July 4th Weekend 2011

July 4th Weekend 2011

In my family, the July 4th tradition has been to go to Lexington, Kentucky and stay with Baba and Pap.  Our whole crew would be there, plus we’d see Uncle Steve and his girls and usually Uncle Bernie’s family for at least one day.  Sometimes Aunt Terry and Gypsy would be there too, and now […]

Milly’s Second Birthday

Milly’s Second Birthday

The obvious thing to write about is how neither I nor Amanda can believe that our baby girl is two years old now and to talk about how fast it’s gone by already and before we know it she’ll be 20.  And that all happened, of course. We had a good day today.  Milly was […]

Party Prep

Party Prep

What you see here is maybe half of the nearly fifty pizza crusts Amanda and I (mostly Amanda) prepped today and tonight for Milly’s party tomorrow.  Amanda, inspired by the Hauensteins, thought it would be cool to have pizzas where everyone can choose their own toppings.  We made enough for everyone who said they’re coming […]

Nemo Sad

Milly decided she wanted to watch Finding Nemo again this morning.  When Nemo got taken, she said, “Nemo sad.”  What I found so cool about that is that she’s able to distinguish moods and express that.  It seems like every day she’s showing us more and more how much she thinks, and it’s amazing! Amanda […]

Chick-Fil-A’s Daddy-Daughter Date

Amanda made waffles this morning and decided to spice them up by throwing in some chocolate chips, which was a nice touch, of course.  Milly enjoyed them too, though we’re still not giving her syrup with hers. After Milly went down for her nap I started work on setting up an old desktop computer as […]