Nick is in New Mexico for a couple days this week, and we definitely miss him around here for many reasons. Not the least of which is squi...

Yesterday was Alexa's birthday and it was such a wonderful day! We started out opening a couple presents... Then we had bir...

This is how we have gotten our Christmas Tree the past 3 years: it just walks to our house! Haha! We're so funny! No, those are ...

Here Alexa is trying to share a delicious delectable delight with Daddy, but Daddy knows better! We had other delicious delectable delig...

I admit it, right now, at this very moment, my heart is sad. I love Alexa more than I can say and I am completely in love with Nicholas and ...

Dear Alexa, Daddy and I love you very much and can't believe how much you have grown! It's hard to remember our life before you, a...

I don't think it's ever happened before, but we were literally snowed into our house today. With an accumulation of somewhere aroun...

Yesterday I came home from the gym (so long 6.2 LBS) to find Alexa already woken up and dressed by her wonderful daddy! One of the two of th...

So we've reached it. Aly is 6 months old (as of about 12 days ago; it's been busy), and she just had her 6 month check-up, complete...

Okay, not ALL my in-laws, but many of them. Anyway, we're in Arizona this week at a reunion with Nick's family and are so excited ...

Happy Father's Day to all the Dads out there, especially to my favorite Dads ever in the history of the world! This guy: My Daddy-o...

Day 7: A Song That Reminds You of a Certain Event  This is the song I danced with my daddy at our wedding. It even has more meaning to me n...

   We have had so many people express their happiness to us for Alexa coming to our family, but none more perplexing as some variation of ...

Our pick (as chosen by Rachel, although I know Nick would endorse the choice): Sorry about the lame video, but the real one has embeddi...

My thoughts are simple tonight. Parents do hard things for their kids. Sometimes they wait for them. Sometimes they let them go. And...

I just listened to this excellent Charles Dickens tale while driving to and from work. Thank goodness for public libraries. In the novel ...

No this is not a late Father's Day post, this is a precisely on time 4 days after Father's Day post. Check your calendar! The dad...