Although I am not immune to typos, I try to avoid them where possible and do my best to correct them when I can. My friend Bethany sent me t...

Before (below) and after (above) Someone asked to see before and after pictures of the basement. Viola. Unfortunately, I didn't take pi...

Andy is sick. Again. This seems to be the billionth time this month or perhaps it's just the third. Regardless, the little chicken doesn...

Andy loves the freeze-dried strawberries at Trader Joe's so I buy two - one for him to eat while I shop and another for later. The pro...

The good thing about my playgroup is we're never short on interesting conversation. Witness last Friday when the discussion came up abou...

Mmmm ...college basketball. Andy and my dad. Oh, and Bjorn is there, too. Mom and Andy at Jaleo . I love this one. Hey, I'm actuall...

In general, I am happy with Andy's new school. Some of it is still taking some getting used to like negotiating the parking lot when I g...

Here's an early picture of the new basement floor taken with Bjorn's camera phone. Am v. v. excited. Of course, now it will be obvi...

We did make it to the Young Gentleman's Luncheon yesterday and it was nice. It was more an organized play date with several little boys...

Andy is fascinated with Thomas right now, and not necessarily in a good way. It all started when I checked out a book from the library with ...

This weekend is perhaps my favorite weekend of the year. Better than Thanksgiving and better than Christmas in that it's all fun with no...

So when Bjorn and I were out on the town partying like it was 1999, Jennifer was chilling with Andy and has some fun camera phone photos of ...

The goodie bag. A rather deceiving name really for a bag of stuff that other parents give to kids in honor of a birthday. It sounds like a n...

Lately, I've been reading a lot of books in addition to the trashy magazines like People that I also like to read. The one I just finish...

Last night, Jennifer came over to babysit and we got out on the town with our good friends. They have a three year old and don't get out...

There has been a lot of talk about the HPV vaccine. Basically, it's a vaccine that when given to girls before they are sexually active,...

Andy is learning to shorten his words. It's fun and kind of strange at the same time. For a while, when you asked him if he wanted somet...

A couple times last week, I woke up to hear Andy telling his dogs that he sleeps with to, "Wake up, dogs. Wake up." He did the sam...

This week, Andy and I were making a thank you card for his babysitter. We did some drawing and were putting stickers on it when I noticed a ...

Here are some pictures from last February and March. Andy looks the same, more of less, but he's definitely lost some of the baby look ...