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…
weekend before last, brett and i purchased our living room set and our dining room set. yesterday, we did a pre-walkthrough of the house (pictures below). today, we purchased our washer/dryer (sold my “old” washer/dryer to my mom when she moved into her townhouse) and our new fridge,…
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,…
it’s not mother’s day yet, i know. but i felt the need to write this. especially after the last 8 months. even more after the last few weeks. and even more after the last 2 days. we pay my mom to be our full time nanny, but on…
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…
first things first! we’re having a baby girl. we found out last week that there is, for sure, a little girl in there. after about a day of thinking on it, we decided we’re naming her Caylin Corinne. Caylin because we think it’s pretty. Corinne after my…
i left for iowa monday evening. brett dropped me off at the airport, 45 minutes later i was in the air and on my way to chicago. everything went smoothly, got my bags, drove to the hotel, checked in, played angry birds for an hour (dangerous addiction, people) and finally…
tuesday night, brett and i finally got everything unpacked and settled into the new apartment. no more giant cardboard boxes stacked to the ceiling. no more plastic bags strewn about. no more random crap everywhere. it’s a good feeling. we both decided we wanted to make this apartment look…