Prairie Garden

Four words: PROJECTILE VOMITING .  Every day. If he didn't act so perfectly normal and happy, I might seriously wonder if there was som...

Meh meh meh Blah blah blah That's how I've been feeling the last couple of days.  I haven't really been able to put my finger...

Holy smokes , our Little Jamie is only 4  months old, not 5 months old like I (literally) thought at the beginning of the month.  (Did any...

We have had an extremely chilly spring this year.  Comparing this year to last, we are almost one month behind.  Yowza.  That's a big ...

I've been saying holy smokes! in my head a lot recently. Examples are as follows: Holy smokes!  You're 5 months old already?! H...

  Easter egg hunting at G&G S.'s house (Does this look like a Minnesota spring or what?)   Nuzzling with his little giraffe toy and...

I've crafted many-a-post in my mind of late with no time to get at the computer, but now my mind is a pile of mush. Mush, I tell you. ...

Add conjunctivitis to the list of maladies that has befallen us since we got home.  Truen.  He's at the tail-end of it (his ear infectio...

We're home!  Amazingly (or perhaps not) I missed both flights, there and back again.  The new rule is to arrive no later than 2 hours be...

We are still here with my parents in Western WA, though we are winding down towards the end of our three week visit.  I'm starting to ge...

Grandpa O     Grandma O Uncle Erik Uncle Andrew and Brenda Unky Ashley   "Uncle" Jayna Great-Gram C (she couldn't stop s...

Yes, yes.  I'm alive.  After a whirlwind that included a weekend of both boys vomiting for 12-hours apiece (the day before we needed to ...

We went to my in-laws last weekend for a mega-late Christmas celebration.  A broken ankle, a new baby, tons of snow, and influenza were some...

Facebook.  What a beautiful curse.  Or hideous blessing.  Which one? I hate Facebook for the fact that it is a timesuck .  It can stir...

All three boys are napping at the same time.  Mega "late" too, due to daylight savings.  I have a Friends of the Library meeting...

My Number One Goal today was to get a picture of the brothers.  I'm contemplating getting a birth announcement out before my babe is 4 m...

Sulcorebutia arenacea This cacti is a descendant of a plant that was half-eaten by a squirrel while it summered on our back patio in Minnea...

Why does salmon and squash taste so good together?  Has anyone else discovered this delightful combination?  It has got to be one of my favo...

I really love this song. (I ended up getting sick, btw.  I can't tell if it is a minor version of the flu or the secondary infectio...

Squeeze went back to work on Monday.  He feels like he is at 80% and took a nap almost as soon as he got home, the poor guy. He missed all...