A Life in the Making

Ellis: "My friends are going to America with me and Santa to drive in a fire engine putting out fires". ----- Ellis, in tears: "Mama, make the rain stop" Mama: "I can't" Ellis: "But you said you were the boss!" and starts sobbing. ----- Ellis: "When I grow up, I'm going to get big, big, bigge...

Six weeks ago, I gave up dairy to see if it helped with Georgia's fussiness. At first, I honestly didn't know what to eat. My meal plan was largely built around cheese...halloumi salad, broccoli cheese muffins, mexican, tortellini. not to mention coffee.  With Milk.  A lot of milk.  Those first...

  ----- Just wanted to give you all a bit of gorgeous baby-ness to carry you through the weekend.  

  And I'd like to remind youOf something smallThat the rock in this pocketCould cause your fall - Suzanne Vega Do you end up with thousands of stones in your pockets too?  I am continually being handed one or two as we make our way through the days. Some are thrown in the river for the satisfyi...

How did that happen? 12 weeks old? 12 weeks? What? When? Anyway,its official, she's a baby not a newborn. It is amazing how quickly it has gone, but then on the other hand how it seems like she's always been here.  As inspired by Abby, a snapshot of Georgia right now:   Likes: Her Mama ...

As any parent of small children will tell you, when inspiration strikes, you gotta move on it OR ELSE So when I saw this post from Angry Chicken, Ellis was out and Georgia was sleeping for the first time in weeks on her own in bed. I seized that inspiration and ran with it. Literally.  I ran ou...