Author Archives: allyanne

It makes me so happy! We've been playing outside everyday, soaking it all in. I am trying to stay positive, but it's crunch time with this little guy. The next three months are critical for his birth parents, and it … Continue reading →

For Olivia's birthday present, I told her to pick a place for lunch and something fun to do, whatever she wanted. She picked Sweet Mango for lunch, just so she could have the entire order of basil rice for herself. … Continue reading →

Little A is into birthdays these days. After attending two birthday parties for friends, he breaks out into spontaneous versions of "Happy Birthday" many times a day. Of course, he won't sing on demand, which is sad when it is … Continue reading →

This past weekend, we celebrated our little friend Jillian's first birthday!   (Giving me a coy look here!) We had a lot of fun, because we got to play with all of our friends!             … Continue reading →

His favorite game is "Car BOOM!" which consists of two people sitting opposite one another with matchbox cars. You both roll the cars with great speed and try to make them go BOOM. I hate it. I won't play it. … Continue reading →

Yesterday, I had a sick little boy on my hands. We stayed home from all activities and jobs and watched the snow fall. We also watched the birds, voracious flocks of robins and grackles, attacking the little berries and crabapples … Continue reading →

Little boys, being silly.   Silly Uncle. Blurry. . .SIGH.     Silly BFF. Silly boy at the zoo, afraid of the monkey statue. He thought it was real at first and wouldn't sit down with it.     Yummies … Continue reading →

Happy Birthday Olivia!  

At least it is no longer January! It lasted like 500 years this time. I am pouting about the winter weather, pouting about that stupid rodent seeing his stupid shadow, pouting about being sick forfreakingEVER, pouting about feeling blah, and … Continue reading →

We are getting slammed this winter with one icky sick after another. Amazingly, Little A hasn't really gotten any of it. It's been mostly me, and now, him.   Isn't he so cute and pitiful? Actually, it was kind of … Continue reading →

We went to the beach twice on our trip. It was cold and wet the first time–the wet sand clung to my rain boots and our cheeks glowed damply. The sky was overcast, grey and lightless, the sea foamy and … Continue reading →

Sometimes, she just appears out of nowhere, like that game at Chuck E. Cheese, Whack-a-mole. Usually, we're eating at the table, and she lightly taps our thigh with her dainty paw until we give her what she wants or we … Continue reading →

January keeps passing by, even though I feel stalled. I've been sick for the past two days, feverish and achy, snotty and swollen. It's been fun. I can't taste anything, which is most discouraging, and I think I've gone through … Continue reading →

Feeling a bit better after my funk from Thursday. We've been doing a lot of playing.           And we've had fires in the fireplace, truck races through the dining room, marathon scrapbooking sessions while Daddy Chad … Continue reading →