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9 Months, Other Musings

caylin turned 9 months today. more specifically, 2 hours ago. brett and i just watched silver linings playbook, and one of the songs they played was frank sinatra singing, “have yourself a merry little christmas”. they had the big christmas lights in the background. the big ones, not the crappy

Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes

we closed on the house yesterday. we. closed. on. our new house. we’re moving into our new house next week. no matter how many times i say it, it still won’t sink in. we haven’t done diddly as far as packing goes–my mom has done 95%

Too Much Nostalgia Lately

between caylin growing faster than i can keep up with, mother’s day, and moving soon, i feel like a basket case. it doesn’t help that our townhouse (up until this week when we tidied up a LOT) was starting look like a shell of a home. boxes everywhere,

8 Months

caylin turned 8 months old on tuesday. 8. months. old. * a little over 20 pounds! * wearing 18-month clothes (OMG!) * her hair is getting longer :) it’s so fuzzy and so blonde. who would’ve thought i’d make a blonde baby?! * she eats EVERYTHING. i share my dinner with her

Back to Goals

a year ago february, we went over our personal and professional goals at work with our leads. a year ago february, i wrote a post about it. these were my goals: 1. take the red hat security exam in june 2. have this baby 3. move into a house as

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