Gav gets in touch with his Latino roots...

Some forms of happiness are just timeless...

Worth every heart-pounding, nerve-wracking, "you're too close to the edge!" second.

While coloring a picture, she asked me this today:

A: Mommy, is God up so high that he can see Mars?

Pee-on-a-stick-iversary

One year ago tonight, I sat in our downstairs bathroom, peeing on a sick



that gave us the long awaited, fantastic news that our family of three would soon be a family of FOUR!!!!!! And now look at him-- a happy, smiley, goofy, babbling little miracle!



Wow, what a blur the last year has been- and how fast it's gone by...it's had lots of ups and downs, lots of twists & turns, lots of less-than-ideal bridges to cross. But every single time I look at that little face, I am reminded of what a miracle this little boy truly is, and that it was ALL worth it. Every minute. :-)

A witchy, blue monster-y Halloween!

So our self-proclaimed "scary little witch" and "happy blue monster" officially celebrated their first Halloween together! The weather was picture perfect for Hallow's eve; a bit blustery, with the most perfect, eerie, whispy clouds creeping in front of a full Harvest moon all night long. Add some obligatory werewolf sounds in the distance, and a few stray black cats, and it would have been the perfect backdrop for just about any (80's) Hollywood horror flick.


Scary little witch scored some excellent candy loot and was sure to "please take one for her brother too?" at every single stop. (Because Charleston chews & Starbursts are definitely what a toothless, gummy, 4-month old blue monster needs, right?)
Little blue monster fell asleep in the stroller about 1/2 way around the block, but scary little witch was a trooper and did the entire circle PLUS all side streets too.
Upon arriving back home, (where Nana & Grampy had been filling the important role of candy-giver-outers), blue monster had a nice big bottle and fell right to sleep, and witch followed suit about 30 minutes later.
All in all, a successful Halloween and the perfect, New England fall backdrop of an evening. Happy Halloween everyone!

Gavin: meet formula. Boobs: meet freedom.

Scary thought of the week:

Jeff & I have officially become "those people" who yell & angrily pump our fists at high school kids driving "too damn fast" in the neighborhood when our kiddos are riding their bikes... Wow, we are literally turning into Jayne & Larry, YIKES.