We put off putting Jack in a big boy bed.  Part of the reason was that Jack never tried to climb out and he liked being in there.  It was h...

  Yes, my new teaching job is at a Chicago Public School.  And we are on strike, and it's not about the money like the news will make...

  With Summer ending so soon, and us not taking a vacation this year, we went up for a day trip to Michigan.   It was a great time and Ja...

Jack loves to run.  Loves it.  Any time he can get someone to chase him or run with him or race him he goes for it.  So of course when ou...

So I am starting to get back in the mood to blog.  It's funny how loosing a job can make you go through the same stages as when you lose...

I cry a lot.  Songs, commercials, movies, you name it, I am a sap.  So when I found this post over at Team Studer, of course I cried.  The ...

August 1.  I can't believe it's here already.  This summer has flown by.  Actually it feels like I just finished work yesterday for ...

30 days.  That's the number of days until Jack become a toddler and will no longer be a baby.  This is also the period where I get that ...

As the beginning of school gets closer and closer I have also started noticing this pain deep in my stomach.  It started out small, like a l...

Sorry I have been away all weekend! I have been so exhausted from being on the go, go, go the whole time and I needed a day to catch up and ...

I CAN NOT believe Jack is 8 months old. 2/3 (thanks Alyssa!) of a year.  I feel like it was yesterday.  It's amazing to me how many th...

So I have been putting off his 7 month pictures.  When I work, by the time I get home, it's play, dinner, bath and bedtime.  Usually mi...

No, not him.... Me. Before I had Jack, I was a crier.  I cried during sad movies, Hallmark commercials, certain country songs, or if I ...

I never took Jack's 6 month pictures.  I had them taken professionally (they will be posted soon!), but not with his month stickers on...

Can it really be six months already? I still see Jack as this tiny, new, beautiful baby, yet I know he isn’t. He is growing so fast into a l...

Yes...Jack is sitting on his own!   He has been sitting for a while now with his arms in front of him and with us supporting him.  But j...