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Rachel has always been in love with animals (from afar....like in books or on TV, but up close she's actually a pretty big scaredy-cat)....

Rachel loves all things ballet. Here she is in her ballerina shirt with her ballerina shoes, doing ballet. She also has a renewed interest i...

How does one small family of three accumulate so much junk??? I was just taking stuff down to the basement a little while ago and was just ...

Who knew a hurricane could do so much damage this far from a coast!? Sunday afternoon we had wind gusts of 70+ mph and power was out everywh...

Don't have much news to report....I just realized I hadn't updated in awhile. Here are some events in the past week or so: *Grandma...

So this is probably too much information, and she'll kill me when she's 13, but my husband would like me to share this story with al...

Lately our daughter has been very into nursery rhymes. She's had this book for a long time and has brought it to me to read now and then...

Labor Day Weekend in pictures: Friday: Zoo with Mommy and Daddy--this trip was all about the rides. We saw animals, too, but we'd never ...

I was wondering if she had inherited my side of the family's long eye lashes. Judging by this picture, I guess she has.

Who knew it was supposed to rain today?! I was pleasantly surprised by the nice, cool temperatures and the soft, steady rain that our poor, ...

This morning, just before 9:00, R told me that she had gone pee-pee in her diaper. I told her it was okay, but next time she should tell me ...

Some of you know that my husband is an outdoor fanatic. Hiking, camping, and exploring outside are some of his very favorite things to do. ...

So yesterday I got my friend fix.... We met Allecia and Kaden about halfway between us for a fun morning at the park. The drive wasn't t...

Well we had quite an adventure last night. My husband was reading our little one her story before bed and I was downstairs (it was his nigh...

A few days ago she started talking about a "banahnina." It took us awhile to figure out what she was referring to, but we finally ...

Kaden and R haven't seen each other in almost two weeks, since they've moved away. Both of them seem to be experiencing some withdra...

...well, just no news! I couldn't write 'no news is good news' because the news isn't particularly good around here (it'...

She's starting to become a little more independent these days, and telling me, "Seff, Mommy," when she's done something by...

These are various pictures I haven't gotten a chance to post. Before Kaden left on Saturday R got to go say goodbye. Kaden was down at J...

So I experienced IKEA for the first time this morning. I've wanted to go forever, but the nearest one to me is a couple of hours away, ...