It’s times like these when I thank God we don’t have cable tv.  I know I would be glued to the screen, watching every horrible moment of the tragedy in Haiti.  I have not seen many pictures either, but just from what I have read about the situation, I already want to adopt all the [...]

I think my little Monkey has some pretty sweet dance moves.  Don’t you agree?

busy ball popper

One of Monkey’s favorite Christmas presents is her Playskool busy ball popper.  I would recommend this to any parent who has a 9 month old-3 year old.  Monkey loves watching the balls shoot out of the tube and running around the room to catch them all.  But sometimes she is SO SERIOUS [...]

So there are all kinds of tips on how to avoid sleep-deprivation.  Sleep when your baby sleeps, ask someone to help watch your baby so you can take a nap, don’t try to do things (chores, etc) that don’t absolutely need to be done if it means giving up sleep.

Reality check…

I don’t know about you, [...]

Cranky Teether

My brain is so fried right now it will be a miracle if I can write a coherent post today.  I have not felt this sleep-deprived or sapped of my energy since Monkey was a newborn.   Around 5 months, her bottom front teeth started coming in.  She was cranky and she drooled a [...]

We have been planning Monkey’s birthday party which is in two weeks, and I just can’t believe that she’ll already be a year old.  Spent the last hour watching old videos of her and reminiscing.  Hope you enjoy this one.  She doesn’t do much yet (2 months old here I think) but we used to [...]

Mommy, can we go out there?

This looked a lot more fun from inside!

So Monkey has been staring at the falling snow from inside for a few days, so I finally decided to bundle her all up and take her out to experience it.  I did this earlier in the season, but she was [...]

Let me in!

Ah, the age old question. I have been thinking about this ever since my little one started crawling back around 5 months old. To baby gate or not to baby gate?

My friends and family all have very strong opinions and very good advice when it comes to this question. [...]

good little reader

Here is a great picture I took the other day when I caught Daddy and Monkey reading.  I think Daddy was trying to read his book to Monkey, but she crawled away to “read” her own book. Just like Daddy.

As an elementary school teacher, I want to shout from the rooftops and [...]

bath time cutie

Monkey has always loved bathtime.  She would climb up the steps and rush into the bathroom, pulling up on the tub and clapping as we turned on the water and threw in the toys.  Warm sudsy water to splash in, rubber ducks to talk to, letters of the alphabet to chew on [...]