Well, after three weeks, I feel like we're finally settling in. Sure, the house is still a wreck in many ways and there is furniture in ...

The first day of school was yesterday. I was definitely more nervous than Andy, I think. This marks the first time that he HAS to be at scho...

Andy got a letter today from his kindergarten teacher. I guess it's official, my boy is going to school next Monday. Meanwhile, Andy a...

Meg has turned from being my champion sleeper to being my champion refuse-to-sleeper. Seriously. It started in the spring. She was probably ...

Andy starts school next week. REAL school. I am psyched, and not just because I won't have to pay $200 a week in daycare. I am psyched f...

Oomph. After the initial thrill and excitement of getting moved in, my interest in further unpacking and sorting is definitely on the wane. ...

The second set of move came on Thursday and took all our stuff from Public Storage to the new house. Naturally it was 103 that day so it was...

After years of talking about it and months of planning, we are finally moving into our new house. I know, I can't really believe it eith...

Big day today -- we close on the new house this afternoon. Granted, we can't move in until next Wednesday evening at the earliest, BUT w...

Oh heavens. The last few weeks have been so crazy I'm not exactly sure where to start. So here are the highlights: 1) We spent two week...

And we have a house! Check it out . I am not sure we can afford to air condition it, but we certainly have room for visitors. I hope you...

And we're back from the most amazing vacation ever -- two weeks in Australia visiting Sydney, Hobart, Port Arthur and Melbourne. What...

One of the things no one tells you about having kids is that for the next 10 years, you will talk about sleep. The thing about it is, I real...

I flew to Dallas on Friday for a 36-hour trip so I could look at the finalists in the house hunt and hopefully make an offer on something. I...

Bjorn was home this weekend. He was barely home for 48 hours, but it took us all no time to get back into our normal family groove. The litt...

Bjorn turned 34 today (convenient what we me turning 29 and all a couple weeks ago). He came home for the weekend. It was so nice and normal...

So our plan is all coming together. I'm almost embarrassed to say it for fear it will jinx it, but we got a contract on the house this w...

Over Memorial Day, some friends and I got a beach house. The whole thing was quite impromptu and ended up being a husbands/spouses free week...

So the house has been on the market for approximately 72 hours and hasn't sold yet. What gives, universe? Don't you know how totall...