You can see a bunch of pictures of Ben's new room over here on this post. I just ask that if you leave a comment, either do it here so I know who you are, or if you do it over there and click annonymous, say who you are on lj so I know who I'm talking to. Thanky much.

Doing the bedroom shuffleIt took us more than a month from when we finally ( Read more... )

So this is what we did this weekend. LOL. oh well. at least we didn't have to cancel anything ( Read more... )

Counting our blessings up to 100I don’t know what I was expecting when our family took a trip to Auburn, Calif., for my great-grandmother’s 100th birthday. Perhaps I thought we’d make an appearance but not stay long. For one thing, I was very concerned about 20-month-old Benjamin trashing her assisted living apartment ( Read more... )

I found out what was wrong with the column shot of me and Ben from last March that I tried to post a few weeks ago ... its from the newspaper, therefore it was in CMYK, and internet photos have to be RGB. I was having the same problem with the five generation photo at first, but then I got it figured out.

I'm posting it now, since no one's here, ( Read more... )

I have come down to the wire on my Mama Talk deadline. I have to write it today, and its about our visit with my great-grandmother for her 100th birthday. Our five-generation photo will accompany the column. And I lack focus. Of course it would be easy to write a narrative, describing our visit with her in chronological order. But that's not really ( Read more... )

This Mama Talk doesn't even begin to explain how into everything Ben is. This is nothing. You should see him at Home Depot!

Make way for the toddler tornado We were recently invited over to another family’s house for dinner. Our friends have a toddler too, so we were excited to see the kids interact with each other. I admit, I was also relieved to ( Read more... )

If you still intend to take my Benjamin quiz but haven't yet and don't want an unfair advantage over the other people who already took it, you should wait to read this new mama talk.

( Embracing my son’s colorful personality )

Benjamin & Nama: Together foreverI’m chopped liver. No, really. When my mother-in-law is visiting, I have to beg my 19-month-old son to say hello to me ( Read more... )

I decided since there was no way I was even going to come close to writing a Mama Talk as good as the last one, I'd just go for something that's simple, light-hearted and easy-to-write.

:-)

( New Mama Talk )

Priorities change when husbands become fathers When you’re falling in love, you have a very important job. You’re choosing your mate for life, and you don’t want to mess it up. You’re looking for someone who makes you laugh and values you as a person. You want to see that he has kindness in his heart and that he will treat you well, even if you’ve ( Read more... )