. Six years old, baby!
Geez, I don’t even know where to begin. Although my blogging seems to have all but skidded to a halt this year, I do think I managed to capture some of the highlights. Like the ear piercing! the soccer! the no-training-wheels-required bike riding! the [...]
Hey Porter,
(AKA: Buddy, Bub, Little Man, Little Dude, McGoo, P-Dog, P-Man, Little P)
We just made it through the celebratory grandeur of your 3rd birthday and Hoo Boy! Has this year been a big ‘un. I don’t even know where to begin. And if you think for even one teeny, tiny minute [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]