Andrej, Jessica, Kaiya, Tobi, Eli and Jakob

Never ever under any circumstances would I recommend you to mix the following items:  (Read more …)

This post is a continuation of an account of our recent trip to SC/GA. Part One is found here.

Sunday, was not just any ol’ Sunday, it was Father’s Day. Unfortunately, I forgot that and as I heard my dad bumping around the kitchen that morning (Andrej and I were sleeping on an air mattress in the family room next to the kitchen), I called out, “Dad? Do you have any coffee ready over there?” It wasn’t until a little later when my mom was busy getting us to sign the Father’s Day cards that I realized it should have been me serving my father coffee on this particular morning rather than the other way around. (Read more …)

Yesterday, when I went in to get Kaiya up from her afternoon rest time, I found her sitting at the bottom of her bed facing all of her precious stuffed animals that she had carefully lined up sitting side-by side at the top of her bed. Giggling at the scenario, I asked her if she was playing school because it looked like she was the teacher and her animals were her students. She looked at me for a moment and said, “No, Mama. They were just watching me dance.”

An hour before we were to leave for the airport for our trip to South Carolina, I got a call saying that our flight had been canceled. As I was on hold waiting for the United Airline representative to rebook us, I dreaded telling Kaiya that we wouldn’t be going to Papa and Babka’s that day. Kaiya had pulled me from a deep sleep at 6:30 am that morning, yelling, “Is it time to go to Babka and Papa’s? I need to pack my backpack for the airplane.” Kaiya usually sleeps until 8:00 – 8:30 each morning, so her early wake up time was reflecting her excitement about our trip later, and I stress later, that day.  (Read more …)

Back in May, my mom hosted a bridal luncheon for my cousin who was getting married a few weeks later. Mom called me minutes before the luncheon and said that she had put together a little book for the bride-to-be where everyone attending the luncheon could write down advice, thoughts or well wishes. Mom had a page for me, even though I would not be in attendance, and asked what advice I wanted to share.  (Read more …)

It happened! No matter how badly I wanted to slow down time and enjoy my little baby boy as a baby, he just kept on growing and growing and on May 25, Tobias Daniel turned one. We were planning to throw him a big first birthday party during our trip to South Carolina a few weeks later, but I just couldn’t imagine Tobi’s special day coming and going without some type of celebration. As I started asking around among our friends who would be in town during Memorial Day weekend, I was reminded of a conversation I had with one of our postpartum nurses in the hospital shortly after Tobi was born.  (Read more …)

Who’s there? Does anyone still visit our little corner of the blogosphere? I think even my mom has stopped checking in to see if there are any new pictures or updates. This time it’s only partially my fault that the site hasn’t been updated in ages. Half of the blame lies on Comcast as we have had numerous issues with our internet connectivity. Three technicians later, the last one spending well over two hours in and around our house, we once again have access to the internet. (Read more …)