Friday was a bit of a bummer. Poor Ben was down for the count. He’s had a cough but Thursday night he threw up three times over night and was feeling terrible. Matt took the kids for their yearly checkups in the AM and then Tabby went onto school, but Been laid in his bed [...]
Found this lovely bouquet in my bathroom when I got home today. Made me smile. Checked out a cool music class with Tabby this evening. I think we’ll sign her up and maybe Ben too. Matt is doing a science experiment for Tabby’s class pretty soon. It involves liquid nitrogen and making ice cream in [...]
Four years ago today I was lucky enough to be prepped for surgery ahead of a wave of other ladies having babies and so they had to let me go ahead and have my c-section. Twenty minutes later, this little lad was born and our lives have been faster, crazier and more amazing ever since. [...]
Ben doesn’t officially turn 4 until Wednesday, but this weekend he got to celebrate his birthday with Nashville family and bunch of his school friends. Ben spends a lot of time being the little brother lagging behind Tabby – just the way it is when they’re two years apart – and it was awesome to [...]
So Ben is turning 4 next Wednesday and he is having a party. I tried to convince him to have a big friends-invited party NEXT year so he and Tabby could be trading off, but he was having none of it, so he is having his party this year too. Who can blame him?? Anyhow, [...]
This was our third weekend home in a row and it has been SO nice! We were busy of course, but it is lovely to be in our own beds with everything at our finger tips. Friday was swim lesson makeups, an hour in all! Matt took off early to make it there with the [...]
I always have such good intentions to post stuff while I’m on vacation and it so rarely works out. We’re busy of course, but there’s also the logistics aspects … like internet connection speed. It can be enough to make you scream. Home sweet home as far as that goes. Anyhow, we’ve been gone … [...]
Yesterday, Matt and I went on a rare shopping trip just the two of us. While we were out, I glanced at my email on my phone and saw a message from iCloud, letting me know that my storage was just about full. After that note, it said, “What this means …” and I said [...]
We spent a few days in our favorite home-away-from-home, Vail, in honor of Tabby’s 6th Birthday (actually tomorrow). The weather on Friday looked like this …. So Matt and I got a re-do on our semi-disastrous date day two weeks prior. Mom hung with the kids – who couldn’t ski in the deep powder and [...]
When it comes to what happens at school, Ben is a man of few words. We ask questions and we get monosyllabic answers. It’s like he’s already a teenager. Tabby was the same way and I wonder if it’s just because they enjoy it being their own world, away from us. I suppose that’s OK, [...]
My name is Jess. I'm a 30ish wife and working mommy. I love spending time with my family and friends, crafting up weird and beautiful things, cooking delicious food and running lots of miles to work it off. I love chocolate, wine, Photoshop, my Nikon and sleeping in. I do freelance design work for fun and marginal profit at JKN Designs. This is my blog. Read more »
