Anyone have any fast ideas?  In about 2 hours I'm headed out armed with GCs and coupons for both Borders and Barnes&Nobles.  Looking for something new.  I read almost everything - mystery, fantasy, chick lit, historical fiction.  Also good (healthy) cookbook suggestions would be worth looking at.  

The ladies over at 5 Minutes for Mom held a "sleeping angel" photo contest, and I'm a finalist.  You can see my blog post about it here.  If I win, we would win brand new bedroom furniture for Ben, which means he could finally move out of his crib.  I would really appreciate it if you could head on over and vote for his picture (#14 - A Tale of Two ( Read more... )

Anyone who subscribes to my syndicated blog just got flooded with old entries because I switched to the Beta version of blogger. So sorry to flood your friends page like that!

My mom just sent me this email, and it made me cry.  So be warned...

Happy Mother’s Day!

This is for the mothers who have sat up all night with sick toddlers in their arms, wiping up puke laced with Oscar Mayer wieners and cherry Kool-Aid saying, "Its okay honey, Mommy's here."

Who have sat in rocking chairs for hours on end soothing crying ( Read more... )

We have been falling into the trap of not planning specific meals, and then going to the grocery store all week long. So yesterday I planned these meals, and did the necessary shopping. The plan is to decide the night before what we'll have so I can defrost, and then do prep work when I have time throughout the day.  We'll see if we stick to it.

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It is hard to believe that little Benjamin is four weeks old already. I just love snuggling with him. Tonight he had a bath, and he smells so sweet.

Here is a picture that Brian took after bathtime:

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Laurie Berkner's DVD came out on Tuesday.  We had pre-ordered, and got our copy yesterday in the mail.  The videos are different from the ones on Noggin, but still enjoyable.  Both Claire and I were happy that it has both "We Are the Dinosaurs" and "victor Vito".  You can order it here.  I'm not sure what stores are/will be carrying it.

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I funally had the time and energy to upload a bunch of photos.  You can see them here.  I also created and ordered the baby announcements.  I used the last picture in the album, but in black and white.  I think that they will turn out to be very nice.

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