Laurel is always making something. Today, I feel compelled to share two of those things.

Laurel recently wrote a letter to Buddy (aka Cake Boss) after watching Next Great Baker a couple of weeks ago (my bad, I still need to get this letter in the mail). I asked her if I could post the letter and . . . → Read More: Cake & Penguins

I know the universe is driving the bus, yet I’m still amazed by how it put some of my life list items front and center in the last month. Here’s some crazy awesome stuff that happened:

1. In December I crossed #3 (Take my Mom on some kind of fun adventure/vacation) off my list, inspired by a . . . → Read More: Life Lists Work in Mysterious Ways

At first this was going to be a post about what seemed like a multi-pronged attempt by a guy at a local music shop to thwart my attempts to play music again. In a nutshell, I told the music store guy that I wanted to learn to play mandolin (same tuning as violin, I figured it . . . → Read More: Musical Rebirth. Complete With a Crack.

I feel grateful for so much in my life. Jon is an amazing, supportive husband. Laurel is one of the sweetest, funniest, and most thoughtful kids on the planet. Violet is adorable, sleeps through the night, and gobbles up all of the food I lovingly puree for her. I have a roof over my head and . . . → Read More: Tomorrow

Your first cruising steps
Seem impossible given
Your age and haunches

I mean c’mon, really? Violet is only 7 months old. She just took her first cruising steps yesterday. Given that her tiny feet are holding up those impressive haunches and big sweet block head, it does not seem like a structurally sound arrangement.

This baby is determined to . . . → Read More: Going Places

Oh how I’ve missed this blog. I mean, I don’t feel guilty about not posting frequently — the whole point of this space is that it is mine to post to freely (or, um, not). However, I’ve had several moments since last month where I’ve wanted to post and just haven’t been able to find the . . . → Read More: California

Freakish core strength at 5 months

Violet is such a giggly, chubbalicious fixture in Jon, Laurel, and my lives that it’s truly hard to imagine that we ever lived without her. I mean, of course we remember what our lives were like as a family of three — and it was a beautiful life — but . . . → Read More: The Sweetest Six Months