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Rebecca's newest loves: Megablocks Thomas trains (she doesn't know any of their names--she just calls them all "too-too-t...

Last night Rachel officially became a Daisy Girl Scout.  We had our investiture ceremony, where the girls say the Girl Scout Promise and get...

Rachel's loving the advent calendar again this year and all of the activities leading up to Christmas. Friday she opened the little do...

Here's an update on things: :: I didn't win the tickets for The Nutcracker.  I actually was kind of surprised.  There were only 66...

:: While eating breakfast this morning Rachel told me, "I just LOVE the holidays, Mommy."  Oh, my sweet girl, I don't think th...

Every morning I put Rebecca in her playpen while Rachel gets ready for school and I take a shower and get dressed myself.  She plays for abo...

I've known it was coming for a long time.  I'm actually surprised it's stayed around this long, but today we bid adieu. Any gu...

November was National Blog Posting Month, where you're supposed to blog every day of the month, but I didn't partake this year....  ...

As I've been going through Christmas decorations the last couple of days I've realized that there will be more decorations staying i...

The Christmas season starts December 1st at our house.  For at least a week now Rachel has been counting down the days until December 1st, b...

Rachel was home "sick" today (her fever was 101.4, but she sure acted like a normal five year old kid all day!).  She spent the da...

UGH!  Rachel's got another fever.  And the way her fevers have been going, it'll likely hang on awhile.  Just at the start of the Ch...

I can't believe it's been a year and a half since we met our sweet Rebecca! Everyone comments on how much and how well she talks f...

We enjoyed several days of eating celebrating Thanksgiving with family, and got home earlier this afternoon. We didn't take many pict...

Today I'm thankful that the last two days Rebecca has gotten up at an acceptable hour....yesterday is was 7:45!  SEVEN FORTY-FIVE!!!  Th...

We finally did Rebecca's "baby" dedication (even though she's not really a baby anymore) at church this morning.  (Not...

A few months ago I joined the gym where my husband has been going for several years.  I went fairly regularly until I got sick about three (...

Unless you were a girl scout, you probably don't know the reference of that title. And I used it because tonight was our very first Da...

I think I've had that blog title before, but I don't remember the time change being this difficult before.  Whoever thought it up de...

At seventeen months, Rebecca continues to talk and talk, and is learning new words every day.  We don't remember Rachel talking this muc...