I know, I know. It's just another lamentation about the baby who's not a baby anymore. Wah wah, so sad. But it is. It's hard. And easy. And awesome and awful. I miss that sweet little boo boo boy who stayed glued to my lap for the better part of a year. My carefree, laugh at anything, chunky monkey has been replaced by someone very emotionally imbalanced. S[...]

Winter got ya down? Yeah, me too. But not these guys. They are all sunshine all of the time. Except for when they're not. But honestly, these guys are easy to please. And the older they get the better they play together. I got a couple of new backdrops for my little home studio and had a friend over this weekend to try it out. When we were done the boys ask[...]

  You are a gift, my bright eyes, my wild child with a half smile that gives you away every time. You are brave and playful and all around a joy. Especially today. I just loved you a lot today. I mean, I love you every day but lets face it: childhood has it's ups and downs (as does life). The downs being defiance and temper tantrums and EMOOOOOOOTION[...]

On the way to the ocean last month we made a rest stop in a little town on the East side of California. We let the boys run crazy in this dumpy little field down the street from the gas station. They were SO happy to be out of the car. Their childhood is slipping away silently. And I don't always take the time to savor the little things I will one day miss a[...]

In what I'm sure will be remembered as one of the most brilliant decisions in our families history, Zach's parents rented a beach house and invited all of his siblings and their families to spend the week of Christmas in California. We all had a wonderful time. California is so so so beautiful. It's full of color and texture. Superior in almost every way to [...]