Outnumbered and Overjoyed

Maddux gave us a full 12 hours last night for the first time. We've been very pleased with her sleep thus far, but 8-10 ho urs was mo...

Maddux was dedicated in a ceremony at church this morning. We asked Cooper's parents, Dave and Carissa, to be her Godparents, and they h...

Maddux is quite the flirt these days. I joked with Grandma Cathie that she warms to strangers so quickly because she is starved for attentio...

Eli had another great day at school today. I love how he smiles while walking towards the car when I pick him up. He is always in such a goo...

I think I've found a new hiking partner!! Eli, Maddux and I joined Tyler and his mom for a 'hike' this morning at Kennesaw Mount...

Nights like tonight make it all worth while. I went out to dinner with a friend while Lehr watched both kids. That could be my punchline bec...

Eli is now requesting songs before his nap. I have sung "You Are My Sunshine" to him since the beginning, mixed in with "Take...

I think Eli has dreams each night. I know by age three toddlers can have them, but I'm not sure what the 'studies' say about two...

Eli woke up five of the last six days with blood-stained drool on his pajamas or his sleep-sac. That pretty much sums up the mood he's h...

Eli, Maddux and I spent the morning at Tyler's house hanging out w ith Tyler and Noah. Correction, we spent the morning playing in the b...

Maddux has never followed 'the routine' in her two months out of the womb. Not that it was easy with Eli, but I had nothing but time...

I realize that by posting this I am most likely jinxing myself for tonight, and maybe tomorrow as well. But given the amount of not-so-good ...

Maddux has had these odd, laugh-ish sounds coming out of her since almost the beginning. However today I think she had her first from-the-be...

All Eli can talk about these days is Gappa Jib, Cappy, and their upcoming visit. Maddux will be dedicated at our church in two weeks, and th...

Eli had a pretty good weekend, considering "the teeth". He got his Elmo fix on Friday night, then on Saturday he got to help Daddy...

So Maddux is still not napping great during the day. She will typically nap an hour or 90-minutes for one of her naps, but the rest are a bu...

Eli will need to thank Cooper for a long time. Tonight the four of us got to join Cooper and his family in box seats at the Sesame Street Li...

I recently read an article in Parenting Magazine: 8 Things No One Tells You About Being A Mom . Then I heard some commentary on a parenting ...

Even through Eli's tough moments, I really think this is my favorite stage so far in his development. It is so neat to have a sorta-kind...

Eli, Maddux and I went over to play with Cooper for a few hours before nap today. For the first time ever that I've seen, Eli and Cooper...