I nearly missed this milestone but happened to do a blog search that pulled up the five year post . I've nothing so impressive for thi...

Kansas Dad got tenure! Hooray! Hooray! Hooray! In other news, choir, basketball, and soccer have started up again and Kansas Dad and I a...

I started this blog five years ago today. Since then: We survived the worst Christmas Eve ever . (Christmas Eve 2007) Kansas Dad submit...

I missed last week. Again. And then I didn't even get this post up yesterday (though it was Labor Day). Oh well, it's my blog so wha...

1. First Son won an honorable mention in a contest with The Catholic Company ! We already spent our gift certificate - on a new Glory Story ...

1. Beautiful weather. Last week was just gorgeous! It's hard to believe since we've had two full days of rain, but we spent lots of ...

1. First Daughter lost her first tooth! Last Wednesday night, Kansas Dad started to brush her teeth and realized it was missing. She hadn...

1. Second Daughter's rendition of America, the Beautiful in which she sings, "God shed his light on me!" 2. First Daughter...

Second Son just took his first steps! He was cruising toward Kansas Dad, who stepped away from the piano bench just as he got near. Second S...

This boy was getting seriously shaggy. He's looking at Daddy like he's asking "What exactly do you plan to do with that t...

Question: What is Second Son's first word? Not Mama. Not Dada. Uh Oh. Maybe it doesn't count. Is "uh oh" really a word...

Here's a picture (only a little late) of Second Son pulling himself up in his crib on April 23rd. He was exactly nine months old.

Second Son has two teeth! One came in on the bottom yesterday, joined by the little ridges of the second one today. He's been fussing al...

Second Son took a bath tonight and did not cry. He even played a little. It only took nine months and a bit.

Second Son turned nine months old on Holy Saturday. First thing in the morning I set him on the couch with his giraffe for some pictures. ...

Second Son can roll from his back to his stomach! I know this because multiple times during the night he woke me, upset to find himself on h...

Here's Second Son showing off his new clapping skills on March 14th. In case you're wondering, if he gets socks off his feet, he ...

Today, for the first time in his life, Second Son took a nap in his crib. He was awake when I laid him down. He only slept for about 30 mi...

Last night, Second Son nursed around 8 pm, settled down in his crib around 8:30 pm (with about two minutes of fussing) and then slept until....

Second Son can clap! Kansas Dad thought he saw him clapping on Wednesday but I didn't notice it until yesterday. He's so funny about...